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" The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; the last was the light of reason; and his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. "
Essays by Lords Bacon and Clarendon: Two Volumes in One - Page 15
by Francis Bacon - 1820 - 539 pages
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The National Preacher, Volumes 27-28

1853 - 604 pages
...the energies of truth in the hands of the great sanctifier. "The first creature of God, in the work of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last...work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit" If the study of divine things is not a blessing to any, it is because they are "sensual, having not...
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The Juvenile Missionary Record and Sabbath Scholars' Magazine, Volume 2

1854 - 780 pages
...highest types of excellence. CMC (To be continued in our next.) THE THREE LIGHTS. THE first creation of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense (Gen. i. 3) ; the last was the light of reason (Gen. ii. 7.) ; and His Sabbath work, ever since, is...
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Discourses on Truth: Delivered in the Chapel of the South Carolina College

James Henley Thornwell - 1855 - 340 pages
...knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it — and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it — is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creature of God in the work of days was the light of sense ; the last was the light of reason, and His Sabbath-work ever since...
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The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine, Volumes 1-2

1856 - 600 pages
...history to favour them. With regard to the seventh day, space only allows me to point to the solntion. " The first creature of God in the works of the days...work ever since is the illumination of his spirit."* What a beautiful thought ! God's sabbath still lasts. Geology teaches that, in regard to our earth,...
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The Essays: Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral ; and The Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 pages
...the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The...the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; 8 the last was the light of reason ; * and his 1 Perhaps he was thinking of St. Augustine. — See...
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The Universalist Quarterly and General Review, Volume 14

1857 - 444 pages
...prejudice, and the mists of education, tradition and conceit. Finely observes an eminent philosopher : " The first creature of God, in the works of the days,...work, ever since, is the illumination of his spirit." His loftiest labor is to illumine human souls with the inspirations of kis truth ; and tis they who...
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The American Church Monthly, Volumes 2-3

1857 - 996 pages
...knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; arid the belief of truth, which is the enjoyment of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature. The...of GOD, in the works of the days, was the light of sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and His Sabbath work ever since is the illumination of His...
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The Essays Or Counsels Civil and Moral. With the Wisdom of the Ancients ...

Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pages
...is probably to S. Jerome, in Epiflol. who lays, " Daemonem cibus eft carmina Poetarum," &c The firft Creature of God, In the Works of the Days, was the Light of the Senfe ; the laft was the Light of Reafon ; and his Sabbath Work, ever fmce, is the Illumination of...
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Life of Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck

Mary Anne Galton Schimmelpenninck - 1858 - 576 pages
...ready ; and though it tired me in body, it was delightful to me." CHAP. IV. 1805. " The first creation of God in the works of the days was the light of the...His Sabbath work ever since is the illumination of the Spirit." — BACON. " My endeavours Hare ever come too short of my desires." SHAKESPEARE. AMONGST...
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Life of Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck ...

Mary Anne Galton Schimmelpenninck - 1858 - 380 pages
...ready ; and though it tired me in body, it was delightful to me." CHAP. IV. l805. " The first creation of God in the works of the days was the light of the sense, the last was the light of reason, and His Sahhath work ever since is the illumination of the Spirit." — BACON. " My endeavours Have ever come...
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