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Halaman 2
At the age of 16 , and at some self - denial on the part of his parents , who were
not well off , he was sent to the university of Carthage , where he distinguished
himself in his studies , but where , as he says , he led a very dissipated life . He
was ...
At the age of 16 , and at some self - denial on the part of his parents , who were
not well off , he was sent to the university of Carthage , where he distinguished
himself in his studies , but where , as he says , he led a very dissipated life . He
was ...
Halaman 3
What charmed me in their intercourse , ” he says , “ was the talk , the laughter ,
the courteous mutual deference , the common study of the masters of eloquence ,
the comradeship , now grave , now gay , and differences that left no sting , as of a
...
What charmed me in their intercourse , ” he says , “ was the talk , the laughter ,
the courteous mutual deference , the common study of the masters of eloquence ,
the comradeship , now grave , now gay , and differences that left no sting , as of a
...
Halaman 4
Suddenly , ” says Jerome , “ I was caught up in the spirit , and dragged before the
Judgment Seat ; and there the light was so brilliant that I cast myself upon the
ground , and did not dare to look up . When asked who and what I was , I replied
...
Suddenly , ” says Jerome , “ I was caught up in the spirit , and dragged before the
Judgment Seat ; and there the light was so brilliant that I cast myself upon the
ground , and did not dare to look up . When asked who and what I was , I replied
...
Halaman 5
When , with tears , she persisted in her request , he still refused ; but he said to
her : “ Go thy ways , and God bless thee ; for it cannot be that the son of these
tears should perish . ” When Augustine says that the reading of Cicero ' s
Hortensius ...
When , with tears , she persisted in her request , he still refused ; but he said to
her : “ Go thy ways , and God bless thee ; for it cannot be that the son of these
tears should perish . ” When Augustine says that the reading of Cicero ' s
Hortensius ...
Halaman 7
Well did the poet say of his friend , thou half of my soul ! ' For I felt that my soul
and his had been but one in two bodies , and life seemed horrible to me ,
because he was not there , ” - in such words as these does he express his grief
and ...
Well did the poet say of his friend , thou half of my soul ! ' For I felt that my soul
and his had been but one in two bodies , and life seemed horrible to me ,
because he was not there , ” - in such words as these does he express his grief
and ...
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Halaman 35 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible.
Halaman 35 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Halaman 109 - Wilt thou leave thy sins and go to heaven, or have thy sins and go to hell...
Halaman 115 - There's no discouragement Shall make him once relent His first avowed intent To be a pilgrim. Who so beset him round With dismal stories, Do but themselves confound, — His strength the more is ; No lion can him fright, He'll with a giant fight ; But he will have a right To be a pilgrim.
Halaman 10 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Halaman 127 - Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry'.
Halaman 123 - Now, just as the gates were opened to let in the men, I looked in after them, and, behold, the City shone like the sun; the streets also were paved with gold, and in them walked many men, with crowns on their heads, palms in their hands, and golden harps to sing praises withal. There were also of them that had wings, and they answered one another without intermission, saying, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord
Halaman 39 - But what to those who find ? ah ! this Nor tongue nor pen can show : The love of Jesus, what it is, None but his loved ones know.
Halaman 122 - There was also that met them with harps and crowns, and gave them to them, — the harps to praise withal, and the crowns in token of honour. Then I heard in my dream that all the bells in the city rang again for joy, and that it was said unto them, "ENTER YE INTO THE JOY OF YOUR LORD.
Halaman 123 - When the day that he must go hence was come, many accompanied him to the Riverside, into which as he went he said, Death, where is thy Sting? And as he went down deeper he said, Grave, where is thy Victory? So he passed over, and all the Trumpets sounded for him on the other side.