| 单词 | lowliness |
| 例句 | They made her aware of her own lowliness, her plain looks, her lack of aspirations, her ignorance of so many things. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “The word mean has more than one definition, Miss Gilly. Here the poet is talking about humility, lowliness, not”—he laughed softly—“not bad nature.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z All adults had to be addressed as Mister, Missus, Miss, Auntie, Cousin, Unk, Uncle, Buhbah, Sister, Brother and a thousand other appellations indicating familial relationship and the lowliness of the addressor. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The man they considered the town drunk had shamed them by pointing out the lowliness of their deed. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The seething lyrics fixate on the lowliness of the human condition. Review | Eyehategod’s high-gravity metal can connect you to the heavens 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z But his departure echoes Celestine’s resignation, which was “because of my lowliness, my desire for a more perfect life, my great age and infirmities”. Papal resignations: Torn vestments 2013-02-14T16:06:18Z You chose her in lowliness and poverty; she shall be yours in wealth and honour. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z In the Church, however much rank and family connections might assist in securing promotion to high place, yet talent and energy could always make themselves felt despite lowliness of birth. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z Vulgarity signifies coarseness or indelicacy of manner, and is not necessarily associated with poverty or lowliness of condition. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z Wilt thou not say? canst thou not, with lowliness and fervor, Our Father which art in Heaven! thy will and not mine be done! The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z Oh Heaven!" he said, "I have deceived myself; I am no genius, able to rise above the lowliness of my station. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z He had learned in the night both that he loved, and the lowliness that comes of love. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z The followers of Jesus ought conscientiously to walk worthy of their vocations, 'with all lowliness, and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.' The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z Romance had come to her in her lowliness, and a noble lover, stooping to her; and she had killed the one and denied the other. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Father of lowliness, High-priest of sorrow, mighty and powerful; Lover of children, in mercy merciless, piteous in justice; raise me from flesh, above wrong, to communion with spirits of heaven. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Instructed that true knowledge leads to love: True dignity abides with him alone, Who, in the silent hour of inward thought, Can still suspect, and still revere himself, In lowliness of heart. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z This bent towards lowliness, tempered through and through, as it was, with his clear intelligence, saved him from vaunting and all vanity. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z There is a pretended lowliness of demeanour, which often covers over a very proud heart. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z The Master replied, "Away with your lowliness, Murari; the sight of it pierces my heart." Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z While lowliness of mind before God, and a constant desire to serve his fellow-men, were perhaps the most conspicuous features of his religious character, the over-flowings of a grateful spirit must not be overlooked. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z To the common observer, the state of the bad is one of pure misery, and the state of the other simply quiet, frugal, lowliness of condition. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z The native purity of Lincoln's lowliness shows best in his reverence for God. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z They now began to think that despite the lowliness of her condition, the cowherdess, as they called her, was no ordinary being. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z I. Notice the blending of lowliness and authority in Paul’s designation of himself. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z My faith has found Him in His lowliness. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour 2011-09-03T02:00:17.117Z Cultivate lowliness, meekness, and brokenness of spirit, tenderness of conscience, in your own private walk. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z Here in human lowliness appears a Godlike dignity. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z But importing by His action something deliberate and grave, He sat down and called the Twelve, and pronounced the great law of Christian rank, which is lowliness and the lowliest service. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z He would point the contrast between the Divine dignity of the Eternal Word, the Creator and Lord of the universe, and the lowliness of His incarnation. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z Poverty and lowliness extend their protecting mantle over you and hide you from the looks of scorn and contempt which rend your heart. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z Give us that lowliness of spirit which will enable us to find the gate of higher life and to enter in. The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z Weak men, in the lowliness and impotence of their poverty, had borne the wrong. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z When Kaisers and Popes ostentatiously wash the feet of paupers, they do not really serve, and therefore they exhibit no genuine lowliness. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z There the Little Poor Brothers gathered round him, and he spoke his last words to them, bidding them live always as he had taught them to live, in poverty and lowliness. In God's Garden Stories of the Saints for Little Children 2011-07-10T02:00:24.773Z They found a home in every habitation of the world, and the lowliness of their condition but exalted them the more. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z If any triumph has made us self-confident, if any earthly success has made us proud, may Thy Holy Spirit lead our spirits into the lowliness which is the beginning of true wisdom and strength. The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z As with his lowliness, and his rectitude, so with his moral valuation of the human soul. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z So great is lowliness that Christ Himself may be found in the person of a little child. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z And among the reasons why her life is so high and loving, no doubt one is, that socially her position is one not of exaltation but of lowliness. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z And while we are fain to draw nigh with all lowliness and modesty, with minds sincere and simple, let our hearts burn with great desires, with ardour and heartfelt longings. On Union with God 2011-06-14T02:00:24.337Z And now, in a daring which yet quiets the soul in reverence and prayerful lowliness, he tells his fellow-believers that he lives "in hope of the glory of God." The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z And so, in his benignity, as in his rectitude and lowliness and purity, he stood in this address attired in Godly piety. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z In the very teaching of lowliness Jesus exempts Himself, and forbids others to be Master and Lord, because these titles belong to Him. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z I move to the end in lowliness of heart.— Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Unluckily Gustavus pleased him, because he regarded the young man's youthful good nature as an exclusive attachment to himself, his modesty as lowliness before the Oefelian grandeur, his virtues as weaknesses. