The Quarterly Register and Journal of the American Education Society, Volume 2Flagg and Gould, 1830 - Clergy |
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... course , owing to many distinct causes , a few of which may now be mentioned . is . 1. They , too commonly commence their progress with a small stock . Their piety is feeble , and even sick- ly , from the beginning . Much , we know ...
... course , owing to many distinct causes , a few of which may now be mentioned . is . 1. They , too commonly commence their progress with a small stock . Their piety is feeble , and even sick- ly , from the beginning . Much , we know ...
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... course of preparatory studies is begun too soon after conversion , by many young men . They should be left for months , if not for years , to prove their sincerity , and to evince , that their piety is lively and progres- sive . During ...
... course of preparatory studies is begun too soon after conversion , by many young men . They should be left for months , if not for years , to prove their sincerity , and to evince , that their piety is lively and progres- sive . During ...
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... course , those on whom they depend for aid , would not be likely to patronize them any longer . As a remedy , some propose , that pious youth should be educated in seminaries by themselves : but , unless you intend to seclude them from ...
... course , those on whom they depend for aid , would not be likely to patronize them any longer . As a remedy , some propose , that pious youth should be educated in seminaries by themselves : but , unless you intend to seclude them from ...
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... course . And if our Theological schools can- not be made effectual nurseries of pi- ety , we had better dissolve them and dismiss our professors . If our young men lose instead of advancing in solid piety , while in a Seminary , there ...
... course . And if our Theological schools can- not be made effectual nurseries of pi- ety , we had better dissolve them and dismiss our professors . If our young men lose instead of advancing in solid piety , while in a Seminary , there ...
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... course of intellectual culture . What office can more fully employ the most exalted powers ? Does it require years of intense application , to qualify a man to interpret the laws of a state or a nation ? And is less preparation re ...
... course of intellectual culture . What office can more fully employ the most exalted powers ? Does it require years of intense application , to qualify a man to interpret the laws of a state or a nation ? And is less preparation re ...
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Page 9 - For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
Page 189 - And every denomination of Christians, demeaning themselves peaceably, and as good subjects of the commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law: and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law.
Page 213 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence.
Page 68 - ... low : So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impell'd the steel ; While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.
Page 162 - RULING elders are properly the representatives of the people, chosen by them for the purpose of exercising government and discipline, in conjunction with pastors or ministers. This office has been understood, by a great part of the Protestant Reformed Churches, to be designated in the Holy Scriptures, by the title of governments, and of those who rule well, but do not labour in the word and doctrine.
Page 17 - But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples ; " The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.
Page 212 - Truths of all others the most awful and mysterious, yet being at the same time of universal interest, are too often considered as so true, that they lose all the life and efficiency of truth, and lie bed-ridden in the dormitory of the soul, side by side with the most despised and exploded errors.
Page 20 - I have lived to see this world is made up of perturbations ; and I have been long preparing to leave it, and gathering comfort for the dreadful hour of making my account with God, which I now apprehend to be near : and though I have by his grace loved him in my youth, and feared him in...
Page 63 - Every town is required by law to raise annually, for the support of common schools, a sum equal at least to 40 cents for each person in the town, and to distribute this...
Page 20 - And therefore, where I have failed, Lord, show mercy to me; for I plead not my righteousness, but the forgiveness of my unrighteousness, for his merits, who died to purchase pardon for penitent sinners.