James Hervey Quotes & Sayings

God in tender indulgence to our different dispositions; has strewed the Bible with flowers, dignified it with wonders, and enriched it with delight. — James Hervey

Divine love is a sacred flower, which in its early bud is happiness, and in its full bloom is heaven. — James Hervey

The ocean is the grand vehicle of trade, and the uniter of distant nations. To us it is peculiarly kind, not only as it wafts into our ports the harvests of every climate, and renders our island the centre of traffic, but also as it secures us from foreign invasion by a sort of impregnable intrenchment. — James Hervey

The heavens are nobly eloquent of the Deity, and the most magnificent heralds of their Maker's praise. — James Hervey

I believe in treating others as I want to be treated
but I certainly don't believe in turning the other cheek and the truth is that I never knew any Christians who did either. — James Hervey

Every leaf is a spacious plain; every line a flowing brook; every period a lofty mountain. — James Hervey

Be still, then, thou uneasy mortal; know that God is unerringly wise; and be assured that, amidst the greatest multiplicity of beings, He does not overlook thee. — James Hervey

The Walls enriched with Fruit-trees and faced with a covering of their leafy extensions; I should rather have said hung with different Pieces of Nature's noblest Tapestry. — James Hervey

Religion gives a dignity to distress. — James Hervey

Silence holds the door against the strife of tongue and all the impertinences of idle conversation. — James Hervey