| 1866 - 836 페이지
...we know not how; Our wills are ours, to make them thine. 3 Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken...lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. 268 L . 1L fhr Jhnagc of tbr fnbfsfblr THOU, Lord ! by mortal eyes unseen, And by thine offspring here... | |
| 1871 - 970 페이지
..." our little systems " have had their day and ceased to be, we shall know, oh, our Father ! that " They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they." Mr. Lane was buried by his wife, who had been in her grave for twenty years, and Miss Lane was left... | |
| 1866 - 638 페이지
...conceive how they coexist, yet we can believe that, in some manner unknown to us, they do coexist, — " They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they." If this be scepticism, it is a scepticism which strangely resembles the definition given, by a distinguished... | |
| 1866 - 612 페이지
...interfere with his own copyright. In p. vi., ' Our little systems have their day ; They have thtir day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, 0 Lord, art more than they,' is thus closely rendered : — • • Faulisper florent humana ncgotia,... | |
| 1867 - 412 페이지
...although the assurance of them may be as great or greater than that which science gives. In religion " We have but faith, we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see." We may systematize those facts of psychology on which the truths of theology rest, and may formulate... | |
| 1867 - 426 페이지
...although the assurance of them may be as great or greater than that which science gives. In religion " We have but faith, we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see." We may systematize those facts of psychology on which the truths of theology rest, and may formulate... | |
| George Robert Wynne - 1868 - 170 페이지
...to make it perfect. " Now, Mr. Hastings, I wanted to ask you what this means. Let me read it : — ' We have but faith ; we cannot know ; For knowledge...see ; And yet we trust it comes from Thee ; A beam of darkness ; let it grow. ' Let knowledge grow from more to more ; But more of reverence in us dwell... | |
| Edward Maitland - 1868 - 312 페이지
...University, might perchance in time come to overshadow and stifle it with their noxious growth. BOOK VII. • We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge...is of things we see; And yet we trust it comes from Tliee' A beam in darkness : let it gr°WLet knowledge grow from mo?6 ° But more of reverence in u9... | |
| Simon Kerl - 1868 - 396 페이지
...looks around, he sees no smile of congratulation. — Harper's Magazine. We have but faith we can not know ; For knowledge is of things we see ; And yet we trust it comes from thee A beam in darkucss let it grow.— Tennyson. 2. It is put at the end of a sentence, complete in sense, to which... | |
| Taylor W.F. and sons - 1868 - 108 페이지
...And here the words of Tennyson become appropriate : — " Our little systems have their day, — They have their day and cease to be, They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, 0 God, art more than they." In reference to this subject we quote Lord Macaulay's words : — " A system... | |
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