 | Bridget Margaret Sortain - 1861 - 476 pages
...conduct, ' it implied an inconceivable severity of conviction that he had one thing to do, and that he who would do some great thing in this short life, must...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity.' O ! Lord, qualify me by an infusion of a similar spirit of decision. Grant that, in one sense, I may... | |
 | Graduated series - 1861 - 504 pages
...commit. It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he had one thing to do, and that he who would do some great thing in this short life, must...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity. His attention was so strongly and tenaciously fixed on his object, that even at the greatest distance,... | |
 | Business life - 1861 - 256 pages
...commit. It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction that he had one thing to do, and that he who would do some great thing in this short life must...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity. His attention was so strongly and tenaciously fixed on his object, that even at the greatest distance,... | |
 | Hetty Bowman - 1861 - 188 pages
...HYMNS FROM THE LAND OP LUTHER. " HE that would do some great thing in this short life," says Foster, " must apply himself to the work with such a concentration...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity." How much more, when the work in which we are engaged concerns the wellbeing of our souls for eternity... | |
 | Stephen Frederick Williams - 1862 - 328 pages
...outbreathing of the soul for knowledge. What says Foster ? " He that would accomplish anything great in this short life, must apply himself to the work...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity." Murray persevered always enthusiastically. Nothing could quench his ardour, nothing could make him... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 300 pages
...commit. It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he had one thing to do, and that he who would do some great thing in this short life, must apply himself to the work with such a consecration of his forces, as, to idle spectators, who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity.... | |
 | 982 pages
...character implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he had one thing to do, and that he who would do some great thing in this short life, must...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity." Decision of character is no less important in the private walks and every-day scenes of life. What... | |
 | william reed - 1864 - 836 pages
...and danger among savage men. He had learnt the lesson, that "he had one thing to do, and that he who would do some great thing in this short life, must...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity." His determination, so frequently expressed, to labour for the salvation of Africa, was not a fitful... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction,1 that he had one thing to do ; and that he, who would do some great thing in this short life, must...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity. His attention was so strongly and tenaciously fixed on his object, that, even at the greatest distance,... | |
 | John Berrien Lindsley - 1874 - 66 pages
...commit. It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction that he had one thing to do, and that he who would do some great thing in this short life must...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity. His attention was so strongly and tenaciously fixed on his object that, even at the greatest distance,... | |
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It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction that he had one thing to do, and that he who would do some great thing in this short life, must apply himself to the work with such a concentration of his forces, as, to idle spectators who live only... 
