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If he had become rich it was by the most honourable of all means his literary attainments; over and above his great works of scholarship, his "Meditations upon the Epistle and Character of St Jude" had placed him among the most popular of English theologians; it was so exhaustive that no one who bought it need ever meditate upon the subject again indeed it exhausted all who had anything to do with it.
Come away, for awhile, from external things, from the pleasures of the senses, from the arguments of the intellect, from the noise and the excitements of the world, and withdraw yourself into the inmost chamber of your heart, and there, free from the sacrilegious intrusion of all selfish desires, you will find a deep silence, a holy calm, a blissful repose, and if you will rest awhile in that holy place, and will meditate there, the faultless eye of Truth will open within you, and you will see things as they really are.
Which done, they said to Christiana, And shall we not show thee something, according as our custom is to do to pilgrims, on which thou mayest meditate when thou art upon the way?
Beware that ye do not deprive yourselves of the grace of God, that ye do not bring to naught your works, and do not repudiate the truth of this most manifest, this lofty, this shining, and glorious Revelation. Judge ye fairly the Cause of God, your Creator, and behold that which hath been sent down from the Throne on high, and meditate thereon with innocent and sanctified hearts.
You are a man to meditate over each new torture as calmly as you have regulated every detail of our duel." Bergenheim, instead of replying, lighted a candle as if to put an end to this discussion. "Until to-morrow, Monsieur," said he, with a cold air.
Men accustomed to meditate upon metaphysical truths, and to trace up things to their first principles, may know the Deity by its idea; and I own that is a sure way to arrive at the source of all truth. But the more direct and short that way is, the more difficult and unpassable it is for the generality of mankind who depend on their senses and imagination.
'Eminence, I don't only study; I pray and meditate; I take pains to hear all that my opponents say. But my heart stands firm. 'My son, the tribunal of the Pope is the tribunal of Christ. You are judged; submit! If not, I am sorry regret deeply but the consequence is certain. And then his own voice, in its last wrestle
This poorly cared for cage of cats fed on uncooked meat became much healthier than the others, suffering far fewer bacterial infections or other health problems. Then another miracle happened. Dr. Pottenger began to meditate on the first miracle.
How incomprehensible are His judgments, and how unsearchable His ways!"* Do what we may, read the Holy Scriptures, study, pray, meditate; we never can see and know God as He is, so long as we remain pilgrims in this world. The saying of St. Paul will ever remain true: "We now see thorough a glass in a dark manner;"+ that is, imperfectly and unsatisfactorily. * Rom. xi. 13. + 1 Cor. xiii. 12,
"How did you know I was not indoors and abed by this time?" he asked. "I didn't know. I only came to meditate in the moonlight. I have been enjoying such exquisite emotions. Are you too tired for a promenade round the circle?" He fell in with her humour. "Morgan, reproaches have been accumulating. To save time you know I never waste any you shall have them all in one ferocious phrase.
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