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The Christian Scholar

By the Author of "The Cathedral" [i.e. Isaac Williams]

Williams, Isaac (1802-1865)

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CLASSICAL COMPLAINTS AND SCRIPTURAL REMEDIES.

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III.

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V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

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X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

XXVII.

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HEATHEN ORACLES CONFESSING CHRIST.

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II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VI.

VIII.

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XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXIX.

XXX.

XXXI.

XXXII.

XXXIII.

XXXIV.

XXXV.

XXXV. COINCIDENCES.

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GREEK PHILOSOPHY.

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I.

I. THE DEMON OF SOCRATES.

II.

II. SOCRATES ON JUDGMENT AFTER DEATH.

III.

III. SOCRATES REFUSING TO ESCAPE FROM PRISON.

IV.

IV. THE LAST WORDS OF SOCRATES.

V.

VI.

VII.

VII. THE GRECIAN JUPITER.

VIII.

VIII. PLATONISM.

IX.

IX. THE PLATONISTS.

X.

XI.

XI. THE PYTHAGOREANS.

XII.

XIII.

XIII. THE CHANGE.

XIV.

XIV. POETS ADMITTED TO THE CITY OF GOD.

XV.

XV. PLATO'S MUSIC OF THE SOUL.

XVI.

XVI. PLATO EXPELLING POETS.

XVII.

XVII. ON A FUTURE STATE.

XVIII.

XVIII. ON CONSCIENCE.

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THE HYMN TO VIRTUE.

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THE GOLDEN VERSES.

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I.

II.

II. ATE EXPELLED FROM HEAVEN.

III.

III. ULYSSES AND CALYPSO.

IV.

IV. ULYSSES SHIPWRECKED AND NAUSICAA.

V.

V. THE LOTOPHAGI.

IV.

IV. THE ABODE OF CIRCE.

VII.

VII. WARNING AGAINST THE SIRENS.

VIII.

VIII. SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS.

IX.

IX. THE RECOGNITION OF ULYSSES.

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I.

I. WORKS AND DAYS .

II.

II. THE IRON AGE.

III.

III. THE WATCHERS.

IV.

IV. THE PATH OF VIRTUE.

V.

V. THE RIGHTEOUS KING.

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I.

I. THE PROMETHEUS.

II.

II. KNOWLEDGE OF GOD BY SUFFERING.

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III.

III. SACRILEGE.

ON THE FOREGOING.

IV.

IV. THE BESETTING SIN.

V.

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VI.

VI. THE FURIES OVERTAKING ORESTES.

ORESTES AT THE SHRINE.

SONG OF THE FURIES.

VII.

VII. DIVINE POWER.

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I.

II.

II. ELEGIAC FRAGMENT.

III.

III. ON THE LIFE OF MAN.

IV.

IV. MUTABILITY.

V.

V. DANAE AND HER CHILD.

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TO THE GRASSHOPPER.

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II.

II. THE BIRTH OF HERCULES.

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III.

III. TRIAL AND REWARD.

REFLECTION ON THE ABOVE.

IV.

IV. BEGINNING WELL.

V.

V. THE FOUNDLING ON EARTH.

VI.

VI. ASPIRATIONS OF EARTH.

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I.

I. GRECIAN TRAGEDY.

II.

II. THE TRAGIC CHORUS AND THE MORAL LAW.

III.

III. SIGHT OF ATHENS.

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I.

I. ALCESTIS RETURNING FROM THE GRAVE.

II.

II. THE GARLAND OF HIPPOLYTUS.

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THE EVENING STAR.

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[“When the calm wind upon the dark-blue sea]

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I.

I. FROM THE HYMN TO APOLLO.

II.

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I.

II. VANITY OF HUMAN LIFE.

III.

III. EFFECTS OF SIN IRREMEDIABLE.

IV.

IV. BIRTH AND REARING OF MAN.

V.

V. DREAD OF ANNIHILATION.

VI.

VI. OCULAR DECEPTIONS.

VII.

VII. TRUE PHILOSOPHY.

VIII.

VIII. ATHEISM CORRECTED.

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I.

I. THE PINNACE.

II.

III.

III. THE FADED FLOWER.

IV.

IV. A BROTHER'S DEATH.

V.

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I.

I. FIRST ECLOGUE.

II.

II. THE GEORGICS.

III.

III. ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE.

IV.

IV. THE ÆNEID.

V.

V. THE SHADES BELOW.

VI.

VI. ÆNEAS AND DIDO.

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I.

I. LUCRETIUS AND HORACE COMPARED.

II.

II. THE WORLD RENOUNCED.

III.

III. ECCLESIA LABORANS.

IV.

IV. ECCLESIA MIGRATURA.

V.

V. PROTECTING PROVIDENCE.

VI.

VI. THE SICILIAN FEAST.

VII.

VII. MEN DEIFIED.

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I.

I. THE METAMORPHOSIS.

II.

II. OVID'S EPISTLES.

III.

III. OVID'S TRISTIA, OR LAMENTATIONS.

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I.

I. GUILT THE SELF-AVENGER.

THE SAME ILLUSTRATED BY REVELATION.

II.

II. RURAL IMAGES IN THE SATIRIST.

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I.

I. SUFFERINGS OF CONSCIENCE.

II.

II. THE FAITHFUL INSTRUCTOR.

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I.

I. THE ROMAN CHARACTER.

II.

II. NUMA POMPILIUS.

III.

III. THE FAITHLESS GUARDIAN.

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III. ECCLESIA LABORANS.

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Paraphrase.

O ship! shall waves bear thee away
Again to sea? oh, why delay?
Thine harbour seize;—for see how torn
Thy side, of tackle shorn!

Thy mast is marr'd by Afric's gale,
Thy sail-yards groan, thy cables fail,
Thy tottering keel can scarcely brave
The too imperious wave.

Thou hast not left one untorn sail:—
How can thy prayers again avail?
Though noblest daughter of the grove,
The Wood of God's dear love .

Will birth and name avail thee now?
Can sailors trust a painted prow?
Take heed lest sport of every wind
Thou leav'st a wreck behind.

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Of late my anxious weary care,
Now object of my hope and prayer,
Mayst thou escape the sea that smiles
'Mid fair and shining Isles.

“This Wood in which our weakness is carried is the Cross of the Lord, by which we are delivered from the dangerous tempests of this world.”Aug. Ser. xxv.