 ... and fit and able to lift man's thought and hope beyond earth, and lead it on heavenward. They did not sit down to sum up the exact cost of glorifying God ; they did not calculate exactly how many the holy roof would cover ; they knew with their hearts,...  The study of Church history recommended, lecture - Page 18by Hugh James Rose - 1834Full view - About this book
 | James Heywood Markland - 1842 - 186 pages
...holy roof would cover ; they knew with their hearts, if their tongues never uttered, the truth that High Heaven disdains the lore Of nicely calculated...more. And in the spirit of that higher philosophy, they gave all they could, knowing, that they gave not in vain. And vain it has not been. No ! as year... | |
 | George Ayliffe Poole - 1844 - 390 pages
...Wilberforce. t 1 Chrou. xxix, 1. knew with their hearts, if their tongues never uttered, the truth that — " High Heaven, disdains the lore Of nicely calculated...more." And in the spirit of that higher philosophy, they gave all they could, knowing, that they gave not in vain. And vain it has not been."* Oh no, we... | |
 | Ecclesiological society - 1851 - 1026 pages
...And how contrary this to that noble thought of the latest gone of our great poets, who said, — " High heaven disdains the lore Of nicely calculated less or more." And close upon this question of height comes the consideration of the admission of light ; a matter which,... | |
 | Emma Augusta Bridges - 1870 - 308 pages
...holy roof would cover, they knew with their hearts if their tongues never uttered the truth that— " High Heaven disdains the lore Of nicely calculated...more." And in the spirit of that higher philosophy, they gave all they could, knowing that they gave not in vain. And in vain it has not been. No! as year... | |
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