 | John Donne, Henry Alford - 1839 - 604 Seiten
...ACTS ix. 4. And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice, saying, Saul, Saul, why persecutes! thou me ? LET us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us*, (says the wise man) that is, that assisted our second generation, our spiritual regeneration ; let... | |
 | Andrew Preston Peabody - 1840 - 184 Seiten
...? There are yet hid greater things than these be, for we have seen but a few of his works. For the Lord hath made all things ; and to the godly hath he given wisdom. 7. TRUE WISDOM. God created man to be immortal, and made him to be an image of his own eternity. The... | |
 | Prose hymns - 1844 - 134 Seiten
...There are yet hid greater things than these be : for we have seen but a few of his works ; For the LORD hath made all things : and to the godly hath he given wisdom. HYMN XLII. in 3UJHi)ttsun TOeefc. Ecelesiasticus ii. 1 — 7- 9My son, if thou come to serve the LORD... | |
 | Alfred Tolver Paget - 1851 - 38 Seiten
...countryman of Mr. Chalouer). And who is the li i ,-L Benefactor recorded under the new Head Master? PS, ** LET us NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN, and our fathers that begat us. The LORD hath wrought great, glory by them through his great power from the beginning. Su- h as did bear rule in their kingdoms,... | |
 | 1856 - 578 Seiten
...? There are yet hid greater things than these be, for we have seen but a few of his works. For the Lord hath made all things ; and to the godly hath he given wisdom. [Ecclus. xliii. 31 — 33.] IX. TTE that liveth for ever created all things in general. The Lord only... | |
 | 1856 - 552 Seiten
...concluded with the simple eulogy pronounced by the son of Sirach when, in obedience to his own exhortation, "Let us now praise famous men and our fathers that begat us," he thus describes the great hero and the chief luminary of Israel. "As is the fat taken away from the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1916 - 790 Seiten
...meaning as well, for he was Preacher of Empire to England, and of the splendid words of Ecclesiasticus, ' Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.' His life story is singularly complete and quite undeviating in aim. The great object for which he was... | |
 | Massachusetts. Governor (1861-1866 : Andrew) - 1862 - 1020 Seiten
...them the spirit of pious veneration for the ancestry from whom we have in like manner descended. " Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us. The Lord hath wrought great glory by them through his great power from the beginning. Such as did bear rule in their kingdom,... | |
 | 1866 - 1016 Seiten
...of SS. Simon and Jude.— 28. SS. Simon and Jude, App, MM.— 31. Tigil of All Saints. DE. NEALE. " LET us now praise famous men and our fathers that begat us. The LOBD hath wrought great glory by them, through His great power, from the beginning. Leaders of the... | |
 | ellas nason - 1867 - 442 Seiten
...them the spirit of pious veneration for the ancestry from whom we have in like manner descended. " Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us. The Lord hath wrought great glory by them through his great power from the beginning. Such as did bear rule in their kingdom,,... | |
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LET us now praise famous men, And our fathers that begat us. The Lord hath wrought great glory by them Through his great power from the beginning. Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, Men renowned for their power, Giving counsel by their understanding,... 
