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... called the English Demosthe- nes . " For judicious remarks on the excellence of Baxter's style , see Edinburgh Review for 1839 on the Life and Times of Baxter , and for 1840 on the British Pulpit . Fifthly , the religious spirit which ...
... called the English Demosthe- nes . " For judicious remarks on the excellence of Baxter's style , see Edinburgh Review for 1839 on the Life and Times of Baxter , and for 1840 on the British Pulpit . Fifthly , the religious spirit which ...
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... called , not without some coloring of truth . There is reason to fear that many candidates for the sacred office undervalue its inherent dignity , and hope to en- joy the kindnesses of their parishioners , without any strong impulse ...
... called , not without some coloring of truth . There is reason to fear that many candidates for the sacred office undervalue its inherent dignity , and hope to en- joy the kindnesses of their parishioners , without any strong impulse ...
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... called after his name . There is no pillar like Trajan's , no Coliseum , no Simplon to remain as a specimen of his skill . Such effects may be pro- duced indirectly and ultimately by the minister , but in gen- eral what is stately and ...
... called after his name . There is no pillar like Trajan's , no Coliseum , no Simplon to remain as a specimen of his skill . Such effects may be pro- duced indirectly and ultimately by the minister , but in gen- eral what is stately and ...
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... called the first of American preachers . He often spoke of Davies in terms of enthusiastic praise , and resembled him in some characteristics of his eloquence.1 The minister's influence is upon the taste as well as intellect . There is ...
... called the first of American preachers . He often spoke of Davies in terms of enthusiastic praise , and resembled him in some characteristics of his eloquence.1 The minister's influence is upon the taste as well as intellect . There is ...
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... called the pioneer of a great improve- ment in the literature of Britain . They overlook the mascu- line and transforming energy of the religious principle , when stirred up , as it was , by his preaching against the pride and ...
... called the pioneer of a great improve- ment in the literature of Britain . They overlook the mascu- line and transforming energy of the religious principle , when stirred up , as it was , by his preaching against the pride and ...
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Page 149 - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Page 375 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Page 356 - For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Page 439 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness...
Page 417 - For if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Page 136 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Page 439 - Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Page 349 - Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Page 16 - While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name : those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the Son of Perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
Page 121 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same: Unerring Nature, still divinely bright, One clear, unchanged, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of Art. Art from that fund each just supply provides; Works without show, and without pomp presides: In some fair body thus th...