True is it that Death's face seems stern and cold, When he is sent to summon those we love, But all God's angels come to us disguised ; Sorrow and sickness, poverty and death, One after other lift their frowning masks, And we behold the seraph's face... Annals of the Grand Lodge of Iowa - Halaman iioleh Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa - 1901Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
| Adelaide S. Seaverns - 1893 - 380 halaman
...hast not revealed, but we can only love and trust and wait. —Madam Willarfs Last Family Prayer. 'Tis sorrow builds the shining ladder up, Whose golden...God The spirit climbs, and hath its eyes unsealed. — James Russell Lowell. THERE is a legend of an artist who sought for a piece of sandalwood out of... | |
| Frederick Frothingham - 1893 - 172 halaman
...himself, even in his proudest strength — what Fatherhood in God o'er all and forever. Truly, " 'T is sorrow builds the shining ladder up, Whose golden...God The spirit climbs, and hath its eyes unsealed." l Thus growing stronger and finer, more patient and humble, learning to exact less and to do and give... | |
| National Education Association of the United States - 1893 - 862 halaman
...distinctly through all his history, which is preeminently that of one who, with Lowell, could say : " 'Tis sorrow builds the shining ladder up. Whose golden...Whereon our firm feet planting, nearer God The spirit mounts, and hath its eyes unsealed." A less large-hearted man, one whose sympathies and interests had... | |
| John Cuming Walters - 1893 - 408 halaman
...reigned. Behind the vale of affliction shines the welcome face of Love. As Russell Lowell says — " Tis sorrow builds the shining ladder up, Whose golden rounds are our calamities." And it is at this point that Tennyson begins to speak. Men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead... | |
| Brigham Henry Roberts - 1893 - 360 halaman
...gleams of sunshine are made more bright by the renewing storms which darken the sky; and thus — "'Tis sorrow builds the shining ladder up, Whose golden rounds are our calamities." As it is with these things I have mentioned, so it is in respect to the greatest blessing Deity can... | |
| John Cuming Walters - 1893 - 394 halaman
...reigned. Behind the vale of affliction shines the welcome face of Love. As Russell Lowell says — " Tis sorrow builds the shining ladder up, Whose golden rounds are our calamities." And it is at this point that Tennyson begins to speak. Men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1895 - 230 halaman
...Serm. iii. : " be vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus si vitia calcamus." Lowell also says : — " 'Tis sorrow builds the shining ladder up, Whose golden rounds are our calamities, Whereon our feet firm planting, nearer God The spirit climbs, and hath its eyes unsealed." The dead selves of Tennyson... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1896 - 230 halaman
...iii. : " I)e vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus si vitia calcamus." Lowell also says : — " 'T is sorrow builds the shining ladder up, Whose golden rounds are our calamities, Whereon our feet firm plaining, nearer God The spirit climbs, and hath its eyes unsealed." The dead selves of Tennyson... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1896 - 528 halaman
...thitherward, but floats from bloom to bloom, With earth's warm patch of sunshine well content: 'T is sorrow builds the shining ladder up, Whose golden...and cold, When he is sent to summon those we love, But all God's angels come to us disguised; Sorrow and sickness, poverty and death, One after other... | |
| Phillips Brooks - 1896 - 394 halaman
...calm, in joy and pain, That even by our fidelity Thy Kingdom may the nearer be! SAMUEL LONGFELLOW. "Pis sorrow builds the shining ladder up, Whose golden...God The spirit climbs, and hath its eyes unsealed. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. THE final purpose of all consolation and help is revelation. The reason why we... | |
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