The Spirit-rapper: An AutobiographyLittle, Brown, 1854 - 402 páginas |
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Página 383 - I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. I believe in the equality of man, and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.
Página 82 - To vision profounder, Man's spirit must dive; His aye-rolling orb At no goal will arrive; The heavens that now draw him With sweetness untold, Once found, — for new heavens He spurneth the old.
Página 243 - Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present: and let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth. Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments : and let no flower of the spring pass by us : Let us crown ourselves with rose-buds, before they be withered.
Página 80 - The fiend that man harries Is love of the Best ; Yawns the pit of the Dragon, Lit by rays from the Blest. The Lethe of Nature Can't trance him again, Whose soul sees the perfect, Which his eyes seek in vain.
Página 196 - We preach Christ crucified to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness ; but to them who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Página 194 - Seek ye therefore first the Kingdom of God and His justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Página 196 - ... the foolish things of the world hath God chosen that He may confound the wise, and the weak things of the world hath God chosen that He may confound the strong.
Página 312 - ... entertained have been publicly revealed; and I have once and again been admonished that my every thought was known to, and could be disclosed by, the intelligence which was thus manifesting itself. I have heard the mediums use Greek, Latin, Spanish, and French words, when I knew they had no knowledge of any language but their own; and it is a fact that can be attested by many, that often there has been speaking and writing in foreign languages and unknown tongues by those who were unacquainted...
Página 81 - Pride ruined the angels, Their shame them restores; Lurks the joy that is sweetest In stings of remorse. Have I a lover Who is noble and free? — I would he were nobler Than to love me.
Página 244 - Come therefore and let us enjoy the good things that are present, and let us speedily use the creatures as in youth. Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments : and let not the flower of the time pass by us. Let us crown ourselves with roses before they be withered : let no meadow escape our riot.