 I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing...  The London Quarterly Review - Page 5231828Full view - About this book
 | David Thomas - 674 pages
...him. " I envy no quality of mind or intellect in others. Not genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I...all earthly hopes vanish, and throws over the decay, and the destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights ; calling up the most delightful... | |
 | Samuel Miller - Education - 1852 - 254 pages
...says he, "no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I...— creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish ; — throws over the •decay, the destruction of existence, the most precious of all lights ; —... | |
 | Samuel Miller - Education - 1852 - 242 pages
...says he, "no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I...goodness ;—creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish;—throws over the decay, the destruction of existence, the most precious of all lights;—awakens... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - Presbyterian Church - 1852 - 636 pages
...no quality of the mind or of the intellect in others, be it genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I...life a discipline of goodness, creates new hopes, throws over the destruction of existence the most gorgeous of all lights, awakens life even in death,... | |
 | 1852 - 626 pages
...no quality of the mind or of the intellect in others, be it genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I...life a discipline of goodness, creates new hopes, throws over the destruction of existence the most gorgeous of all lights, awakens life even in death,... | |
 | Charlotte Eliza Sargeant - 1852 - 234 pages
...says, " no quality of the mind or intellect in others, be it genius, power, wit, or fancy : but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I...religious belief to every other blessing ; for it creates new hopes, when all earthly hopes vanish ; and throws over the decay, the destruction of existence,... | |
 | William Henry Ruffner - Apologetics - 1852 - 692 pages
...they open the caves of sorcery, when they shut the temples of the Lord. — Chateaubriand. If I would choose what would be most delightful, and I believe...firm religious belief to every other blessing.— Sir Humphrey Davy. MY RESPECTED FRIENDS : — If the course of lectures, the first of which is now... | |
 | The Free Church Magazine.january-December 1852.New Series.-VOL.I - 1852 - 588 pages
...believe most useful, I should prefer я firm religious belief to every «ther blessing. This makes up a discipline of goodness, creates new hopes when all earthly hopes vanish, and throws over the decay and destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights, and brings up the most delightful of... | |
 | Primitive Baptists - 1852 - 840 pages
...envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others ; not genius, power, wit, or fancy, — but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I believe most useful to me, 1 should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing ; for it makes life a discipline of... | |
 | James Hamilton - Bible - 1853 - 400 pages
..."I envy no quality of mind or intellect in others, — not genius, power, wit, or fancy ; but if I could choose what would be most delightful, and I...destruction of existence, the most gorgeous of all lights, calling up the most delightful visions, where the sensualist and skeptic view only gloom, decay, and... | |
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