FATHER of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord! Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind... The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope - Page 249by Alexander Pope - 1869 - 485 pagesFull view - About this book
| Friedrich August G. Tholuck - 1842 - 350 pages
...us ; Though not in the poet's sense, yet in a certain sense, Pope's lines are undoubtedly true : — Father of all ! in every age. In every clime adored,...saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord. If it were the Apostle's intention to introduce the truth in a kindly manner, could he have done it... | |
| Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...he was elected Vice President of the United States, at the age of 51 years. THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER. 1. Father of all ! in every age, In every clime, adored,...saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! 2. Thou great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou... | |
| Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - 1844 - 602 pages
...every age, In every clime, adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! — 2 Thou great First Cause, least understood, Who all...this, — that thou art good, And that myself am blind ; — 3 What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to... | |
| Hosea Ballou - 1844 - 558 pages
...and quick revive The withering plants from their decay. 376. CM »p0pI. The Universal Prayer. 1 Tnou great First Cause ! least understood, Who all my sense...this, — that thou art good, And that myself am blind 1 2 Let not this weak unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land... | |
| Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - 1844 - 582 pages
...and love ! And all my darkness be dispersed In endless light above. 320 CM POPE. £!j€ JEnfbmal 1 FATHER of all ! in every age, In every clime, adored,...saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! — 2 Thou great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, — that... | |
| 1858
...as Head above all. A poet has written what he has called a " Universal Prayer," beginning thus : " Father of all, in every age, In every clime adored,...saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord." That seems to imply that the worship of Jehovah, Jupiter, or Baal, is very much on the same level —... | |
| James Freeman Clarke - 1844 - 576 pages
...Fountain of bliss and love ! And all my darkness be dispersed In endless light above. 320 CM POPE. 1 FATHER of all ! in every age, In every clime, adored,...saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! — 2 Thou great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, — that... | |
| 1844 - 836 pages
...Christians, and recognizing him as the object of that reverence and worship which the Bible enjoins. " Father of all ! in every age, In every clime adored,...saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord." But how, it will naturally be inquired, did these creeds degenerate from their original pure monotheism,... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 pages
...Unknown, The chaos of The tomb. the lord My pasture Shall Prepare, and Feed Me With A shepherd's care. father of all in Every Age, in Every Clime Adored,...cause, least understood, who All my Sense Confined (confinedst), to Know But This, That thou Art good and That myself Am Blind. yet Gavest me In this... | |
| William Johnson Fox - 1845 - 124 pages
...LONDON: CHARLES FOX, 67 PATERNOSTER ROW. 1845. LONDON : Great New Street, Fetter Lane. BOOK FIRST. FATHER of all, in every age, In every clime adored,...saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Oh, not to earth's contracted span Thy goodness let us bound ; Nor think thee Lord alone of man,... | |
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