 GRADATIM. Heaven is not reached at a single bound, But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round. I count this thing to be grandly true: That a noble deed is a step toward...  Thoughts that Inspire - Page 2391905Full view - About this book
 | Isaac Newton Carleton - 1878 - 140 pages
...lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round. I count this thing to bo grandly true, That a noble deed is a step toward God, Lifting the soul from the common sod To a purer air and a broader view. We rise by things that are 'neath our feet; By what we have... | |
 | Emilie S. Coles - 1879 - 98 pages
...to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round. MESSIAH, THE PRINCE Dan. 9. 25. 2 I count this thing to be grandly true : That a noble...the common clod To a purer air and a broader view. JG HOLLAND. 73 LENOX. 6. 8. '"P HE sweet prophetic Voice 1 Tells every wind that blows, The desert... | |
 | Thomas Edie Hill - 1879 - 398 pages
...vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round. I count these things to be grandly trae ! That a noble deed is a step toward God — Lifting the soul, from the common sod, To a purer air and a broader view. We rise by the things that are under our feet ; By what we... | |
 | 1880 - 208 pages
...we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round. I count this thing to be grandly...the common clod To a purer air and a broader view. —/. G. Holland: "Gradatim." XLIX. As jewels incased in a casket of gold, Where the richest of treasures... | |
 | Jacob W. Shoemaker - 1881 - 236 pages
...girl, with golden hair, and timid, pleading eyes, like a hunted fawn's. BURLINGTON HAWKEYE. GEADATIM. HEAVEN is not reached at a single bound ; But we build...step toward God— Lifting the soul from the common sod To a purer air and a broader view. We rise by things that are under our feet; By what we have mastered... | |
 | Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - 1880 - 1108 pages
...single bound ; But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, 337 feet ; By what we have mastered of good and gain; By the pride deposed and the passion slain, And the... | |
 | Austin Barclay Fletcher - 1881 - 454 pages
...we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round. I count this thing to be grandly...step toward God, Lifting the soul from the common sod To a purer air and a broader view. We rise by things that are 'neath our feet ; By what we have... | |
 | 1881 - 520 pages
...we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round. I count this thing to be grandly...step toward God, Lifting the soul from the common sod To a purer air and a broader view. We rise by things that are under feet ; By what we have mastered... | |
 | Hannah Bradbury Goodwin - 1881 - 380 pages
...take observations of the weather from behind the window cu: tains. CHAPTER III. THE MONSECOUJt HOME. " I count this thing to be grandly true — That a noble deed is a step towards God, Lifting the soul from the common sod To a purer air and a broader view." J. 6. HOLLAND... | |
 | 1882 - 404 pages
...the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round." — Gradatim. 31. "A noble deed is a step toward God,— Lifting the...the common clod To a purer air and a broader view." — Gr'adatim, 33. " Not many friends my life has made ; And these were women. I am gray, But never... | |
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