 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - 1894 - 1066 էջ
...India should come under the shadow of Muhammadan rulers. " Our little systems have their day ; They have their day, and cease to be ; They are but broken...lights of Thee, And Thou, 0 Lord ! art more than they." He condemns the narrow views of those who imagine that the divine beneficence is confined to them,... | |
 | 1870 - 406 էջ
...intelligence can dictate, let us each yet acknowledge that — " Our little systems have their day — They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, О Lord, art more than they. We have but faith ; we cannot know, For knowledge is of things we see... | |
 | 1850 - 602 էջ
...trust the infinite unknown. Thus in the prefatory poem : — " Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, — And thou, O Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see... | |
 | 1864 - 704 էջ
...but is better than all " Our little systems have their day, They have their day and cease to Ъе ; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, 0 Lord, art more than they." Again, there are others who come to themselves instead of to Christ. They have, with the fatal facility... | |
 | 1875 - 828 էջ
...rational and more Scriptural — " Oar little systems have their day ; They have their day and ceaso to be They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, 0 Lord, art more than they." That Christ suffered there can be no doubt, and that He exhibited a sympathy absolutely complete and... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1878 - 530 էջ
...faith and faith alone embrace, Believing where we cannot prove. Our little systems have their day, They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee, And Thou, O Lord, art more than they. THE CREDIBILITY OF VENERABLE BEDE, SAINT AND CONFESSOR, AND OF HIS FOLLOWERS.... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1865 - 1220 էջ
...faith alone, embrace, Believing where WF cannot prove. " Our little systems have their day — They have their day, and cease to be ; They are but broken lights of Thee, And Tnou, O Lord, art more than they." " Our little systems " indeed! — yes, so little when compared... | |
 | 1850 - 590 էջ
...we know not how ; Our wills are ours, to make them thine. Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be : They are but broken...know ; For knowledge is of things we see : And yet wetrust it comes from thee, A beam in darkness : let it grow. Let knowledge grow from more to more,... | |
 | 1850 - 602 էջ
...trust the infinite unknown. Thus in the prefatory poem : — " Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, — And thou, О Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 272 էջ
...we know not how ; Our wills are ours, to make them thine. Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease to be : They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. We have but faith : we cannot know ; For knowledge is of things we see... | |
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Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be; They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they. 
