 | Epictetus - Conduct of life - 1768 - 334 pages
...be fotnc one to fill this Station, and give out, for all Men, the Hymn to God ? For what elfe can I, a lame old Man, do, but fing Hymns to God ? If I was a Nightingale, I would act trie Part of a Nightingale : (a) Something here feems to be loft. ,... | |
 | Robert Leighton - Theology - 1828 - 302 pages
...Socrates, who said that they could not so much as move without the knowledge of God." And in another place, "If I were a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale ; if a swan, that of a swan ; now that I am a reasonable creature, it is my duty to praise God." It would... | |
 | Charles Van Norden - God - 1882 - 236 pages
...like the child that challenges the obligation to respect and love its father. Well said Epictetns : " If I were a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale, — if a swan, the part of a swan ; but since I am a reasonable creature, it is my duty to praise God." Again,... | |
 | Frederick Clifton Grant - Church history - 1922 - 346 pages
...speak well of the Deity and rehearse his benefits? . . . What else can I, a lame old man, do but sing hymns to God? If I were a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale, if a swan the part of a swan; but since I am a reasonable creature it is my duty to praise God. This is... | |
 | Christopher Bryan - Religion - 2000 - 297 pages
...with worship: "For what else can a lame old man as I am do but sing the praise of God? If, indeed, I were a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale: if a swan, the part of a swan. But, since I am a rational [logikos] creature, it is my duty to praise... | |
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... to fill this station and give out for all men the hymn to god ? For what else can I, a lame, old man, do, but sing hymns to god? If I were a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale, if a swan, the part of a swan. But since I am a reasonable... 