 ... would seem beyond the power of all human endurance. And still in all these he was beloved by all ; for a holy joy ever beaming on his face revealed the joy and gladness with which the Holy Ghost filled his inmost soul.  Celtic Scotland: A History of Ancient Alban - Side 145av William Forbes Skene - 1877Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | James MacDevitt (bp. of Raphoe.) - 1866 - 276 sider
...Christ during thirty-five years in his adopted island, (lona.) He never could spend the space of even one hour without study or prayer, or writing, or some other holy occupation ; and so incessantly was he engaged night and day in the unwearied exercise of watching and of corporal... | |
 | Mervyn Archdall - 1873 - 378 sider
...Christ during thirty-five years in his adopted island (lona). He never could spend the space of even one hour without study or prayer, or writing, or some other holy occupation ; and so incessantly was he engaged night and day, in the unwearied exercise of watching, and of corporal... | |
 | Adamnan (st, abbot of Hy.) - 1875 - 220 sider
...Christ during thirty-five years in his adopted island, (lona.) He never could spend the space of even one hour, without study, or prayer, or writing, or some other holy occupation, and so incessantly was he engaged night and day, in the unwearied exercise of watching and of corporal... | |
 | George Frederick Maclear - 1878 - 208 sider
...teaching, without making any charge." l Of Columba, his biographer tells us that he "never would spend even one hour without study, or prayer, or writing, or some other holy occupation." We find him transcribing the Psalter, composing a book of hymns for the office of every day in the... | |
 | 1881 - 814 sider
...second preface Adamnan tells his readers that his illustrious master never could spend the space of even one hour without study, or prayer, or writing, or some other holy occupation ; and of the literary occupation of the laborious saint we get some interesting glimpses in the body... | |
 | William Forbes Skene - 1887 - 546 sider
...respect ; j10"00' of and we are told by his biographer, Adanman, that Columba ' never could spend even one hour without study, or prayer, or writing, or some other holy occupation.' He tells us, also, of a book of hymns for the office of every day in the week, which had been written... | |
 | Edward Alexander Cooke - 1888 - 192 sider
...hour without study, prayer, or writing, or some other occupation, and so 1 Adamnan, Book II, chap. 26. incessantly was he engaged night and day in the unwearied...watching that the burden of each of these austerities seemed beyond the power of all human endurance. That caligraphy was taught and practised by him we... | |
 | William Garden Blaikie, D.D., LL.D. - 1888 - 404 sider
...talents of the highest order and consummate prudence. . . . He could never spend the space of even one hour without study or prayer, or writing or some other holy occupation. . . . He was beloved by all, for a holy joy ever beaming on his face revealed the joy and gladness... | |
 | 1890 - 870 sider
...Adamnan, 'graceful in speech, holy in work, with talents of the highest order and consummate prudence, he lived during thirty-four years an island soldier....incessantly was he engaged night and day in the unwearied exercises or fasting and watching, that the burden of each of these austerities would - • :i. beyond... | |
 | Glasgow Archaeological Society - 1890 - 670 sider
...Columba was true to its origin in this as in other respects ; Columba himself never could spend an hour without study, or prayer, or writing, or some other holy occupation. He wrote books, a book of hymns for the office of every day of the week, and others. "Thrice fifty... | |
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