 | John Greenleaf Adams - Christian life - 1840 - 286 pages
...angel wrote and vanished. The next night It came again with great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, . And lo ! BEN ADHEM'S name led all the rest ! " * Say ye, that this is a dream of the poet's imagination ? Agreed. But it is no " vain imagination."... | |
 | Albany (N.Y.) - 1844 - 104 pages
...wrote and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. The American Jllmanac. — Chambers, in one of the May numbers of his Edinburgh Journal, presents his... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - Recitations - 1844 - 302 pages
...wrote, and vanished. " The next night It came again, with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest." LESSON CXI. THE MUSQUETO. The following lines are by M'JiLTON. They may be spoken by quite a small... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...wrote and vanished. The next night It came again, with great awakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. THE VIOLET-GIRL.— Milnes. WHEN Fancy will continually rehearse Some painful scene once present to... | |
 | Henry Clapp - American literature - 1846 - 238 pages
...wrote and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And show'd the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest ! Where woman has never a soul to save, If THIS is Christian work ! " "Work — work — work '. Till... | |
 | George Harris - 1849 - 540 pages
...wrote, and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo ! Ben Adhem's Name led all the rest ! EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY. No. 2.— INFERNAL PROOFS. We have stated, in a former Article, the general... | |
 | Henry Mayhew, Augustus Mayhew - Brothers and sisters - 1849 - 530 pages
...wrote and vanished. The next night He came again, with a great wakening light. And showed their names whom love of God had blessed : And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest THE END. A FINE IS INCURRED IF THIS BOOK IS NOT RETURNED TO THE LIBRARY ON OR BEFORE THE LAST DATE... | |
 | John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - American literature - 1851 - 1054 pages
...wrote, and vanished. The next night It came again, with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest." The sentiment of this pure poem is an ancient and world-wide truth. The two great commandments are... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...wrote and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And, lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. CHAPTER XLIX. Extract from a Speech in the United States House o sentatiees.* — RC WINTHROP. •... | |
 | 1852 - 348 pages
...arigel wrote and vanished The next night He came again with a wakening light, • And showed the names whom love of God had blessed. And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest I " CONCLUSION. Although your time and patience have been trespassed upon to so great an extent, allow... | |
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And is mine one?' said Abou. 'Nay, not so,' Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still; and said, 'I pray thee then, Write me as one that loves his fellow-men.' The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening... 
