Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the... Familiar Quotations ... - Página 593de John Bartlett - 1875 - 864 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1913 - 416 páginas
...not, after all, bad fellows for the crew, as long as the Captain keeps the deck." — JT Trowbridge. " Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side. Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting, in his abject spirit, till... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 572 páginas
...feels the gush of joy or shame ; — In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim. Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light. Hast thou chosen, 0 my people, on whose, party thon ehalt stand, Ere the Doom from its worn sandals... | |
| Malcolm MacColl - 1877 - 546 páginas
...deliberate selfishness, there is sometimes ' no place of repentance, though sought carefully with tears.' Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by for ever 'twixt that darkness and that light. A ' great cause ' is now, humanly speaking, trembling... | |
| Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 páginas
...faith was there, Repeat thy father's creed, thy mother's prayer ! Holmes. 634. CRISIS. A Nation's OXCE the object of universal pursuit. ALL human race,...Whate'er the motive, Pleasure is the mark : For her for ever 'twixt that darkness and that light. Hast thou chosen, О my people, on whose party ;Уюи... | |
| James De Mille - 1878 - 584 páginas
...your neck? Why is it not a stone of Ajax in your hand?"— REV. SYDNEY SMITH. " Once to every man or nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of...goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light. Careless seems the great Avenger ; history's pages but record One death-grapple in the darkness 'twixt... | |
| Isaac E. Page - 1878 - 160 páginas
...comes the call to choose sides, to arm himself for the conflict, and do battle for his chosen prince. " Once to every man and nation, comes the moment to...truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side." And when a man has decided for Heaven's King, he is said, in God's language, to be converted. Conversion... | |
| George Frederick Magoun - 1879 - 560 páginas
...to decide In tlie strife of truth with falsehood for the good or evil side ; Some great cause, God.s new Messiah offering each the bloom or blight, Parts...And the choice goes by forever "twixt that darkness ami that light." (5) And now, fifthly, let it be said, directly and emphatically, we have the means... | |
| 1885 - 650 páginas
...perpetually, in those wonderful lines of his in " The Present Crisis " : — "One: to every man and nati .n comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth...side ; Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering eIch the bloom or blight. Parts the goats upon th*. left hand, and the sheep upon the right, And the... | |
| 1879 - 644 páginas
...are being settled, — questions no less than such as decide between a noble life and a base one. " Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side." No matter how many more times it may come, but come it does, — this moment of contest and decision... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1880 - 662 páginas
...feels the gush of joy or shame ; — In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal elaim. Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...and the sheep upon the right, And the choice goes by for ever 'twixt that darkness and that light. Hast thou chosen, 0 my people, on whoso party thou shalt... | |
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