 | Mrs. Silver - 1846 - 356 pages
...the wise man could not have foreseen the improvements that were to be made in piety, when he said of wisdom, " Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace ; " and dreamed not that the memory of " Plymouth Rock " would be hallowed by succeeding generations, and that... | |
 | William Jay - 1857 - 530 pages
...received the atonement. Hom. v. 11. WHATEVER the people of the world may imagine, religion is the highest wisdom: " her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace;" and " wisdom is justified of all her children." The service religion demands is founded upon principles... | |
 | William Henry Chase - 1869 - 432 pages
...the requirings of the Lord, by observing how much is exemplified by that description of the ways of wisdom : "Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace." And the deliverances from temptation, the consolations in affliction, and the support in trials here recorded,... | |
 | William Henry Chase - 1873 - 456 pages
...the requiriugs of the Lord, by observing how much is exemplified by that description of the ways of wisdom : "Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace." And the deliverances from temptation, the consolations in affliction, and the support in trials here recorded,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1889 - 282 pages
...beset with flowers; there is no sign of trouble or asceticism on the old man's face, he is evi. dently altogether happy, his life being complete, and the...At first you will perhaps see principally its weak monks—Idoking more foolish in their sorrow than ever they did in their fear. Portraits these, evidently,... | |
 | Samuel Jones Levick - 1896 - 466 pages
...contrary, that He is a rich rewarder of all that seek Him, if they seek aright. The wise king said of wisdom, " Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace." And so you will find it with the ways of religion and the paths of obedience. I have trodden in these paths... | |
 | Samuel Jones Levick - 1896 - 452 pages
...contrary, that He is a rich rewarder of all that seek Him, if they seek aright. The wise king said of wisdom, " Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace." And so you will find it with the ways of religion and the paths of obedience. I have trodden in these paths... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1900 - 208 pages
...story were that the saint alone had courage to confront the raging beast—a Daniel in the lions's den! They might as well say of Carpaccio's Venetian...At first you will perhaps see principally its weak monks—looking more foolish in their sorrow than ever they did in their fear. Portraits these, evidently,... | |
 | 1901 - 766 pages
...us, at great hardship and cost, to go to some desert place and hold a conference. The Bible says of wisdom : " Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace," and Mr. Smiley has done what he can to make the ways of wisdom pleasant for us. It seems so conventional... | |
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calm before the lapdog." The saint is leading in his new pet, as he would a lamb, and vainly expostulating with his brethren for being ridiculous. The grass on which they have dropped their books is beset with flowers; there is no sign of trouble or... 