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z Myrtles denote lowliness and sweetness, and the dark, dreary valley stands for persecution, suffering, and being outcast. Studies in Zechariah 2011-05-26T02:00:17.670Z Here are signs assuredly that Lincoln's lowliness and reverence, his prayerfulness and trust, his steadfastness and gratitude towards God had been balanced and illumined beneath the livelong cogitations of an even, piercing eye. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z I had laid my pride at his feet, in all the lowliness and humility of love; it now rose indignant within me, and bade me scorn further justification. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z Jesus, having deigned to be born in poverty and lowliness like his brethren, never condescended to practise the art of writing. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z She always came back upon this, that he deserved something better than her; for love is lowliness, on the wedding-ring sparkles no jewel. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z Even in heaven, therefore, the Christian saint was to keep his essential fidelity, separation, and lowliness. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z And so in Lincoln's loyalty and tenderness, his lowliness and thirst for immortality, as man of God, unfolds the heavenly beauty of God's eternal purity and majesty, God's benignity and faithfulness. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z The decisions of these quorums or either of them are to be made in all righteousness, in holiness, and lowliness of heart, meekness and long suffering; and in that event their decisions are final. Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-13T03:00:23.193Z And so also the overseer of the workmen is a Jew, for he has a yellow complexion and looks with a lowliness which no Egyptian could imitate.” The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z The very lowliness of this task is its glory. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z The place is still the abode of labour and lowliness. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z And let the Nations listen to their replies; and so discern what problems clear, where dignity and lowliness convene. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z Columban monks made a second Iona at Lindisfarne, with its church of hewn oak thatched with reeds after Irish tradition in sign of poverty and lowliness, and with its famous school of art and learning. Irish Nationality 2011-01-11T03:00:30.560Z Or cause us not in lowliness, vain thoughts of self to hide? Poems With a Sketch of the Life and Experience of Annie R. Smith 2010-12-26T03:00:20.460Z From this springs up the new man, in whom is found the most noble life of Christ; which life, he himself has described as being meekness and lowliness of heart. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z It was then with a perfect shock that he came to learn that even they, in all their lowliness, could claim no exemption from common calamity. Tony Butler The phases of that lowliness may pass through continual transformation. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z In a country west from here A lord is born in lowliness, In love without a peer. Later Poems My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour, For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden, For, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction Such a one is resolved heartily to follow Christ in his humility and love, meekness and patience, expelling, through the lowliness of Christ, the venom of pride that lurks within. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Raise Thou their lowliness, Succor Thou their distress, Thou whom the meanest bless! Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion The same inwrought agreement shines in the profound affinity of Lincoln's kindliness and faithfulness and lowliness with his pure idealism. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z They that are pure in heart, they shall see God; they who love righteousness, who seek with lowliness for purity and goodness, they will find in Christ a God they can see and trust. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I Richard himself took his nephew to London; and at the young king's public entry on the fourth of May he bore himself "in open sight most reverently to the prince, with all semblance of lowliness." The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History Therefore, even as we cannot fathom, much less express in words, the omnipotence of God; so neither can we fathom with our thoughts the humility and lowliness of Christ. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Imagination, in her playful mood, Might liken it to a poor village maid, Lowly, but smiling in her lowliness, And dressed so neatly as if every day Were Sunday. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 In Lincoln's life as private soul, and as vicar of us all alike, his constancy and kindliness, his purity and lowliness embrace and body forth his total being, with all he bore and wrought. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z With him “lowliness is young ambition’s ladder;” but he finds it a toil to climb in this way the steep of Fame. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature And they wonder greatly that to such lowliness the Divine Verb should have stooped. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion To such an abject lowliness, to such an inconceivable degree of humiliation, the Lord suffered himself to be reduced whilst he dwelt among us! True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z It is, throughout, the doctrine of the prophets, that the Messiah, descending from the family of David, sunk into utter lowliness, would at first appear without any outward rank and dignity. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 Look down, thou, awful, heart-inspecting Judge, Look down with mercy on thy erring creature, And teach my soul the lowliness it needs! Percy A Tragedy She appeared unconscious of the humility of her present position; or if conscious, it was only to taste a charm in its lowliness. Shirley In order that the לי might become the more evident, the Lord, at his election, gave such a direction to the circumstances, that this, his natural lowliness, might be most strikingly exhibited. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 Behold with what lowliness of heart did he undergo the affronts of a profane world! True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z It is only quite at the close that a gentle intimation is given of the glory concealed behind the lowliness: He there appears as the judge of those who have rejected Him. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 Grant, I beseech Thee, O Lord, that I may ever worship Thee with such humility of mind as becometh my lowliness and such elevation of mind as Thy loftiness demandeth. . . . Italy, the Magic Land But we are not given and shown these mysteries without paying a price: we must learn to live in extraordinary lowliness and loneliness of spirit. The Romance of the Soul Even in their lowliness are they often the objects of envy to the harassed and care-ridden rich, who would willingly forego all their superfluous gains for one hour of contented ease. The Elm Tree Tales He took upon him the form of a servant, that by his lowliness, he might repair our losses, and reinstate us in that sovereign dominion over all the creatures, which we had lost. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z These interpreters are, farther, wrong in this respect, that they refer the pretended figurative expression solely to the lowliness and humility of the Messiah, and not, at the same time, to His sufferings also. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than himself. Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story “Let nothing be done through strife, but in lowliness of mind; let each esteem others better than themselves.” Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement "I don't know much more now," she said, in very lowliness, "about stones, but you can teach me, Endecott." Say and Seal, Volume II Hence they freely espoused the despised life of Christ, walking in his charity, lowliness, and patience; contemning the earth, and triumphing over the world, its snares, and its allurements. