 EVERY day is a little life; and our whole life is but a day repeated; whence it is that old Jacob numbers his life by days ; and Moses desires to be taught this point of holy arithmetic, to number not his years, but his days.  Selected letters, ed. by T. Chamberlain - Page 133by Selected letters - 1842Full view - About this book
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1853 - 768 pages
...interesting account given of his manner of spending his time, in a letter to his patron, lord Denny. "Every day is a little life; and our whole life is...this point of holy arithmetic, ' to number ' not his year*, but ' his days.' Those therefore that dare lose a day, are dangerously prodigal ; those that... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1853 - 196 pages
...value to those whose distinguished prerogati VQ has placed them in situations of like advantage : — " Every day is a little life, and our whole life is but a day repeated ; whence it is that old Jacob numbered his life by days, and Moses desired to be taught this point of holy arithmetic, to number... | |
 | 1855 - 488 pages
...be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. ROM. viii. 38, 39. Every day is a little life, and our whole life is but a day repeated; whence it is that old Jacob numbered his life by days ; and Moses desires to be taught this holy arithmetic, to number not his... | |
 | Christians - 1856 - 448 pages
...a beautiful description of the quiet tenor of his days at Waltham. " Every day," he says, " is but a little life, and our whole life is but a day repeated. In none may we forget him, in some we must forget all beside him. Now when sleep is rather driven away... | |
 | 1857 - 594 pages
...SPENT. (From an Epißle of Bißt/p Hall to my Lord Denny.) Every day is a. little life: and our whole is but a day repeated; whence it is that old Jacob numbers his life by days, and Mofes deíires to be taught this point of holy arithmetic, to number not his years but his days. Those,... | |
 | 1857 - 734 pages
...the earth ; a drop of water is a part of the oceaii ; but a thousand years is no part of eternity. Every day is a little life, and our whole life is but a day repeated. Palanquin Travelling in India. SINGING AND GIVING. A WOMAN in Jamaica was very fond of going to Missionary... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1859 - 444 pages
...study as sketched by the pen of its industrious occupant in one of his most delightful epistles : — " Every day is a little life, and our whole life is but a day repeated : whence it is that old Jacob numbered his life by days, and Moses desired to be taught this point of holy arithmetic, to number... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1859 - 440 pages
...with success ; but the reprieve was short, and in 1 627 he was obliged to become Bishop of Exeter. " Every day is a little life, and our whole life is but a day repeated : whence it is that old Jacob numbered his life by days, and Moses desired to be taught this point of holy arithmetic, to number... | |
 | Septimus Sears - 1863 - 242 pages
...of the earth ; a drop of water is a part of the ocean ; but a thousand years is no part of eternity. EVERY day is a little life, and our whole life is but a day repeated. THE PARTIAL FATHER. "JACK!" thundered Mr. Weston, "was that you making such a dust ? If it was, you'd... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1860 - 642 pages
...value to those whose distinguished prerotative has placed them in situations of like advantage: — " Every day is a little life, and our whole life is but a day repeated: whence it a that old Jacob numbered his life by days, and Moses desired to be taught this point of holy arithmetic,... | |
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