Religious allegories : 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 (1848)
Holmes, William, Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885 · New Haven, [Conn.] : John W. Barber ; New York : M. W. Dodd ; Boston : Crocker & Brewster · leaf 26
^the castles of the powerful, orthe palaces of kings, yet if holiness be wanting, invain do we search for happiness. It is not there. We may visit the abodes of the poor, the cottageof the afflicted, the hovel of the dying. If we find theinmates in possession of hoHness, there also we findhappiness… … fVc have also a more sure word of prophecy. 2 Pet. i. 9. THE WEIGHT OF GODS WORD. Look where the impartial balance hangs on high, The Almightys word against weak mans to try ; Huge folios rare, and many a bulky bale, Are brought, and laid upon the even scale: Of Councils records many a tome is…
Christian art and symbolism · Emblems
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