 Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be: They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they.  In Memoriam A.H.H. - Page 12by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1900 - 136 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Gilfillan - 1869 - 332 pages
...truth, and who besides say with the Laureate — " Our little systems pass away — They pass away and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee ; And Thou, O Lord, art more than they " — can derive good and meaning even from the terr1fic dogmas of the past, and conclude that although,... | |
 | 1869 - 814 pages
...earth ; a "broken light" of Him of whom the poet says — " OUT little systems have their day ; They have their day, and cease to be : They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, 0 Lord, art more than they." ESTELLE RUSSELL. CHAPTER VIL MADAME FLEURY'S VIEWS ON MATRIMONY. THE fact... | |
 | 1869 - 332 pages
...meridian, and was sloping to the west—and eternal night. " Our little systems have their Jay; They have their day, and cease to be : They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, 0 Lord, art more than they." AMF—B. NOAH'S ARK AND THE GOSPEL. THE gospel is the great cardinal truth... | |
 | 1869 - 474 pages
...sure refuge is faith in God, and in our Lord Jesus Christ. " Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thotii0 Lord, art more than they." But Thou, art not "a System," O Lamb of God, our Hope and our Redeemer... | |
 | Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - Baptists - 1870 - 528 pages
...hesitate, — albeit for a moment only, — to accept the poet's reverent and humble confession : " We have but faith, we cannot know ; For knowledge...comes from thee, A beam in darkness ; let it grow !" Adopting, rather than presumptuously denying, this tender and ingepuous plea of human ignorance... | |
 | Bible - 1870 - 614 pages
...we know not how; Our wills are ours, to make them thine. 3 Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken...lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. 268 LM MASON. JTljc )hn'iac of tlic fniiMble ffiotr. OU, Lord ! by mortal eyes unseen, And by thine... | |
 | 1899 - 1078 pages
...is it to be done unless we are not only free to confess that Our little systems have their day, They have their day and cease to be : They are but broken...lights of Thee. And Thou, O Lord, art more than they, but also free to examine and criticise, and by all means try to get fuller knowledge and ever clearer... | |
 | Thomas Anthony Methuen - 1870 - 540 pages
...more in the dark than the person whose work he criticises. ' Our little systems have their day ; They have their day, and cease to be ; They are but broken...lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they.' At the same time every writer must speak according to his convictions ; and with a remembrance of my... | |
 | Anglican and International Christian Moral Science Association - Christian ethics - 1870 - 626 pages
...manifestations of the religious spirit within the Church of Christ. ' Our little systems have their day, They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken...lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they.' Speed, Lord, the time when the Redeemer's intercessory prayer shall be fulfilled for His people on... | |
 | Adam White - 1870 - 378 pages
...suspect, only the old heathen materialism cropping out, — " Our little systems have their day — They have their day and cease to be. They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, 0 Lord ! art more than they." — In Memoriam. No artists or authors have ever pictured or described... | |
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