The Works of Professor Wilson of the University of Edinburgh
by John Wilson
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ISBN13: 9780217616201
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 14 . The Shepherd's Illustration. opportunity o' discerning what is gaun on in the hearts o' ithers, ?this we ken, whenever we set ourselves to tak a steady gaze intil the secrets o' our ain. We are, then, moved?ay, appalled, by much that we behold; and wherever there is sin, there, be assured, will be sorrow. But arena we aften cheered, and consoled, too, by much that we behold ? And wherever there is goodness, our ain heart, as weel's them o' the spectators, burns within us Ay?it burns within us. We feel?we see, that we or our brethren are pairtly as God would wish?as we must be afore we can hope to see his face in mercy. I've often thocht intil mysel that that feeling is ane that we may desecrate (is that the richt word ?) by ranking it amang them that appertains to our senses and our imagination, rather than to the religious soul. North. Mr De Quincey? English Opium-Eater. Listen. An extraordinary man, indeed, sir Shepherd. No me; there's naething extraordinar about me, mair than about a thousand ither Scottish shepherds. But ca' not, I say, the face o' that father beautifu' who stands beside the bier o' his only son, and wi' his ain withered hands helps to let doun the body into the grave?though all its lines, deep as they are, are peacefu' and untroubled, and the grey uncovered head maist reverend and affecting in the sunshine that falls at the same time on the coffin of him who was last week the sole stay o' his auld age But if you could venture in thocht to be wi' that auld man when he is on his knees before God, in his lanely room, blessing him for a' his mercies, even for having taken awa the licht o' his eyes, extinguished it in a moment, and left a' the house in darkness?you would not then, if you saw into his inner spirit, venture to ca' the calm that s..
| ISBN-13 | 9780217616201 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217616208 |
| Weight | 1.25 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.86 In |
| List Price | $22.44 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 388 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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