Blest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
WILLIAM COWPERKnowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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