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z An intimation of the lowliness of Christ at His first appearance occurs as early as in chap. xi. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 There is often a beautiful blending of majesty and humility, magnanimity and lowliness, in great minds. The Mind of Jesus I think we must know by this time the meaning of "lowliness" of mind—esteeming one's self least and others greater. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost The heart in which the Holy Spirit dwells will always be characterized by gentleness, lowliness, quietness, meekness, and forbearance. Days of Heaven Upon Earth If, therefore, thy heart be endued with meekness and lowliness, thou wilt easily bear contempt and injuries; nay, thou wilt accept them as so many paternal chastisements designed for the good of thy soul. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z In lowliness, without any outward splendour, the Servant of God shall go about. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 If the lowliness of my position deterred him from asking me to marry him, I was wasting sympathy upon him, and taking needless precautions. A Romantic Young Lady When the heart is meek and humble, lowliness, gentleness, and modesty will be seen in the countenance. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity One of the marks of highest worth is deep lowliness. Days of Heaven Upon Earth In the exercise of this patience, meekness, and lowliness of mind, our Lord Jesus Christ has set us an example by willingly denying himself. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Supposing a double sense, he finds it an indication of the helpless infancy of the Redeemer, and in this a representation of His lowliness. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 "In spite of the lowliness of my birth, and the life I have chosen, some good remains in me." Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. “With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love.” The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity From the same root is derived the expression, "low estate," or "lowliness," used by the Virgin Mary in her song, Lk 1, 48. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood As man, by ambition, pride, and disobedience, turned himself from God; so his apostasy could not be expiated and removed, except by the extreme humility, lowliness, and obedience of the Son of God. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Moreover, the lowliness of the Messiah himself at His appearance is a necessary consequence of the lowliness of His family; and it is a bad middle course to acknowledge the latter and deny the former. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 “Obedience it might be, but it was not lowliness!” said Sister Ada, tartly. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers By long-suffering is meant to patiently bear with the failings and foibles of our brother, “With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love.” The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity They judge of the office of the ministry by the lowliness of the person. Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood Can the distemper of pride be so violent, as not to be healed by the profound humility and lowliness of Christ? True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z The name of that place by which His lowliness was designated was the same as that by which Isaiah had designated the lowliness of the Messiah at His appearing. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 Humility and lowliness is an important element conducive to "unity of conduct." A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy “With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love.” The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity The lowliness of his extraction cannot have been any serious impediment to him, for before the end of his thirty-sixth year he was a sergeant. A Book About Lawyers Be thou meek and pious and serve in all lowliness the glorious creator; if thou art not determined to do that, thou art employed in trying to wash an Ethiop white.” Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts But when all this is said, it remains probable that a lowliness in their ideal preserves the villagers from temptation. Change in the Village "The fruits of lowliness," a philosopher has said, "are love and tranquillity." A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Conscious of our natural lowliness and sins, we have frequent recourse to her intercession in the assured hope of being more favorably heard. The Faith of Our Fathers I am sure Paul taught us not so when he said, “In lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves,” Phil. ii. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) Timur, my noble King, The Queen herself in such sad lowliness. Turandot, Princess of China A Chinoiserie in Three Acts We never experienced a more stinging sense of our own humbleness and imbecility than on such occasions, and never had we greater need of patience and lowliness of spirit. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century And the Baptist's greatness was revealed in the lowliness of his self-estimate. John the Baptist God's providence is the school in which we are to learn the meekness and lowliness of Jesus. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan The practical benefits of this habitual lowliness of spirit are too numerous, and at the same time too obvious; to require enumeration. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. In Tolstoy's story are two historical characters of so pronounced individuality that their names always suggest definite ideas—Croesus, riches and worldly greatness; Solon, wisdom and worldly poverty and lowliness. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes They looked up at the organ silently and seriously; for its exalted melodies had, without their being prepared for it, carried them away from their everyday existence, and lifted them up above its abject lowliness. The Goose Man These dispositions of Christ are lowliness, meekness, submission, and the other virtues which He possessed. Spiritual Torrents Dear reader, study this little work with a simple and sincere heart, with lowliness of mind, without wishing to criticise it, and you will find it of good to you. A Short Method Of Prayer How carefully has Stephen fulfilled these salutary commands and warnings of the Apostle, keeping in the first place lowliness of mind and meekness! A Source Book for Ancient Church History The personal adornments of one that is raised to a high situation must correspond with his present greatness, and not with his former lowliness. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote No wonder that the Frank preferred him to the son of a poor washerwoman, whose lowliness Elias himself was always emphasising. The Valley of the Kings It covets the cross, lowliness, poverty; then this desire is lost, and there remains a secret inclination for the same things, which continually deepens and simplifies, becoming every day more intimate and more hidden. Spiritual Torrents Now by doing so, first I give a pattern in my own person of the kind of condescension or lowliness to which I would persuade my people. Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert He exhorts the Philippians to steadfastness, fidelity, and patience amid the sufferings to which they were exposed from without; and to simplicity and “lowliness of mind” amongst themselves. The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866 There are two principal lessons which we are taught on the great Festival which we this day celebrate, lowliness and joy. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8) But then I thought on poets gone, And could not pray:–nor can I now–so on I move to the end in lowliness of heart.– Endymion A Poetic Romance That character is described in the text as meekness and lowliness; for we are told to "learn" of Him who was "meek and lowly in heart." Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8) Happy lowliness, that is the foundation of true highness! The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning He was again a London clerk, with a small sum of money besides his clerkship, and the security of lowliness into which to fall back! Cousin Henry The shepherds, then, were chosen on account of their lowliness, to be the first to hear of the Lord's nativity, a secret which none of the princes of this world knew. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8) Under the cloisters of the holy pile were his bones interred, with a degree of pomp and ostentation that little accorded with the lowliness and self-abasement of this man of many sorrows. Rookwood “I can never be worthy to Him!” she said, with a new, strange lowliness which touched Maude deeply. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time Do ye not all know that ye should walk soberly, righteously, and piously, and humble yourselves to walk with God, and in lowliness of mind each should esteem another better than himself? The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning And I, too, am to seek a corresponding lowliness of mind in order that I, too, may be of service to my weak and needy brother. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year Before he speaks of this libation of his blood he makes a tender appeal to his converts to imitate the lowliness of Jesus Christ. The Books of the New Testament Again He stoops from the throne, and girds Himself with a towel, and, in all lowliness, endeavors to remove from thee and me the strain which His love dare not pass over. Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. But the humility and lowliness of heart, the mercifulness and peace-seeking which Christ inculcated were essentially powers of self-restraint, not negative but positive attitudes to life. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics Humility and lowliness bows his back to take on the least of his commands. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning We return from the land of pride to the home of lowliness, from hard indifference to gracious sympathy, from the barrenness of sin to the beauty of holiness. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year I chanced afterwards to have an opportunity of asking him why he had done so, and received for answer, that the lowliness of Christian attainment was not yet "up" to that verse. On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature The two elements of this double purpose are stated in the reverse order to the two elements of Christ's lowliness. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. "And think within thine ownself on God, with lowliness and with fear and without loud-spoken words, at even and at morn; and be not of the heedless." A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885 But truly there is a majesty in this lowliness and there is a singularity in this commonness. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning T is by such lowliness that we arrive at our true sovereignty. My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year I acknowledged that her sense of superiority was well-founded, and retired farther into my corner, for the first time conscious of my shabbiness and lowliness. The Promised Land Our Lord's lowliness is described in the two clauses which we have just been considering. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. With discipline like this, He often tries The creatures He hath made, to crush the seeds Of pride, and teach that lowliness of soul Befitting them, and pleasing in His sight. Man of Uz, and Other Poems Then, love hath a humble mind, “humbleness of mind,” else it could not stoop and condescend to others of low degree, and therefore Christ exhorts above all to lowliness. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning "The king-becoming graces Are justice, verity, temperance, stableness, Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness, Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude." Shakspere, Personal Recollections I should have contrasted painfully the splendor of their position with the lowliness of our own,—but now, what were wealth or rank or earthly distinctions to me? Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself; 4. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. It is equally unwise to impress him with his greatness and not with his lowliness. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told Then, at length, charity, by lowliness and meekness, is the most durable, enduring, long-suffering thing in the world, “with long suffering, forbearing one another in love.” The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning And then when Bethlehem was repeated, with all its lowliness and humility, there in that humble chapel; and the Divine Babe lay white and spotless on the corporal, the glorious Adeste broke forth. My New Curate Strong in lowliness, they neither blanch in heat nor pine in frost. Art in England Notes and Studies The cure for all these evils is lowliness of mind. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. And women! is their love the degradation of self, the surrender and very abasement of lowliness? or is it also egotism set on a pinnacle, so careless and self-assured as to be fearful of nothing? Here are Ladies O but that were a comely strife among Christians, each to prefer another in unfeigned love, and in lowliness of mind, each to esteem another better than himself! The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning For no lowliness that He assumed for us injures that Nature which can be subject to no injury, yet makes lower things Its own, to save our nature. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition On his right hand kneels the Virgin Mother in adoration, her very face a magnificat—praise, lowliness, confidence; next to her, Joseph, telling by his looks the wonderful story, deeply but simply. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art It was not merely an act of humiliation and condescension to become man, but all His life was one long act of lowliness. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. For he hath regarded: the lowliness of his handmaiden. The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays A lesson of lowliness and meekness from the Lord and Maker of all! The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning "The lowliness" of the Passion "merited glory; glory was the reward of lowliness." Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition First, Jesus appeared in lowliness, and even suffered death. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Instead of helping Nayler to serve God in lowliness and humility, they flattered his vanity, and encouraged him to become yet more vain and presumptuous. A Book of Quaker Saints So far from being willing to learn of him who was meek and lowly, she considers meekness as the want of a becoming spirit, and lowliness as a despicable and vulgar meanness. Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies If our comparisons did thus ascend, we would descend in humility, and all the different degrees of persons would meet in one centre of lowliness of mind. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning "The lowliness of the Passion is the meritorious cause of the glory of the Resurrection." Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition The same vigilant examination and lowliness of heart which Christians in private life require, will prevent those who inhabit courts and camps from displeasing their Creator. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel Therefore she paused a little as she passed Miles, waiting for him to doff his hat and bend his knee, and declare himself in all lowliness her servant. A Book of Quaker Saints Although they lift up the head of pride, show thou greater humility and meekness and treat them with the utmost submission and lowliness. Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas But there is a great wisdom in lowliness. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Secondly, because He merited the glory of His Resurrection by the lowliness of His Passion. