The Bible Story Part 53

--_Rossetti, The House of Life_.

Cloud of Witnesses. 506 H. T.

"It is thus . . . that the Wise Man stands ever encompa.s.sed, and spiritually embraced, by a cloud of witnesses and brothers."

--_Carlyle, Sartor Resartus, Book III, Chapter 7_.

Coat of Many Colors. 91 H.T.

"Not without meaning was the love of Israel to his chosen son expressed by the coat of many colors."

--_Ruskin, The Stones of Venice_.

Confusion of Tongues. 325 L.J.

"There had been a confusion of tongues in the narrow streets for many days."

--_Henry Van d.y.k.e, The Other Wise Man_.

Consider the Lilies. 116 L.J.

"He who stills the raven's clam'rous nest And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide."

--_Burns, The Cotter's Sat.u.r.day Night_.

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The Cool of the Day. 19 T.J.

"At cool of day with G.o.d I walk My garden's grateful shade; I hear his voice among the trees, And I am not afraid."

--_C. A. Mason_.

The Covenant of the Rainbow. 31 T.J.

"And bright as Noah saw it, yet For you the arching rainbow glows."

--_Lowell, Ode_.

The Cross. 281 L.J.

"The lies that serve great parties well, While truths but give their Christ a cross."

--_Sidney Lanier, To Beethoven_.

Crown of Thorns. 279 L.J.

"How was I worthy so divine a loss, Deepening my midnights, kindling all my morns?

Why waste such precious wood to make my cross, Such far-sought roses for my crown of thorns?"

--_Lowell, Das Ewig Weibliche_.

The Curse of Cain. 22 T.J.

"The curse of Cain Light on his head who pierced thy innocent breast, And seared the angel soul that was its guest."

--_Sh.e.l.ley, Adonais_.

David's Harp 396 H.T., 152 G.B.

"Tune, to please a peasant's ear, The harp a king had loved to hear."

--_Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel_.

Deep Calleth unto Deep. 61 S.A.

"Deep calling unto deep."

--_Browning, The Ring and the Book_.

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Defrauded of His Birthright. 60 H.T.

"An American child who is allowed to grow up without a knowledge of the Bible is defrauded of his birthright."

--_Youth's Companion_.

Den of Thieves. 237 L.J.

"What makes a church a den of thieves?

A dean and chapter, and white sleeves."

--_Butler, Hudibras_.

Devils in Swine. 139 L.J.

"Ba.s.s. If it please you to dine with us!

Shy. Yes, to smell pork, to eat of the habitation which your prophet, the Nazarite, conjured the devil into."

--_Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice 1:3_.

Do Men Gather Grapes of Thorns, or Figs of Thistles? 109 G.B.

"Conceits himself as G.o.d that he can make Figs out of thistles."

--_Tennyson, The Last Tournament_.

Dust Thou Art, and unto Dust shalt Thou Return. 21 T.J.

"Dust to dust! but the pure spirit shall flow Back to the burning fountain whence it came."

--_Sh.e.l.ley, Adonais_.

Earthly House. 452 S.A.

"All the angels that inhabit this temple of the body appear at the windows, and all the gnomes and vices also."

--_Emerson, Essay on Love_.

Easier for a Camel to Go through the Eye of a Needle. 212 L.J.

"It is as hard to come as for a camel To thread through the postern of a needle's eye."

--_Shakespeare, Richard II 5:5_.

Eat, Drink, and be Merry. 212 L.J.