This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ... friends, and sometimes exclaim, with the great shepherd king of Israel, " When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained, what is man!"--the beloved of the mariner, who, pacing his midnight deck, turns often aloft his eye to them, shining on him through the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ... friends, and sometimes exclaim, with the great shepherd king of Israel, " When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained, what is man!"--the beloved of the mariner, who, pacing his midnight deck, turns often aloft his eye to them, shining on him through the shrouds, or "Mirror'd in the ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down"--the loved of the wakeful, especially of those who are awake through sorrow, who, as they see them trembling through the lattice, feel, or fancy, that they are sympathising with their agonies, and would, if they could, send down a message from their far thrones that might wipe away their tears--the loved of the astronomer, who, a friendly spy, watches their every motion, and through the tube of his telescope distils into himself the essence of their beauty, their meaning, and their story--the loved of the poet's soul, who snatches many a live-coal of inspiration from their flaming altars--the loved of the Christian, who sees in them the reflection of his Father's glory, the milestones on the path of his Redeemer's departure, and of his return--the loved of all who have eyes to see, understandings to comprehend, and souls to feel their grandeur so unspeakable, their silence so profound, their separation from each other, and from us so entire, their multitude so vast, their lustre so brilliant, their forms so singular, their order so regular, their motions so dignified, so rapid, and so calm. "If," says Emerson, " the stars were to appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had thus been shown. But night after night come out these preachers of beauty...
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