Memoirs of Rev. Joseph Buckminster, D.D., and of His Son, Rev. Joseph Stevens BuckminsterTicknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 - 492 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 51
Page 14
... period . ' There were also prizes provided by the Berkeleian fund for distinction in certain studies . The Dictionary of Arts and Sciences , ' in four quarto volumes , was the prize adjudged to him , and always remained upon the shelves ...
... period . ' There were also prizes provided by the Berkeleian fund for distinction in certain studies . The Dictionary of Arts and Sciences , ' in four quarto volumes , was the prize adjudged to him , and always remained upon the shelves ...
Page 17
... period . The same contem- porary referred to above says , ' He was much es- teemed by his brothers in office , and was universally beloved and respected by the young gentlemen who had the happiness to be under his instruction . ' The ...
... period . The same contem- porary referred to above says , ' He was much es- teemed by his brothers in office , and was universally beloved and respected by the young gentlemen who had the happiness to be under his instruction . ' The ...
Page 18
... period of his life remain in my memory . He was not in the habit of talking much of his early life , and I had not reached that period when we begin to look back , and when , the present not sufficing for the wants of the soul , we wish ...
... period of his life remain in my memory . He was not in the habit of talking much of his early life , and I had not reached that period when we begin to look back , and when , the present not sufficing for the wants of the soul , we wish ...
Page 19
... period in the history of the College more fruitful in eminent men in every department of knowledge , and the classes of 1777 and 1778 were much larger than those of the previous years , and contained a large proportion of men ...
... period in the history of the College more fruitful in eminent men in every department of knowledge , and the classes of 1777 and 1778 were much larger than those of the previous years , and contained a large proportion of men ...
Page 25
... period of my father's life that he suffered the first attack of mental despondency , a form of nervous disease which followed him at inter- vals , with greater or less severity , through the whole of his life . This moral depression ...
... period of my father's life that he suffered the first attack of mental despondency , a form of nervous disease which followed him at inter- vals , with greater or less severity , through the whole of his life . This moral depression ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
affection Anthology Anthology Club appears Arian Athenæum beauty believe Bishop Berkeley blessing Boston Boston Athenæum Brattle Street brother Buckminster Buckminster's called Calvinistic character cheerful Christian church daughter dear death delight devoted discourse Divine doctrines duty England enjoyed faith father fear feel friends friendship give Gospel grace happiness Harvard College heart honor hope intellectual interest Jesus Christ Joseph JOSEPH STEVENS BUCKMINSTER journal Kittery Point learned letter literary live Lord memoir memory mind minister nature never object opinion Paris parish pastor perhaps person Piscataqua Piscataqua River pleasure Portsmouth pray prayer preach present pulpit received recollect religion religious remarks respect Sabbath Scripture seems sentiment sermons sincere sisters society Socinian soul spirit Strasburg tender theological thing thought tion Treguier Trinitarian truth William wish write Yale College young youth
Popular passages
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.