 | James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 508 pages
...no, not for any price! make shipwreck of anything ing can man receive, or God bestow. — Plutarch. Seize upon Truth, where'er 'tis found, Amongst your...heathen ground ; The flower's Divine where'er it grows. Anon. Solomon, when he exhorts us to 'buy the truth,' does not name the price, because its value is... | |
 | Alekseĭ Stepanovich Khomi︠a︡kov, Ignotus (pseud.) - Coal miners - 1867 - 142 pages
...remarks suggest, nevertheless holding ourselves blameless if we — Seize upon truth where'er 'tig found, Amongst your friends, amongst your foes, On Christian or on heathen ground. It is necessary, before proceeding further, that we should view the collier in the most important but... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Books and reading - 1833 - 246 pages
...Faa eat, et ob kuste doceri. VIHO. Seize upon truth, where'er 'tis found, Among yuur friends, among your foes, On Christian or on Heathen ground. The flower's divine, where'er it grows. Neglect the prickles, and assume the rose. XIV. What I have said hitherto on this subject, relating to books and... | |
 | 1868 - 514 pages
...whether he be "one of us," or not. " Seize upon truth, where'er 'tis found: Among its friends ; among its foes ; On Christian, or on heathen ground ; The flower's Divine where'er it grows." Let it never be said that we, with all the history of the ages lying before us, with all the influences... | |
 | Anthony Trollope - 1872 - 758 pages
...mercy show to me." She was also very fond of the lines — " Seize upon truth, where'er 'tis found, On Christian or on heathen ground ; The flower's divine,...it grows, Neglect the prickle and assume the rose." I may remark, incidentally, that it is a great mistake to suppose that children can only arrive at... | |
 | English literature - 1872 - 760 pages
...mercy show to me." She was also very fond of the lines — " Seize upon truth, where'er 'tis found, On Christian or on heathen ground ; The flower's divine,...where'er it grows, Neglect the prickle and assume the roue." I may remark, incidentally, that it is a great mistake to supposethat children can only arrive... | |
 | Albert Walker - 1873 - 276 pages
...Shakespeare. If we demand not good security for truth; we give advantage to impostors and cheats. Whichcote. "Seize upon truth where'er 'tis found, Amongst your...The flower's divine where'er it grows, Neglect the prickles and assume the rose." When by night the frogs are croaking, kindle but a torch's fire —... | |
 | Edward P. Nowell - 1874 - 282 pages
...not the sacred chain be broken. " Seize upon Truth where'er 'tis found— Among your friends, among your foes; On Christian or on heathen ground, The flower's divine, where'er it grows; Neglect the prickles, but assume the rose." As Odd Fellows, we should be sincerely wedded to the Truth. In the... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - Hymn writers - 1875 - 362 pages
...truth where'er 'tis found, On Christian, or on heathen ground. Amongst your friends, amongst your foes, The flower's divine where'er it grows, Neglect the prickle and assume the rose. In which he elevates the sentiment of Virgil, — "Fas est ab hoste doceri." Beferring to his translations,... | |
 | Lay preaching - 1877 - 348 pages
...man is unstable in all his ways. Seize upon truth wherever 'tis found, Among her friends, among her foes, On Christian or on heathen ground ; The flower's divine where'er it grows: Refuse the prickles and assume the rose. IV. — THE SENSITIVENESS OF SPIRITUAL INFLUENCE. " Abstain... | |
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tis found, Amongst your friends, amongst your foes, On Christian or on heathen ground ; The flower's divine where'er it grows : Neglect the prickles and assume the rose. 
