 | E. W., Edward Wynne - Church year sermons - 1875 - 424 pages
...evanescence branded on every human system. Our little systems have their clay, They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they.* II. THE SURNAME HE CONFERS UPON. HIS SON. V. 32. A name which was of encouraging significance. " One... | |
 | English poetry - 1876 - 564 pages
...wills are ours, we know not how ; 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... | |
 | James Baldwin Brown - Bible - 1875 - 196 pages
...but a little part of the unity. " Our little systems have their day ; They have their day, and cease to be. They are but broken lights of Thee ; And Thou, O God, art more than they. " But we see unities. Our intellect is able to comprehend many diverse appearances... | |
 | James Baldwin Brown - Bible - 1875 - 192 pages
...but a little part of the unity. " Our little systems have their day ; They have their day, and cease to be. They are but broken lights of Thee ; And Thou, O God, art more than they." But we see unities. Our intellect is able to comprehend many diverse appearances... | |
 | 1921 - 838 pages
...Him whom they had come to know. ' 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.' Look at the Fourth Gospel and the use of the term Logos there. It is used twice in the Prologue. Then... | |
 | 1876 - 686 pages
...Shelley's greatest successor: " 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." — In Alemoriam. II.— The following extract is from the same sheet as the first ; but has been cancelled... | |
 | Frederick William Robertson - Criticism - 1876 - 368 pages
...childish things." — ST. PAUL. " 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... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - Hymns, English - 1876 - 148 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. Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according... | |
 | 1876 - 64 pages
...NEW YORK, JAN. 15™, 1876. [No. 1. 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.— TENNYSON. LET PHYSICIANS BE EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW. There exists an abuse in the administration of the... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - Religion - 1878 - 592 pages
...conceive how they co-exist, yet we can believe that in some manner unknown to us they do co-exist. ' They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than these.' 2 This is all that our philosopher really meant, as may be proved by many other passages. But... | |
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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. 
