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 83
he Saviour is propitious, deliverance is obtained,and the soul, like a bird escaped from the snare ofthe fowler, sings triumphantly: What though I could not break my chain,Or eer cast off my load,The things impossible to men.Are possible to God. Love only can the conquest win. The strength of sin… … There is a way that seemeth right unto a man ; hut the end thereof ar$the ways of death. Prov. xvi. 25. DANGER OF SELF-INDULGENCE. With cheerful step, at blush of early day,The traveller be^au his arduous way ;He seeks at noon some pleasant, cool retreat,Where he may shelter from the noontide…
Christian art and symbolism · Emblems
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