| Charles William Stubbs (bp. of Truro.) - Christian sociology - 1884 - 152 pages
...also the revelation of God. One step towards greater perfection suggests another. "New occasions teach new duties : Time makes ancient good uncouth, They...still, and onward, who would keep abreast of truth." To the Christian who believes that none of the conditions of human life come by chance, but are divinely... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1885 - 518 pages
...funeral lamps away To light up the martyr-fa?"" Is round the prophets of to-day ? New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They...still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth; LfO, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer... | |
| Questions and answers - 1885 - 580 pages
...following quotation from James Russell Lowell. Where can the whole poem be found? " New occasions teach new duties. Time makes ancient good uncouth , They...still and onward Who would keep abreast of truth." JJJ ( 624 ) TI«-i«-oi olo»;i«-»i Journal • logy and v. Edited by MW Harrington, 1 ,iory of HtebigHi... | |
| 1885 - 568 pages
...Cosmopolitian progress. " New occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth; They mast upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth. Lo! before us gleam her camp fires, we ourselves must Pilgrims be; Launch out Mayflowers and steer boldly through the desperate winter... | |
| Reunion Society of Vermont Officers - Local history - 1885 - 508 pages
...might live, to the country redeemed by their blood and ennobled by their heroism. " New occasions teach new duties Time makes ancient good uncouth — They must upward still and" onward hey Wh Major Childs was frequently and warmly applauded. At the close, on motion of Colonel Veazey,... | |
| Jeannette Leonard Gilder - American poetry - 1886 - 746 pages
...in our haste to slay, From the tombs of the old prophets steal the funeral lamps New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They...would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate... | |
| Eliphalet Oram Lyte - English language - 1886 - 292 pages
...who could enjoy the company of a king might also despise a dinner of herbs. 30. New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They...upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth.—LoweU. QUESTIONS.— What punctuation-marks are used in the foregoing sentences ? Why are... | |
| Children's poetry - 1887 - 168 pages
...his Lord is crucified And the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied. New occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth : They...would keep abreast of Truth. Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate... | |
| Wisconsin State Agricultural Society - Agriculture - 1887 - 1252 pages
...life, while the conditions of the laboring man has not relatively been advanced. "New occasions teach new duties. Time makes ancient good, uncouth They...still and onward 'Who would keep abreast of truth" , rThis conflict cannot settle the problem. One of the elements cannot kill off the other. While one... | |
| Providence (R.I.). City Council - Providence (R.I.) - 1887 - 262 pages
...come, and see to it that nothing is withheld that can promote their progress. " New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They...still and onward, Who would keep abreast of truth." PUPILS OF THE CITY SCHOOLS : — Having thus called your attention to some landmarks here and there... | |
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