| John Wesley - 1826 - 420 sidor
...any part of this, by our sight, than by our feeling. Should we allow, with the ancient poet, that " Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep ;" Should we allow, that the great Spirit, "the Father of all, filleth both heaven and earth... | |
| George Townsend - 1827 - 722 sidor
...his brother, with a crowd of angelic spirits, the anxious witnesses of our thoughts and actions.' " Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep :" and it Is only the fragile veil of this body that prevents us from distinguishing them; as... | |
| Henry Hunter - 1828 - 356 sidor
...fair consort — " Nor think-, tho' men were none, That heaven would want spectators. God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep ; All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night." If our ears were not... | |
| 1829 - 742 sidor
...about it, and was himself poetically a Swedenborgian, makes father Adam say to Eve, not only that, ' Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep,' but also, ' How often from the ateep Ofechoing hill, or thicket, have we heard Celestial voices... | |
| William Ellis - 1829 - 610 sidor
...all the spells of enchantment were thrown over its varied scenes. The sentiment of the poet that— " Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep," was one familiar to their minds; and it is impossible not to feel interested in a people who... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1829 - 318 sidor
...not in vain ; nor think, though men were none. That heav'n would want spectators, God want praise ; Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold, Uotli day and night. How often, from the steep... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 sidor
...not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise : Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep... | |
| Alexander Crombie - 1830 - 490 sidor
...definite or indefinite, not in respect to action, but to time. When, in the passage from Milton, " Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep," he considers " walk" as indefinite, is it in regard to action ? No. " It is," says he, " because... | |
| Robert Montgomery - 1830 - 414 sidor
...are drawn from the true and only authority for such matters, — The Bible. ON GOOD AND EVIL ANGELS. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep. MILTON, Par. Lost, n. 4th, 1. 677. EXTRACTS FROM THE Fathers of the Christian Church. "Let us... | |
| 1830 - 602 sidor
...fountain of our spiritual existence. What know we of the powers, or the extent of this mighty host? " Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep." Verily there is no isolated spot in the creation, on which the human spirit can stand clear... | |
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