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“But chiefly Thou, Whom soft-eyed Pity once led down from Heaven To bleed for man, to teach him how to live, And, oh! still harder lesson! how to die.” MenStillsDiesHeavenChristTeachLessonsHarderPity Book:The Poems of Falconer, Day, Blair, Glynn, and Porteus Source: The Poems of Falconer, Day, Blair, Glynn, and Porteus
“The joy resulting from the diffusion of blessings to all around us is the purest and sublimest that can ever enter the human mind, and can be conceived only by those who have experienced it. Next to the consolations of divine grace, it is the most sovereign balm to the miseries of life, both in him who is the object of it, and in him who exercises it.” MindHumansJoyNextGraceObjectsDivineExerciseBlessingMiseryHuman MindSovereignConsolationDivine GraceDiffusion Book:Works of the Right Reverend Beilby Porteus, late Bishop of London: with his life Source: Works of the Right Reverend Beilby Porteus, late Bishop of London: with his life
“Bad thoughts quickly ripen into bad actions.” ActionBad ThoughtsBad Actions Book:Lectures on the gospel of St. Matthew; ... Source: Lectures on the gospel of St. Matthew; ...
“Through the sequester'd vale of rural life The venerable patriarch guileless held The tenor of his way.” WayLifeTenorsRural LifePatriarch Book:The grave,: a poem, Source: The grave,: a poem,
“Love is something so divine, Description would but make it less; 'Tis what I feel, but can't define, 'Tis what I know but can't express” KnowsFeelsLove IsDivineDescription Author:Beilby Porteus
“One murder made a villain, Millions a hero. Princes were privileged To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.” MadeNumbersMillionsCrimeHeroMurderVillainPrivileged Book:The Poems of Falconer, Day, Blair, Glynn, and Porteus Source: The Poems of Falconer, Day, Blair, Glynn, and Porteus