The Professional Years of John Henry Hobart: Being a Sequel to His "Early Years"Protestant Episcopal Press, 1836 - 500 pages |
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... importance to inci- dent , and the whole become , to the rising generation of the clergy of our Church , a pleasing and instructive manual of the minis- terial character . This , however , the author is prompt to ac- knowledge , was but ...
... importance to inci- dent , and the whole become , to the rising generation of the clergy of our Church , a pleasing and instructive manual of the minis- terial character . This , however , the author is prompt to ac- knowledge , was but ...
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... important it appears , and the more diffident do I feel to undertake the sacred office . I can perceive so much corruption and depravity still existing within , and so little holiness and real religion , that I am fre- quently almost ...
... important it appears , and the more diffident do I feel to undertake the sacred office . I can perceive so much corruption and depravity still existing within , and so little holiness and real religion , that I am fre- quently almost ...
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... important subject of that future state , whither are now consigned the beloved sister and friend of her heart . Sunday Morning . The enclosure is as follows : ' A family of this church desire to return thanks to ALMIGHTY GOD for his ...
... important subject of that future state , whither are now consigned the beloved sister and friend of her heart . Sunday Morning . The enclosure is as follows : ' A family of this church desire to return thanks to ALMIGHTY GOD for his ...
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... importance of this question , and the danger of young preachers mistaking their true course under such high authority , must be the author's apology for entering a little into it . Bishop Hobart's practice then , he thinks , was a safer ...
... importance of this question , and the danger of young preachers mistaking their true course under such high authority , must be the author's apology for entering a little into it . Bishop Hobart's practice then , he thinks , was a safer ...
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... importance of the Gospel . He warned , counselled , entreated , and comforted , with in- tense and powerful energy . His manner and voice struck you with the deep interest which pervaded his soul for their salvation , and found ready ...
... importance of the Gospel . He warned , counselled , entreated , and comforted , with in- tense and powerful energy . His manner and voice struck you with the deep interest which pervaded his soul for their salvation , and found ready ...
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Page 10 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 174 - O GOD, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee ; Mercifully grant, that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 345 - I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Page 480 - My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
Page 363 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave To come to succour us, that succour want ? How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant Against foul fiends, to aid us militant? They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant, And all for love and nothing for reward, O why should heavenly God to men have such regard *." This agrees with what is recorded of St.
Page 340 - ARE you ready, with all faithful diligence, to banish and drive away from the Church all erroneous and strange doctrine contrary to God's Word; and both privately and openly to call upon and encourage others to the same ? Answer.
Page 453 - Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: 5. To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 176 - The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
Page 319 - For forms of faith let graceless zealots fight, He can't be wrong whose life is in the right.
Page 402 - With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —