Sparks Which Fly Upward.[186 S.A.]

"But the troubles which he is born to are as
sparks which fly upward, not as flames burning
to the nethermost Hell."

--Ruskin, Notes.

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Star of Bethlehem.[41 L.J.]

"Some astronomers believe that they have found
the great star around which the whole universe
of stars revolves: whether that be true or not,
it is undoubtedly true that the Star of
Bethlehem is the center of this world's
spiritual astronomy."

--Theodore L. Cuyler.

The Stars Fought in Their Courses.[58 T.J.]

"Promptings from heaven and hell, as if the stars
Fought in their courses for a fate to be."

--Browning, The Ring and the Book.