 | Orville Dewey - Sermons, American - 1841 - 312 pages
...Aqd for us, erring, sinning men, it is greatly wise to listen, " To talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news." The ancient philosophers earnestly recommended to their followers, to appropriate a part of each evening... | |
 | Isaac Richardson - 1842 - 692 pages
...intellect sufficiently clear, to admit of the mind of the sufferer " talking with his past hours — asking them what report they bore to heaven, and how they might have borne more welcome news'' — to ruminate on things past, present, and to come ; and to fly for refuge to the hope set before... | |
 | Nathan Lanesford Foster - 1842 - 242 pages
...INSCRIBED TO MY DAUGHTER, 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them, what report thsy bore to Heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news. DR. YOUNO. ETERNAL WISDOM ne'er designed This world should be our resting place ; For, sure, the imperishable... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1842 - 440 pages
...YEAR. Original. THE NEW YEAR. ВТ TRE EDITOR. " 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven, And how they might have home more welcome news." NIORT TROUORTS. W s arc candidates for heaven. Time, fleeting as it is, affords... | |
 | H. D. - 1843 - 438 pages
...of dust ; be humble, and be wise. BEATTII. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them what report they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news : Their answers form what men Experience call ; If Wisdom's friend, her best ; if not, worst foe. O reconcile... | |
 | Hannah More - 1843 - 456 pages
...were, the space which divides us from eternity : Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news. Yet as to those who seek a short annual retreat as a mere form; who dignify with the idea of a religious... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1843 - 420 pages
...existence. II. After an action has been performed, 'Tia greatly wise, to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to Heaven, And how they might have borne more welcome news. a. Perform this duty deliberately. It is not the business of hurry or of negligence. Devote time exclusively... | |
 | Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1844 - 372 pages
...of which passeth away, and that swiftly. " 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them what report they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news. Their answers form what men experience call : If Wisdom's friend, her best ; if not, worst foe. O reconcile... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...walks with nature, and her paths are peace. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask lumber! Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river, Like the bubble on the fou answers form what men experience call ; If wisdom's friend her best, if not, worst foe. All-sensual... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...walks with nature, and her paths are peace. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask Border chivalry ; For, well-a-day ! their date was fled ; His tuneful brethren all were dea answers form what men experience call ; If wisdom's friend her best, if not, worst foe. All-sensual... | |
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Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news. 
