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Page xi
... duties of the author . The objec- tions to offering to the world writings left under such circumstances are obvious , and certainly not inconside- rable . The disadvantages of all posthumous works , which have not received the author's ...
... duties of the author . The objec- tions to offering to the world writings left under such circumstances are obvious , and certainly not inconside- rable . The disadvantages of all posthumous works , which have not received the author's ...
Page xxi
... duties . The task of a christian teacher can never be a light one to any conscientious man . There are , however , circumstances , in some respects , peculiar to the situ- ation of a clergyman in Boston , which - while they are a source ...
... duties . The task of a christian teacher can never be a light one to any conscientious man . There are , however , circumstances , in some respects , peculiar to the situ- ation of a clergyman in Boston , which - while they are a source ...
Page xxii
... duties are performed , and the inadequate returns , he can make for the friendship and confidence , he receives , must often come over and oppress his spirits . The effect of these labours on the delicate frame of xxii MEMOIR OF MR ...
... duties are performed , and the inadequate returns , he can make for the friendship and confidence , he receives , must often come over and oppress his spirits . The effect of these labours on the delicate frame of xxii MEMOIR OF MR ...
Page xxvii
... duties of his office with redoubled activity . He was welcomed by his society with unabated affection and regard . But no praise ever seduced him to intermit his diligence . His books gave him an inexhaustible source of interest and ...
... duties of his office with redoubled activity . He was welcomed by his society with unabated affection and regard . But no praise ever seduced him to intermit his diligence . His books gave him an inexhaustible source of interest and ...
Page xxx
... duties of men of letters , " pronounced before the society of . B. K. at Harvard College - an enchanting speci- men of the variety and elegance of his literature , and of his power and disposition to make it auxiliary to the cause of ...
... duties of men of letters , " pronounced before the society of . B. K. at Harvard College - an enchanting speci- men of the variety and elegance of his literature , and of his power and disposition to make it auxiliary to the cause of ...
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Page 165 - For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Page 411 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding; for the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 264 - I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.
Page 239 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...
Page 121 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Page xxxvi - And this I pray, that your love may ab'ound yet more and more in knowledge and 'in all judgment, that ye may approve things that are excellent, that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 390 - How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot: Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each prayer accepted, and each wish resign'd; 210 Labour and rest that equal periods keep; "Obedient slumbers that can wake and weep"; Desires composed, affections ever even; Tears that delight, and sighs that waft to Heaven.
Page 47 - ... in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak ? who is offended, and I burn not?
Page 334 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words ; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know...
Page 132 - For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.