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Large church-emoluments were offered to Dr. Beaumont; but he, with a lowliness and moderation corresponding to his other great qualities, declined accepting any. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel Whoso reciteth this prayer with lowliness and fervour will bring gladness and joy to the heart of this Servant; it will be even as meeting Him face to face. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá My dominion is my humility, my submissiveness, my lowliness, my abasement, my supplication and my beseeching unto God—this is that permanent reign which no one is able to dispute, gainsay or usurp! Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas These two were firm believers, loyal, patient, at all times thankful, at all times supplicating God in lowliness, with their faces turned in His direction. Memorials of the Faithful Secondly, because by the lowliness of His Passion, human nature in Christ merited to be exalted above the angels; so that, as is said in Phil. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition In this day no regard is paid to loftiness or lowliness, to poverty or wealth, to nobility and lineage, to weakness or might. A Compilaton on Women Abdu’l-Bahá have turned the beloved of the Lord into signs and tokens of humility and lowliness. Bahíyyih Khánum Whoso reciteth this prayer with lowliness and fervor will bring gladness and joy to the heart of this Servant; it will be even as meeting Him face to face. Bahá’í Prayers: A Selection of Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Iráq, praying in all lowliness, and supplicating God. Memorials of the Faithful Thou seest my weakness, lowliness and humility amongst Thy creatures; nevertheless I have trusted on Thee and have arisen in the promotion of Thy Teachings amongst Thy strong servants, relying on Thy power and might! Bahá’í World Faith A truer friend man never had; 'Tis sad That 'mongst all earthly friends the fewest Unfaithful ones should thus be clad In canine lowliness; yet truest They, be their treatment good or bad. The Dog's Book of Verse And this did he to preserve his lowliness, and to avoid vainglory, which is the fretting moth of all virtues. The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings With utmost lowliness I raise my suppliant hands to Thy kingdom of beauty and fervently call upon Thee with my inner tongue, saying: O God, my God! Bahá’í Prayers: A Selection of Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá And she arose with all her strength to serve Thee, to beseech the Heaven of Thy mercy, and in lowliness to entreat Thee and to rest her heart upon Thee. Memorials of the Faithful Oh, the tauntings, and the high looks, the stiff neck, and the contemptuous sneer, with which wealth and station conduct themselves towards the lowliness of Christian meekness! The National Preacher, Vol. 2. No. 6., Nov. 1827 Or Original Monthly Sermons from Living Ministers It is most absurd to take offence at the lowliness of Jesus Christ, as if His lowliness were in the same order as the greatness which He came to manifest. Pascal's Pensées Then the saint, applauding the virgin's lowliness, placed the veil on her head, enjoining that she should wear it continually until she should be introduced unto the chamber of her heavenly Spouse. The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings Flowers, the children of the spring, adorned her garden and casements; in the midst of lowliness there was an air of elegance which spoke the graceful taste of the inmate. The Last Man The story is a pathetic one in many ways, for it portrays so strongly human lowliness and degradation. Coffee and Repartee Do I in lowliness of mind esteem others better than myself? A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister That deepest lowliness of all—the prostration before God, the prostration in penitence—is the highest honor that humanity can achieve. Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors "Zeal," he cried, "must be met by zeal, lowliness by lowliness, false sanctity by real sanctity, preaching lies by preaching truth." History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 His angels will announce Him in the air, but not in His lowliness as at Bethlehem. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross Raise thou their lowliness, Succor thou their distress, Thou whom the meanest bless! The Otterbein Hymnal For Use in Public and Social Worship "In lowliness of mind, let each esteem other better than themselves." A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister His sceptre is not the warrior's mace, nor the jewelled rod of gold, but the reed—emblem of the lowliness of His heart, and of authority guided by love. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII To some, such a revelation of grace and womanliness in this hoyden, the gentle swelling of lankness to beauty, of lowliness to shy self-poise, was a sudden joy, to others a mere blindness. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel Quiet as the sky itself, its bright eyes looked far upward, and it was communing, in the lowliness of Nature, with the constellations. The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making "Judge not that ye be not judged :" And remember that Christians are directed, "in all lowliness of mind, to esteem others better than themselves." Sermons on Various Important Subjects Yet am I not puffed up with foolish vanity, but have girded myself round with the girdle of lowliness, even as with the band which is all round my hat! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 Then we get as the crown of all the beauty of his character, the lowliness of spirit which the 'little brief authority' in which he 'was dressed' had not puffed up. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love. Leaves of Life For Daily Inspiration It is equally dangerous to impress upon him his greatness without his lowliness. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 Her woman’s pride Is shamed, it may be, by my lowliness. The Seven Plays in English Verse This, however, is only on some peculiar occasions, where certain clear indications of personal superiority have been manifested, to induce the mass of the people to revert to the notion of their own pristine lowliness. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 That lowliness is emphasised in Luke's version of the story, which is more detailed and particularly accurate than Matthew's summary account. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII That meekness, lowliness, the highest measure Of gifts by nature lavished, full and free— Margaret. Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe He was very quiet, spoke almost in whispered lowliness; but he was unmistakable. Sketches in the House (1893) It is said that the electors desired an emperor, but not the exercise of imperial power, and that in Rudolph they saw a candidate of comparative lowliness, from whom their authority stood in little jeopardy. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) "Walk, therefore, worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness." The Christian Home The Magi learned the lessons which the East especially needed, of power in weakness, royalty in lowliness. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII His rapture in the immaculate purity of Mary alone raised him from the depths of lowliness in which he sought to bury himself. Abbe Mouret's Transgression It is an aspiration of which the loftiness is in no way affected by the lowliness of the means employed to realize it. Poise: How to Attain It Fenelon shared the poverty of the people, their lowliness, their sorrows. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women The rendering of material help and of sympathetic emotion are right and valuable only as they are the outcome of this unanimity and lowliness. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) How strangely blended in our Lord's life, from the very dawning, are dignity and lowliness, glory and reproach! Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII "Then Nan's poverty—the lowliness of her social position, even in Port Agnew, would not constitute a serious bar?" Kindred of the Dust He sat with his family in a large pew gorgeously lined, humbling himself devoutly on velvet cushions, and reading lessons of meekness and lowliness of spirit out of splendid gold and morocco prayer-books. Tales of a Traveller There they lived in their poverty and lowliness, hoping for better things! Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women All meekness and lowliness may go with this wholesome independence, and must go with it unless that independence is false and distorted. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) You are called to meekness, and lowliness, and mercy; to the losing of your life in this world, that you may have life everlasting. How to become like Christ It appears, however, that lowliness is the deepest depth of humility and meekness. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians Antonyms: humility, shame, self-abasement, modesty, lowliness. priestly, a. sacerdotal. priestly garments. vestments, canonicals. Putnam's Word Book Where is the poverty, the lowliness, the meekness, the chastity of the sons of the Church? In the Days of Chivalry In short, he had all holiness, All meekness and all lowliness, And was with saints enrolled. Black Beetles in Amber In her lowliness and simplicity the mother of Swift was content. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great Behold his lowliness, his meekness, gentleness, and tender compassion. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians But ere the contest had begun, there was a certain Brahman whose name was Drona, celebrated for penetration, honored for modesty and lowliness, whose loving heart took pleasure in religion. Sacred Books of the East Paul says: "Walk with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." The Master's Indwelling They never experienced a more stinging sense of their own humbleness and imbecility than on such occasions, and never had they greater need of patience and lowliness of spirit. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa Out of her lowliness she has been exalted--how highly she herself cannot at the time have dreamed. Our Lady Saint Mary Humility, meekness, and lowliness are terms nearly synonymous, but not wholly so. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians He taught us to follow Him, "with all lowliness and meekness," and thus "to walk worthy of God who hath called us to His kingdom and glory!" Parish Papers Her whole being yearned towards him; but humbly, a note of lowliness in her appreciation, as towards something exalted, far above her in experience, in self-knowledge and self-discipline. Deadham Hard Nothing but mere glimpses may be had of the history of these institutions, for lowliness as well as secrecy screened their careers. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime A high religious enthusiasm enabled him to overcome it, but his instinctive dislike of the lowly life—intellectual lowliness as well as physical—gathered within these cottages, seemed to have returned again. The Lake If you have the experience of "all lowliness," you will go on in your vocation without discouragement and disappointment, though you are unnoticed and wholly ignored. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians And for such I left The assured condition of my lowliness,— The laughing days, the peaceful nights, the joys Of a small, quiet home—for such I risked Thy peace, my daughter. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 338, November 1, 1828 Low may he bow, not with loss, but with access of dignity, who bows with an elevated and ascending heart: there is nothing loftier, nothing less allied to abject behavior, than this grand lowliness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator With him "lowliness is young ambition's ladder:" but he finds it a toil to climb in this way the steep of Fame. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits The lowliness of your estate is not gilded like that of the Latin poet, and you are struggling with a valiant heart against adverse fortune. The Aspirations of Jean Servien If you have the experience of "all lowliness" in your soul, you will not have the least disposition to lift up self. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians Thou their lowliness—Succour Thou their distress—Thou whom the meanest bless! God save the Poor! Literary and General Lectures and Essays In holy innocence and lowliness, he mirrored himself in the eternal world, and saw himself as its most love-worthy image. Pantheism, Its Story and Significance Religions Ancient and Modern For pride, she said with great severity, was one of the seven deadly sins, and humility and lowliness of heart were virtues. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty His whole person breathed lowliness and firmness and an indescribable courageous despondency. Les Misérables But few traits of Christian character are more lovely than lowliness. Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians Whoever was not admitted to her circle cursed his lowliness and his futile life. The Indian Lily and Other Stories Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory, but in lowliness of mind, let each esteem other better than themselves. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I The infinitely High, Made manifest in lowliness, had been The first, one lesson. The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 1 These oil-twinkling streets are very still: I like them for their lowliness and peace. Villette To us this command is given: 'Walk worthy of your vocation with all lowliness.' Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians The lowliness of his lot lends some countenance to the saying of "Melancholy" Burton, that "poverty is the Muses' patrimony." Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" It worked like a charm; he told Monsieur, and both felt the most chivalrous compassion for Lady Howard's daughter, though before they had secretly looked down on me, and my real poverty and my lowliness. Behind a Mask, or a Woman's Power August 30 Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love.—EPH. iv. Daily Strength for Daily Needs If she ran upstairs, her thoughts ascended to heaven; if she came down, she abased herself in the depths of lowliness and humility. The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others Cornelius bore the test, and neither waived aside the vision as a hallucination to which it was absurd for a practical man to attend, nor recoiled from the lowliness of the proposed teacher. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts This Evangelist is always careful to bring out the glory of Christ, especially when that glory lies side by side with His lowliness. Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI The lowliness of the stoop measures the loftiness of the elevation, and the Son of Man was glorified at the moment when the Son of Man was most profoundly abased. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke "Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves." Our Master Thoughts for Salvationists about Their Lord And thou didst pray for me, Yolande, and now—now within this sweet night thou dost lean down to me through the glory of thy hair—to me in my very lowliness! The Geste of Duke Jocelyn What a lesson of lowliness and of diligence it gives us! Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts Wherever in our Lord's life any incident indicates more emphatically than usual the lowliness of His humiliation, there, by the side of it, you get something that indicates the majesty of His glory. Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI I need not remind you, I suppose, how in this same wonderful picture of the Servant-Lord there is taught the perpetual—if we may so say, the increased—lowliness of the crowned Christ. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke But I account myself the son of Fortune, who will never bring me to dishonour; my brethren are the months, who marked me out for lowliness and for power. Authors of Greece All that lowliness, suffering, and shame are brought into comparison with the rising from the dead. