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 98
e mostprosperous, without hope would soon become the most wretch-ed. The poor and afflicted, without it, would sink at once intothe gulf of despair. To deprive man of hope, is to rob him ofhis dearest treasure. Extinguish hope, and you extinguishlife, for who could live without hope? It is the last… … Bear y. out anothers burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. Gal. vi. 2. BROTHERLY KINDNESS. Lo ! the poor pilgrim bends beneath his load, And travels wearily his lengthning road ;Contempts vast weight, baekd by afflictions sore,Incline him now to give his jouniey oer ;With groaning sick, with…
Christian art and symbolism · Emblems
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