Memoirs of Rev. Joseph Buckminster, D.D., and of His Son, Rev. Joseph Stevens BuckminsterTicknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 - 492 pages |
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... give a true idea of the refined spirituality of his mind , the benignity and disinterested gene- rosity of his disposition . It is one of the most singular coincidences of literary history that Bishop Berkeley should have derived a ...
... give a true idea of the refined spirituality of his mind , the benignity and disinterested gene- rosity of his disposition . It is one of the most singular coincidences of literary history that Bishop Berkeley should have derived a ...
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... give up all their prospects of preferment at home for the small salary of £ 40 on this side of the Atlantic . He intended to establish a college in what were called the Summer Isles , * Bermuda being the island chosen for its location ...
... give up all their prospects of preferment at home for the small salary of £ 40 on this side of the Atlantic . He intended to establish a college in what were called the Summer Isles , * Bermuda being the island chosen for its location ...
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... give myself up to the Lord Jesus Christ , as to my glorious and exalted Redeemer , through whom alone there is hope ... give up myself to the Holy Ghost , as my sanctifier , enabling me to hate , loathe , and abhor sin , and to flee from ...
... give myself up to the Lord Jesus Christ , as to my glorious and exalted Redeemer , through whom alone there is hope ... give up myself to the Holy Ghost , as my sanctifier , enabling me to hate , loathe , and abhor sin , and to flee from ...
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... give a name and a character to the town which enjoyed his services , and to attract to his parsonage the most distinguished men in every walk of life . ' The same eloquent writer adds , that ' they solved in practice the problem of ...
... give a name and a character to the town which enjoyed his services , and to attract to his parsonage the most distinguished men in every walk of life . ' The same eloquent writer adds , that ' they solved in practice the problem of ...
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... the youthful feminine character . She was several years older , and had seen much more of the world ; therefore it was in her power to give him many valuable lessons , to instruct him in politeness , and to watch his progress.
... the youthful feminine character . She was several years older , and had seen much more of the world ; therefore it was in her power to give him many valuable lessons , to instruct him in politeness , and to watch his progress.
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Page 431 - Elegance of style is not to be weighed against purity of heart, purity both from the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eye, and the pride of life.
Page 157 - Jacob selah lift up your heads O ye gates and be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in...
Page 187 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Page 158 - And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not : I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Page 118 - I attended to, while in this school; but there was one thing I could not do. I could not make a declamation. I could not speak before the school. The kind and excellent Buckminster sought, especially, to persuade me to perform the exercise of declamation, like other boys ; but I could not do it Many a piece did I commit to memory, and recite and rehearse, in my own room, over and over again; yet when the day came, when the school collected to hear...
Page 119 - Many a piece did I commit to memory and rehearse in my own room, over and over again ; but when the day came, when the school collected, when my name was called, and I saw all eyes turned upon my seat, I could not raise myself from it. Sometimes the masters frowned, sometimes they smiled. Mr Buckminster always pressed and entreated, with the most winning kindness, that I would only venture once ; but I could not command sufficient resolution, and when the occasion was over I went home and wept bitter...
Page 198 - ... to give no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed ; but in all things to approve themselves as the ministers of God.
Page 431 - Effectual calling is the work of God's Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, he doth persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel.
Page 185 - Tongue, that very pious book. It happened also remarkably enough, that the subject of the sermon preached to us to-day by Dr. Burrows, the rector of St. Clement Danes, was the certainty that at the last day we must give an account of 'the deeds done in the body;' and, amongst various acts of culpability he mentioned evil-speaking.
Page 74 - Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why should they know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies ? Thought would destroy their paradise. No more ; —where ignorance is bliss, "T is folly to be wise.