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Our youth has stormed the hosts of hell and won; Yet we who pay the price of their oblation Know that the greater war is just begun Which makes humanity the nations' Nation.
— Willard Wattles, The War at Home.
It is the will of God, and we must submit; but I call my God to witness that I have done all that in me lay to save the city, utterly desperate as I knew the attempt to be. When I took in hand the defence of these oppressed Christians, I made an alliance with the mightiest of all Potentates the God of hosts, who is able to save us, if He choose.
william the silent— William to his brother Louis at the Siege of Harlem, 1573, as quoted in William the Silent (1902) by Frederic Harrison, p. 68
One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.
— 1920 And Even Now,'Hosts and Guests'.
How amiable are thy tabernacles,O L of hosts! 96 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the L: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. Yea, thesparrow hath found anhouse, and theswallowa nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars,O L of hosts, my King, and my God.
Bible (Old Testament)— Psalms 84:1-3.
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord G of hosts.
Bible (Old Testament)— ODIsaiah 3:15.
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the L of hosts: the whole earth isfull of hisglory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Bible (Old Testament)— ORDIsaiah 6:1-4.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son isgiven: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful,Counseller,The mighty God, The everlasting Father,The Prince of Peace.Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, uponthethrone of David, and uponhis kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the L of hosts will perform this.
Bible (Old Testament)— ORDIsaiah 9:6-7.
O how amiable are thy dwellings, thou Lord of hosts!
— Psalm 84:1.
A university where, at last, the Jews are hosts, and not guests as we have always been before.
— 1956 Of Brandeis University, on its10th anniversary. Speech, 19 Nov.
Thou comest to me with a sword, and with A spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. [...] And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with the sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands.
david— 1 Samuel 17:45-47 (KJV)
To Israel's faithful hosts in the past, as to its loyal sons and daughters of the present, the Siddur has been the gate to communion with their Father in Heaven; and, at the same time, it has been a mighty spiritual bond that unites them to their scattered brethren the world over.
joseph h. hertz— Introduction (p. ix)
The whole aspect of the universe changes with this new conception. The idea of force governing the world, of pre-established law, preconceived harmony, disappears to make room for the harmony that Fourier had caught a glimpse of: the one which results from the disorderly and incoherent movements of numberless hosts of matter, each of which goes its own way and all of which hold each other in equilibrium.
peter kropotkin— Kropotkin here may be refering to the French scientist Joseph Fourier, and not the French social philosopher Charles Fourier
Madness, like small fish, runs in hosts, in vast numbers of instances.
philip kindred dick— Page 236 (The Transmigration of Timothy Archer (1982))
Robin, and Red Riding Hood Take together to the wood, And Sir Galahad lies hid In a cave with Captain Kidd. None of all the magic hosts, None remain but a few ghosts Of timorous heart, to linger on Weeping for lost Babylon.
robert graves— "Babylon"
Seraphim, The lost hosts awaken
james joyce— Nightpiece, p. 17
Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul When hot for certainties in this our life! - In tragic hints here see what evermore Moves dark as yonder midnight ocean's force, Thundering like ramping hosts of warrior horse, To throw that faint thin fine upon the shore!
George Meredith— St. 50. (Modern Love (1862))
Joyful, all ye nations, rise. Join the triumph of the skies. With angelic hosts proclaim "Christ is born in Bethlehem!"
— Charles Wesley, in "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Full text online).
Enough hosts should be consecrated to allow for the Communion of the faithful on Good Friday. The altar of repose for the Blessed Sacrament should be carefully constructed, but need not be overly ornate.
— Robert C. Rabe, et. Al, in Sourcebook for Sundays, Seasons, and Weekdays 2014: The Almanac for Pastoral..., p.147
Let it be ours to be self-reliant amidst hosts of the vacillating real in a generation of triflers true amongst a multitude of shams; when tempted to swerve from principle, sturdy as an oak in its maintenance; when solicited by the enticement of sinners, firm as a rock in our denial.
— William Morley Punshon, p. 247. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
Thou comest to me with a sword, and with A spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. [...] And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with the sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands.
— 1 Samuel 17:45-47 (KJV)
Hark! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armèd men the hum; Lo, a nation's hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum Saying, Come, Freemen, Come! Ere your heritage be wasted, Said the quick alarming drum.
bret harte— Bret Harte, The Rèveille.
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— Michael Miller, Sams Teach Yourself Wikipedia in 10 Minutes, Pearson Education, inc., 2010, ISBN 978-0-672-33123-7, pages 3 & 5.
God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle line, Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine Lord God of hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget lest we forget!
rudyard kipling— Stanza 1. (Recessional)
It is the will of God, and we must submit; but I call my God to witness that I have done all that in me lay to save the city, utterly desperate as I knew the attempt to be. When I took in hand the defence of these oppressed Christians, I made an alliance with the mightiest of all Potentates the God of hosts, who is able to save us, if He choose.
— William to his brother Louis at the Siege of Harlem, 1573, as quoted in William the Silent (1902) by Frederic Harrison, p. 68
God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle-line, Beneath whose awful Hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine Lord God of hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget lest we forget!
rudyard kipling— Rudyard Kipling, Recessional Hymn.
The tumult and the shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart; Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, A humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of hosts, be with us yet Lest we forget, lest we forget.
rudyard kipling— Rudyard Kipling, Recessional Hymn. Perhaps of Biblical inspiration. "He smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting." Job, XXXIX. 25.
