The Professional Years of John Henry Hobart: Being a Sequel to His "Early Years"Protestant Episcopal Press, 1836 - 500 pages |
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... never out of his own pulpit , it was natural that his affa- bility , his kindness , his constant presence , and unintermitted labors , should greatly endear him to his people . ' But the storm of the Revolution at length broke in upon ...
... never out of his own pulpit , it was natural that his affa- bility , his kindness , his constant presence , and unintermitted labors , should greatly endear him to his people . ' But the storm of the Revolution at length broke in upon ...
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... never like a city . I pant for the enjoyments of the country , and still indulge the hope of being one day able to realize a plan of happiness somewhat like my wishes . Who is there that does not indulge this hope ? Yet do not suppose ...
... never like a city . I pant for the enjoyments of the country , and still indulge the hope of being one day able to realize a plan of happiness somewhat like my wishes . Who is there that does not indulge this hope ? Yet do not suppose ...
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... never long resist . Sincere , earnest , and affectionate , the sympathies of his hearers were almost im- mediately enlisted in his favor ; so that what was not yielded to conviction was often given up to feeling . To withstand his ...
... never long resist . Sincere , earnest , and affectionate , the sympathies of his hearers were almost im- mediately enlisted in his favor ; so that what was not yielded to conviction was often given up to feeling . To withstand his ...
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... never afterward shaken . The critical objectors stood out longer because they had something to stand upon . His style of preaching they could not deny to be impress- ive , but they doubted its good taste . To this it was replied , that ...
... never afterward shaken . The critical objectors stood out longer because they had something to stand upon . His style of preaching they could not deny to be impress- ive , but they doubted its good taste . To this it was replied , that ...
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... never ceased to preach unto them ' CHRIST crucified , ' the only Saviour of sinners , and to exhort them , ' even with tears , ' to lay hold upon that salvation by entering into covenant with him in that Church which he had purchased ...
... never ceased to preach unto them ' CHRIST crucified , ' the only Saviour of sinners , and to exhort them , ' even with tears , ' to lay hold upon that salvation by entering into covenant with him in that Church which he had purchased ...
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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 —