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark The consciousness of loftiness does not alone avail to explain the transcendent lowliness. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV This strange blending of opposites—the glory in the lowliness, and the abasement in the glory—is the keynote of this singular event. Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI In its primary application, the 'strait gate' may be taken to be the lowliness of the Messiah, and the consequent sharp contrast of His kingdom with Jewish high-flown and fleshly hopes. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke But the access of majesty does not imply the putting off of lowliness and meekness. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah The lowliness and death of Christ are the glory of God! Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark And yet He in His lowliness, He in His savourlessness, is that which meets the deepest wants of humanity, and is every man's fare because He will be any man's satisfaction. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV Love is the victor, and the sharpest weapons of the Christian are love and lowliness. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII But it is beautiful to note that the 'lowliness' is in the foreground, and precedes the assurance of the benedictions of all generations. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke The lowliness, the weales and bruises, the form without comeliness are gone, and for these we see a conqueror, glorious in apparel and striding onwards in conscious strength. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah For so we see blended two things, the blending of which makes the unique peculiarity and sublimity of Christ's life: absolute authority, and meekness of poverty and lowliness. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark That combination of utter lowliness and transcendent loftiness runs through the whole life and history of our Lord. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV His elevation had not lifted him too high to see the old days of lowliness, and the dear memory of the self- forgetting friend whose love had once been an honour to the shepherd lad. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII Both set forth the conditions of entering the kingdom, which the one declares to be lowliness and trust, and the other to be self-renunciation. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke Note the lowliness, the suffering, the minor key of it all, and then, all at once, the leap up to rapture and triumph. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah Mark the singular blending here, as in all His earthly life, of poverty and dignity—the lowliness of being obliged to a man for a room; the royal style, 'The Master saith.' Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark Not less wonderful is the blending of majesty and lowliness. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV Let us thank our lowliness, since it secures us from temptation. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day Jesus was not recommending that, but what is crafty ambition, veiling itself in lowliness for its own purposes, when exercised in outward life, becomes a noble, pure, and altogether worthy, thing in the spiritual sphere. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke The strength of Jesus is His lowliness; and His mighty arm is used, not to wield an iron sceptre, but to gather us to His bosom and guide us in His ways. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah But of many a one must it be said:— "He hath grown so foolish-wise He cannot see with childhood's eyes; He hath forgot that purity And lowliness which are the key Of Nature's mysteries." The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day What becomes of His meekness and lowliness of heart? Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV I can understand that so high an aim can be reached only through lowliness of life. Brook Farm Historic and Personal Memoirs How beautiful is the lowliness of that strong nature! Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke For lowliness of condition and lack of qualities appealing to men's false ideals will certainly lead to being 'despised and rejected.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah All His goodness is forbearance, and His love is mercy, because of the weakness, the lowliness, and the ill desert of us on whom the love falls. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms Note that he has not named 'the Word' since verse 1, but here he again uses the majestic expression to bring out strongly the contrast between the ante-temporal glory and the historical lowliness. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV It breathes lowliness, submission, and contented acquiescence in a providence partially understood. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes The infant's lowliness is not yet humility; for it is instinct rather than virtue. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke And yet, as is always the case, side by side with the lowliness there gleams the veiled splendour. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII True it is, something of the Divinity there is in beauty, that, in its intenser forms, repels with all its winningness, until the lowliness of love looks through it. The Bride of Fort Edward Wherever in His history there is some trait of lowliness there is by the side of it a flash of majesty. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV We should thus appropriate as our own God's merciful indictments, and when He asks, 'Who is it?' should answer with lowliness, 'Lord, it is I.' Job had been a critic; he is a worshipper. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes So gird thy loins with lowliness, and walk With Cowper on the pilgrimage of Christ. The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas It has a nobility, but of such a kind that there may be many greatest; for the principle of rank there is lowliness. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII This done he seeks not high estate; Success does not his soul elate; In lowliness he can be great, For meanness he disdains. The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects And just as this opening poem teaches the happiness of poverty, so the next, "The Juggler of Touraine," teaches the happiness of lowliness. Giant Hours with Poet Preachers His exaltation and our lowliness should check hasty words, blurting out uppermost wishes, or in any way outrunning the sentiments and emotions of prepared hearts. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes It was not cowardice which prompted Moses' answer, but lowliness. Expositions of Holy Scripture A lowliness which made itself lowly for the sake of eminence would miss its aim, for it would not be lowliness. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory: but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. The Good News of God Imagination, in her playful mood, Might liken it to a poor village maid, Lowly, but smiling in her lowliness, And dress'd so neatly, as if ev'ry day Were Sunday. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 350, January 3, 1829 A new generation had no such sad contrasts of present lowliness and former glory to shade their gladness. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes So will you walk blamelessly among men, yoked with the easy yoke of lowliness, and clothed with the divine garment of humility. The Way of Peace That is meekness and lowliness of heart, is it? Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII His face, his carriage, his habit, savour of lowliness without affectation, and yet he is much under that he seemeth. Character Writings of the 17th Century Humility -- N. humility, humbleness; meekness, lowness; lowliness, lowlihood†; abasement, self-abasement; submission &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases The sense of individual transgression gives wonderful tenderness, patience amid gainsaying, submission in failure, dependence on God in difficulty, and lowliness in success. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Instructed that true knowledge leads to love; True dignity abides with him alone Who, in the silent hour of inward thought, Can still suspect, and still revere himself, In lowliness of heart. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 These were the Galilean disciples who had been faithful in the days of His lowliness, and were thus now assembled to hear His proclamation of exaltation. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII The bramble, from its manner of growth, has been chosen as the type of lowliness; and "from the fierceness with which it grasps the passer-by with its straggling prickly stems, as an emblem of remorse." The Folk-lore of Plants Behold his lowliness and humility, his gentleness and tender compassion. How to Live a Holy Life On Christian humility.—It is good for us at times to reflect on the greatness and the lowliness of the Virgin Mother of God. Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois I told thee of the lowliness and simple ways of Jesus—how He was clothed—how the out-doors was temple sufficient for Him. The Prince of India — Volume 01 We have done with passionate hot desires,—and it is these that breed all the disquiet in our lives—when we take the meekness and the lowliness of the Master for our pattern. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII Aid us in lowliness to bow, And own how just and good art thou, And, though thou hidest still thy face, Trust the great love we may not trace! Poems of the Heart and Home "Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves." How to Live a Holy Life Now let us play the last game of our Spring Festival--instead of the pollen of flowers let the south breeze blow and scatter dust of lowliness in every direction! The King of the Dark Chamber Or is our zeal the flame of love, so as to direct all our words with sweetness, lowliness and meekness of wisdom? Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers On this He cures them by a still more pathetic and wonderful example, His own; and He says, 'I, in My lowliness and service, am to be your Pattern. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII Francis, delighted at what he had heard, dismounted, kissed the man's feet, thanked him, acknowledging the great mercy of God, who had been pleased to cast His eyes on the lowliness of His servant. The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi But Satan seeks to destroy all this lowliness of spirit and humbleness of mind. When the Holy Ghost is Come The young lords crowded round to hear this dialogue between majesty and lowliness. The Scottish Chiefs He was a child of poverty and lowliness; not rich, nor learned, nor powerful. The Valley of Vision : a Book of Romance an Some Half Told Tales His service began long before any of His acts of sympathetic and self-forgetting lowliness rendered help to the miserable here upon earth. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII Her unstudied caress was beautiful and pathetic in its lowliness of humility and earnest affection—too earnest for the commonplace outlet of words. At Last No doubt Mr. Masters' practice had been considerably affected by the lowliness of his second marriage. The American Senator Church and presbytery are terms for monopolies, Exalted notions of church matters are contradictions in terms to the lowliness and humility of the gospel. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 What pride, or disobedience, or lust, is so unchecked or so rebellious, that such lowliness, obedience, and poverty cannot abolish it? Light, Life, and Love : selections from the German mystics of the middle ages He too, perhaps, was touched with the same lowliness, and the same hunger for the support of loving sympathy. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl None ever could have dared to see In marriage such a dignity For man, and for his wife, still less, Such happy, happy lowliness, Had God himself not made it plain! Victories of Love But unfortunately the haughty heiress could not resist the temptation to make a slighting allusion to Marie-Anne, and to the lowliness of the marquis's former tastes. The Honor of the Name That the young should take one hint, to think whether their hopes and upward-breathings are truly upwards, and founded in lowliness, may be called the moral of the tale. The Daisy chain, or Aspirations Our loving God is very rich; He needs not our gifts; but He seeks for a heart which turns to Him with lowliness and resignation, such a heart as He found in this poor thief. Light, Life, and Love : selections from the German mystics of the middle ages Hope, faith and diligence, and patient care, With meekness, grace, and lowliness of mind. The Verse-Book of a Homely Woman However," added Thompson, with sublime lowliness of manner, "that's what I meant by saying that, in some cases, a person's all the better for being uncivilised. Such Is Life To-day I must descend from my spiritual height, and humble myself in the dust of lowliness. Old Fritz and the New Era Better to die with the crown on her head than to live robbed of her crown in lowliness and in a, subject condition. Marie Antoinette and Her Son Now, while they are preaching meekness and lowliness and the rights of our fellow-men—black ones they mean—they are getting ready to wad their guns with their hymn-books. The Fortunes of Oliver Horn I need a strong body that I may be able to climb the rocky pathway of life to the summit, to the eagle's eyry, far above the lowliness of life. Mohammed Ali and His House It was the low stature then of childhood which Thou our King didst commend as an emblem of lowliness, when Thou saidst, Of such is the kingdom of heaven. The Confessions of St. Augustine Violet's serenity and lowliness seemed to breathe peace on a storm-tossed ocean; and her want of self-assertion to make Theodora proud of submitting to her slightest wish without a struggle. Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife The clerk then felt the lowliness of his position; he longed for epaulettes, crosses, titles. Madame Bovary Well, the visible presence of the judge in a court of law oppresses us with a yet keener sense of lowliness and obliteration. Yet Again He seems to float in upper air like the eagle, looking down upon the lowliness of earth beneath. Mohammed Ali and His House Love lifts us up thither, and Thy good Spirit lifts up our lowliness from the gates of death. The Confessions of St. Augustine Perhaps she was right in saying that Mr. Fotheringham would be disappointed if he supposed her Violet's equal, for though alike in lowliness, amiability, and good sense, she had not the same energy and decision. Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife He is the first by his youth and the last by his lowliness. The Children One day wilt thou see no longer thy loftiness, and see too closely thy lowliness; thy sublimity itself will frighten thee as a phantom. Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Concerning Christian Liberty The lowliness of Lincoln's origin went ill with her high notions of her family's importance. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War Slowly had the power of Violet's meekness and lowliness been stealing into her affections and undermining her pride. Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife I am the king, for so stands the comparison; thou the beggar, for so witnesseth thy lowliness. Love's Labour's Lost Or was it Christian charity, And lowliness and humility, The richest and rarest of all dowers? The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow So humble things Thou hast borne for us, O God, Left’st Thou a path of lowliness untrod? Poems But in spite of his meekness and lowliness, I fancied I caught the first note of a nascent bitterness in him when he said: "They might a-given me a job as watchman,* anyway." The Iron Heel Harald granted his request, that his own valour, which had learnt to spare distress, might not triumph over a man in the hour of lowliness and dejection. The Danish History, Books I-IX He was not flattered by it; he even felt a slight shame at his lowliness that permitted it. Martin Eden Hapless am I, to whose pedigree is bound the lowliness of a peasant! The Danish History, Books I-IX |
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