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While the public devotion was interrupted by shouts of rage and cries of terror, he animated his trembling congregation to express their religious confidence, by chanting one of the psalms of David which celebrates the triumph of the God of Isræl over the haughty and impious tyrant of Egypt.
His great feasts. The artificial lake. Immense sums of money expended by Nero. His favorites. His excursions to Ostia. The burning of Rome. Nero accused of being the incendiary. His probable motives. He comes to see the fire. He celebrates the occasion by a song.
II. And so let me ask you to look secondly at the blessed picture drawn here of the removal of the sin. There are three words here for forgiveness, each of which adds its quota to the general thought. It is 'forgiven, 'covered, 'not imputed. The accumulation of synonyms not only sets forth various aspects of pardon, but triumphantly celebrates the completeness and certainty of the gift.
And on the mound that celebrates the triumph we plant this day two figures, not in bronze or iron or sculptured marble, but two figures of living light, the Lion of Judah's tribe and the Lamb that was slain. "If the tree fall toward the south or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth there it shall be." ECCLES. xi: 3.
An old man, the proprietor of the loft, followed us up, made signs that he was completely deaf, and traced in the dust on the floor the date, 1470. The concerts were held in the "Salle de Fêtes," a hall in which, during peace time, the village celebrates its little festivals.
And it is not in the vast extent of your empire alone that this joy prevails; Sire, a whole continent celebrates with equal delight the alliance made by the greatest of its monarchs, and a hundred different nations bless in unison these August bonds, secretly woven by Providence, these bonds, so dear to our hearts, since they give us at once a pledge of Your Majesty's happiness, and of the fairest hopes of the country."
"Yes, Dr. Johannès to my knowledge has made inexplicable cures." "But with what?" "Gévingey tells me, in this connection, that the doctor celebrates a sacrifice to the glory of Melchisedek. I haven't the faintest idea what this sacrifice is, but Gévingey will perhaps enlighten us if he returns cured."
In 1606, upon the entry of the king of Denmark, the chronicler celebrates "the unimaginable number of gallant ladies, beauteous virgins, and other delicate dames, filling the windows of every house with kind aspect." No sooner has he determined to yield to one than a new object of admiration makes him repent the precipitation of his judgment.
Catherine, superbly arrayed as a princess, kneels at her side, and the beautiful infant Christ bends forward and places the bridal ring on her finger. Behind her a charming angel, playing on the organ, celebrates the espousals with hymns of joy; beyond him stands St. John the Baptist with his lamb. On the left of the Virgin kneels St.
Whatever can interest may prompt to expression, as it may have satisfied curiosity; and the mind celebrates a little triumph whenever it can formulate a truth, however unwelcome to the flesh, or discover an actual force, however unfavourable to given interests. As meditation on death and on life make equally for wisdom, so the expression of sorrow and joy make equally for beauty.
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