 SILENCE man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint.  Grantley Manor - Page 36by Lady Georgiana Fullerton - 1847 - 315 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...often all ejes and ears. Baliburtoii. SILENCE— Power ot What a strange power there is in »Hence / orrid face, Lording it o'er a pile of massive plate, *ben the lips are closed, and the soul secretly feels the oye of her Maker upon her ! When some of... | |
 | David Thomas - 1863 - 750 pages
...assailants will scarcely fail to cower.* Such was the silence which Christ now maintained in this hall. * " What a strange power there is in silence ! How many...are closed, and the soul secretly feels the eye of lier Maker upon her ! When some of those cutting, sharp, blighting words have been spoken which send... | |
 | Edinburgh sabbath school teachers' union - 268 pages
...61. Ralph Waldo Emerson, who died in 1882, says of silence, "What a strange power there is in it." How many resolutions are formed — how many sublime...that pause when the lips are closed, and the soul feels the eye of her Maker upon her. During that pause they have made a step toward heaven or toward... | |
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