 | 1862 - 1672 pages
...it seemeth good in thy sight.' " ' Our little systems have their day, They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they.' " The Truthseeker, a Review of Literature and Events relating to tlte Development of Religions Life... | |
 | Religion - 1858 - 806 pages
...the isms. ' Our little systems have their tlay; They have their day, and cease to be: They arc hut broken lights of thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they ! ' f fee $eat an* Cervantes sent forth into the world that redoubtable hero, Don Quixote, ' Knight... | |
 | 1860 - 890 pages
...We cite a few instances : — " Our little systems have their day ; They have their day, and cease to be : They are but broken lights of Thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they." True, of all human systems ; but why does the poct forgct the Bible, that " word," which " livcth and... | |
 | Ellen Courtauld - 1860 - 488 pages
...light. LM CCCCXXIX. TENNYSOir. 1 OUB little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be : They are but broken lights of thee ; And thou, O Lord, art more than they. 2 We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see ; And yet we trust it comes... | |
 | Sir John Skelton - Essays - 1862 - 512 pages
...can honestly say with Mr. Tennyson, Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of thee ; And Thou, O Lord, art more than they. A creed is not religion ; it is at most its husk ; the Architect of the universe is above and beyond... | |
 | Religious poetry - 1863 - 220 pages
...wills are ours, to make them thine. Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. 6 For Faith and Reverence. We have but faith ; we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see ;... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1863 - 776 pages
...the first apostles of the faith. " Our little systems have their day ; They have their day, and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they." We do not believe in the doctrine of the Trinity simply for collecting from certain proof-texts a theory... | |
 | Edwin Cortland Bolles - Bible - 1865 - 734 pages
...wills are ours, to make them thine. 3 Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. 268 L- M- MASON. JJTIic Kmanc of tljc fnbfefulc (Goti. T^HOU, Lord ! by mortal eyes unseen, And by... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 734 pages
...wills are ours, to make them thine. Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be . They are but broken lights of thee And thou, O Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see ; And yet we trust it comes... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1866 - 836 pages
...wills are ours, to make them thine. 3 Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. 268 L . 1L fhr Jhnagc of tbr fnbfsfblr THOU, Lord ! by mortal eyes unseen, And by thine offspring here... | |
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Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. 
