 | William Harding (stenographer.) - 1824 - 58 pages
...be spelt thus : Ts grtly wis to tlk with our pst hrs, And ask thm wat reprt they bor to heaven. 'Tis greatly wise to' talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven. No more than one vowel ought to be written in any word, except such words as IDEA, EASY. * The vowels... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...mind to glory, that inspire The noblest virtues, and the gentlest manners. Thomson's Agamemnon. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them what report they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news. Their answers form what men Experience call ; If... | |
 | 1824 - 444 pages
...back on sin with pleasure ; and this single consideration should fill us with alarm. ' 'Tis gretftly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven.' " The apostle says, that the most exquisite enjoymcuts of sin fall short of happiness; Romans, 6th... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 190 pages
...the fond pursuit to shun Where few can reach the purpos'd aim, And thousands daily are undone. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours; And ask them, what report they bore to Heav'n. All nature is but art unknown to thee ; All chance, direction which thou canst not see ; All... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 184 pages
...the fond pursuit to shun Wh«je few can reach the purpos'd aim, Ami thousands daiiy.are undone. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours; And. ask them, what report they bore to Heav'n. All nature is but art unknown to thee ; All chance, direction which thou canst not see; All... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1828 - 128 pages
...fond pursuit to shun, Where few can reach their purpos'd aim, And thousands daily are undone. *Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them what report they bore to Heav'n. All nature is but art, unknown to thee ; All chance, direction which thou canst not see ; All... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1828 - 268 pages
...the fond pursuit to shun, Where few can reach the purpos'd aim, And thousands daily are undone. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to Heav'n. All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All... | |
 | Extracts - 1828 - 786 pages
...and did it not. If you give account for every idle word, much more for every idle hour. Baxter. 'tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heav'n ; And how they might have borne more welcome news. YOUNG. However it may prove an hard saying... | |
 | Baptists - 1829 - 894 pages
...THE NEW YEAR. IT has been said, by one of the most original and sublime of the English poets, " 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to Heaven." One of the purposes for which the faculty of memory was given us, is, to enable us to recaí the events... | |
 | Cornelius Roosevelt Duffie - Sermons, American - 1829 - 444 pages
...has been the tendency of our conduct, and the tenor of our desires. It is a fit moment for us all " To talk with our past hours, " And ask them what report they bare to heaven." . The young, who, trusting in their strength and vigour, looking forward in imagination... | |
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Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven ; And how they might have borne more welcome news. 
