Memoirs of Rev. Joseph Buckminster, D.D., and of His Son, Rev. Joseph Stevens Buckminster |
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Page 381 - 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 148 - 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 177 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Page 149 - 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 377 - And God's praise is spoken of as the end of the virtue of God's people, in like manner as his glory. Phil. i. 11. " Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ to the praise and glory of God.
Page 432 - For if of our affections none find grace In sight of Heaven, then, wherefore hath God made The world which we inhabit ? Better plea Love cannot have, than that in loving thee Glory to that eternal Peace is paid, Who such Divinity to thee imparts As hallows and makes pure all gentle hearts. His hope is treacherous only whose love dies With beauty, which is varying every hour ; But, in chaste hearts uninfluenced by the power Of outward change, there blooms a deathless flower, That breathes on earth...
Page 110 - 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 376 - Christ tells us the good tree will bring forth good fruits, &c. ; and we are God's workmanship created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God hath ordained, that we should walk in them.
Page 376 - But as many as received Him, to them He gave power to be made the sons of God : to them that believe in His Name ; who are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Page 380 - 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.