...in vain' ; nor think', though men were none', That heav'n would want spectators', God want praise* ; Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen', both when we wake,' and when we sleep*. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold'. Both day' and night*. How often', from tho...

...angels are ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to the heirs of salvation; and, as Milton says, ' Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep;' if she were permitted to speak to us, she would perhaps say, ' Weep not for me, but for yourselves....

...fair consort — " Nor think-, tho' men were none, That heaven would want spectators. God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep ; All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night." If our ears were not...

...knew all about it, and was himself poetically a Swedenborgian, makes father Adam say to Eve, not only that, ' Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep,' but also, ' How often from the ateep Ofechoing hill, or thicket, have we heard Celestial voices...

...not in vain ; nor think, though men were none. That heav'n would want spectators, God want praise ; Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold, Uotli day and night. How often, from the steep...

...more perceive any part of this, by our sight, than by our feeling. Should we allow, with the ancient poet, that " Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep ;" — Should we allow, that the great Spirit, the Father of all, filleth Doth heaven and earth...

...fountain of our spiritual existence. What know we of the powers, or the extent of this mighty host? " Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep." Verily there is no isolated spot in the creation, on which the human spirit can stand clear...

...definite or indefinite, not in respect to action, but to time. When, in the passage from Milton, " Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep," he considers " walk" as indefinite, is it in regard to action ? No. " It is," says he, " because...

...are drawn from the true and only authority for such matters, — The Bible. ON GOOD AND EVIL ANGELS. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep. MILTON, Par. Lost, n. 4th, 1. 677. EXTRACTS FROM THE Fathers of the Christian Church. "Let us...

...not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise : Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep...