If Jesus Christ is a man, — And only a man, — I say That of all mankind I cleave to him, And to him will I cleave alway. II "If Jesus Christ is a God, — And the only God, — I swear I will follow Him through heaven and hell, The earth, the sea,... The North American Review - Page 4431909Full view - About this book
| Literature - 1873 - 860 pages
...tribe, my friend, — I am enamored of the real! The Song of a Heathen. Sojourning in Galilei^ A, D. 32. IF Jesus Christ is a man, — And only a man, —...say That of all mankind I cleave to him, And to him I will cleave alway. If Jcius Christ is a God, — And the only God, — I swear I will follow Him... | |
| George Frederick Magoun - Congregational churches - 1879 - 560 pages
...desponding world and sent thousands of converted heathen singing the spirit of their heart faith. " If Jesus Christ is a man — And only a man — I...That of all mankind I cleave to Him And to Him will cleave alway. " If Jesus Christ is a God — And the only God — I swear I will follow Him through... | |
| David Nelson Beach - Atonement - 1886 - 76 pages
...(Scritner's Monthly, July, 1873; vol. vi. p. 369) :.— THE SONG OF A HEATHEN Sojourning in Galilee, AD 32. If Jesus Christ is a man, — And only a man, — I say That of all mankind I cleave tohim> And to him I will cleave alway. If Jesus Christ is a God, — And the only God, — I swear... | |
| Richard Watson Gilder - American poetry - 1887 - 92 pages
...this I know that Christ indeed is Christ. V. THE SONG OF A HEATHEN. (SOJOURNING IN GALILEE, AD 32.) I. IF Jesus Christ is a man,— And only a man,— I...mankind I cleave to him, And to him will I cleave alway. ii. If Jesus Christ is a God,— And the only God,— I swear I will follow Him through Heaven and... | |
| Elizabeth Stuart Phelps - Christianity - 1889 - 260 pages
...of our " literary class" who has put the whole argument for us in these reverberating words : — " If Jesus Christ is a man, And only a man, I say That of all mankind I eleav^ to him, And to him will cleave alway. " If Jesus Christ is a God, And the only God, I swear... | |
| Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen, Goodridge Bliss Roberts - American poetry - 1891 - 796 pages
...from heaven to lift men to the sky. SONGS. THE SONG OF A HEATHEN (SOJOURNING IN GALILEE, AD 32). IP Jesus Christ is a man, — And only a man, — I say...mankind I cleave to him, And to him will I cleave alway. n. If Jesus Christ is a God, — And the only God, — I swear I will follow Him through Heaven and... | |
| Church and the world - 1891 - 634 pages
...nearly all the educated and devout souls held there, I should use the words of Richard Watson Gilder : " If Jesus Christ is a man And only a man, I say That of all mankind I cleave to Him And to Him will cleave alway. " If Jesus Christ is God And the only God, I swear I will follow Him through heaven and... | |
| Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen, Goodridge Bliss Roberts - American poetry - 1891 - 728 pages
...GILDER. '73 SONGS. THE SONG OF A HEATHEN (SOJOURNING IN GALILEE, AD 32). IF Jesus Christ is a wan, — And only a man, — I say That of all mankind I cleave to him, And to him will I cleave alway. II. If Jesus Christ is a God, — And the only God, — I swear I will follow Him through Heaven and... | |
| Phillips Brooks, H. L. S. - Meditations - 1893 - 384 pages
...the SOnship of the Son of God. INFLUENCE, 52. THE SONG OF A HE A THEN. (Sojourning in GaliUe, AD3*.) If Jesus Christ is a man, — And only a man, —...That of all mankind I cleave to him, And to him will 1 cleave alway. If Jesus Christ is a God, — And the only God, — I swear I will follow Him through... | |
| Lynde Palmer - Children - 1894 - 378 pages
...pleased me. Some modern poet has put into words an attitude that is, perhaps, possible to us all : " ' If Jesus Christ is a man — And only a man — I...mankind I cleave to him. And to him will I cleave alway. But if Jesus Christ is a God — And the only God — I swear I will follow him through heaven and... | |
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