Christian similitudes: being a series of emblematic engravings, with written explanations, miscellaneous observations, and religious reflections, designed to illustrate divine truth, in accordance with the cardinal principles of Christianity .. (1866)
Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885 · Cincinnati, O., Howe's Subscrition Book Concern · leaf 138
. Our bodies being spiritual will serve ourspirits, and minister to them; whereas now ourspirits are forced to serve our bodies, and attendto their leisure, and do greatly depend upon themfor our actions. When the righteous enter theglorious future, their bodies will be purified andrefined from… … Par in a wild, unknown to public view,From youth to age a reverend liermit grew;The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well.Remote from man, with God he passed his days.Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise. In a far distant country, and at…
Emblems, Religious
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