The Life of Joseph Addison Alexander, Volume 1Scribner, 1870 - Clergy |
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... ( Discourses ) ... Preaching , Thoughts on . Moral Science .. PR . ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER'S 1 vol . $ 1 50 These works sent post - paid , upon receipt of their price by the Publishers , Taxes in 1858 I. A. Alexander . THE LIFE OF.
... ( Discourses ) ... Preaching , Thoughts on . Moral Science .. PR . ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER'S 1 vol . $ 1 50 These works sent post - paid , upon receipt of their price by the Publishers , Taxes in 1858 I. A. Alexander . THE LIFE OF.
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... .. .... 332 CHAPTER XI . Old and New School . - Scripture Reading . - Professorship Declined . — Dean Swift . Mr. James Alexander . - Dr . Archibald Alexander .-- His Preaching . xii CONTENTS . --Private Classes . - Personal Traits .
... .. .... 332 CHAPTER XI . Old and New School . - Scripture Reading . - Professorship Declined . — Dean Swift . Mr. James Alexander . - Dr . Archibald Alexander .-- His Preaching . xii CONTENTS . --Private Classes . - Personal Traits .
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... Preaching . - Views of the Disruption . - In Boston . Dr. Hodge's Estimate . - Letters to a Boy . - Day - Book . - Writing Sermons . - Journal . - An Elocutionist . - Dr . Abel Stevens . - Style of Preach- ing . — Invitations to Preach ...
... Preaching . - Views of the Disruption . - In Boston . Dr. Hodge's Estimate . - Letters to a Boy . - Day - Book . - Writing Sermons . - Journal . - An Elocutionist . - Dr . Abel Stevens . - Style of Preach- ing . — Invitations to Preach ...
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... Preacher , " and whose name is preserved in the well - known essay of Mr. Wirt in the British Spy . The late Governor Barbour was wont to speak of him as the most eloquent man he ever heard , with the single exception of Patrick Henry ...
... Preacher , " and whose name is preserved in the well - known essay of Mr. Wirt in the British Spy . The late Governor Barbour was wont to speak of him as the most eloquent man he ever heard , with the single exception of Patrick Henry ...
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... , who was very kind to James and used to encour- age him to get upon a table and preach , which he was accus- tomed to do with much applause . An old family servant * Ibid . 6 JAMES ALEXANDER . [ 1813 . named Daphne ,
... , who was very kind to James and used to encour- age him to get upon a table and preach , which he was accus- tomed to do with much applause . An old family servant * Ibid . 6 JAMES ALEXANDER . [ 1813 . named Daphne ,
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Page 89 - ... his eyes. Now, Lycidas, the shepherds weep no more; Henceforth thou art the Genius of the shore, In thy large recompense, and shalt be good To all that wander in that perilous flood.
Page 12 - My heart is smitten, and withered like grass ; so that I forget to eat my bread. By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Page 136 - Thy life a long dead calm of fix'd repose; No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows. Still as the sea, ere winds were taught to blow, Or moving spirit bade the waters flow; Soft as the slumbers of a saint forgiv'n, And mild as op'ning gleams of promis'd heav'n.
Page 311 - What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Page 311 - The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
Page 223 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
Page 311 - Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness
Page 311 - HEAR me when I call, O God of my righteousness : thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Page 8 - While yet a boy I sought for ghosts, and sped Through many a listening chamber, cave and ruin, And starlight wood, with fearful steps pursuing Hopes of high talk with the departed dead.