 | Jones Very - 1886 - 568 Seiten
...Kingdom on the earth of love and peace ? Learn first thyself, thy spirit, to control, From all that 'a false and evil in thee cease. Nor think that suddenly...light, with still increasing ray, Till from the earth i he brooding night has fled, So in man's spirit comes the eternal day, As gently as the dawn its beams... | |
 | James Russell Miller - 1895 - 380 Seiten
...And wouldst thou hasten in another soul God's kingdom on the earth, of love and peace? Learn first thyself, thy spirit, to control; From all that's false and evil in thee cease. JONES VERY, I forgave thee all that debt . . . Shouldest not thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant... | |
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a false and evil in thee cease. Nor think that suddenly the reign shall come With pomp and glory for the outward eye ; Within, around thee, in thine earthly home, The Kingdom of the Lord is drawing nigh ! As shines the light, with still increasing ray,... 