John Bowring Quotes

• In the cross of Christ I glory,

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  Sir John Bowring, lady Deborah Castle Bowring (1873). “A Memorial Volume of Sacred Poetry”, p.200

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• There is in every human heart Some not completely barren part, Where seeds of truth and love might grow, And flowers of generous virtue flow; To plant, to watch, to water there, This be our duty, be our care.

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  John Bowring, “Blessings Of Instruction”

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• The talents lost--the moments run To waste--the sins of act, of thought, Ten thousand deeds of folly done, And countless virtues cherish'd not.

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  Sir John Bowring (1824). “Matins and vespers: with hymns and occasional devotional pieces”, p.48

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• Sleep is no servant of the will; it has caprices of its own; when courted most, it lingers still; when most pursued, 'tis swiftly gone.

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• In the cross of Christ I glory,Towering o'er the wrecks of time;All the light of sacred storyGathers round its head sublime.

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  John Bowring, “The Cross Of Christ”

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• Chance and change are busy ever;Man decays, and ages move;But His mercy waneth never;God is wisdom, God is love.

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  Sir John Bowring, lady Deborah Castle Bowring (1873). “A Memorial Volume of Sacred Poetry”, p.109

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• A happy family is but an ealier heaven.

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