Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits: Addressed to a Student in the Theological Seminary, at Princeton, N.J.G. & C. Carvill, 1827 - 476 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 13
... for the work of publick in- struction , I could not in conscience encourage you to take another step in your present pursuit . But there is one qualification for the sacred office , B in which , allow me with paternal freedom to say.
... for the work of publick in- struction , I could not in conscience encourage you to take another step in your present pursuit . But there is one qualification for the sacred office , B in which , allow me with paternal freedom to say.
Σελίδα 14
... allow me with paternal freedom to say , you have always appeared to me to be defective . What- ever pleasure your ... allowed to continue , will undoubtedly interfere in no small de- gree with your ministerial usefulness . Of this fact ...
... allow me with paternal freedom to say , you have always appeared to me to be defective . What- ever pleasure your ... allowed to continue , will undoubtedly interfere in no small de- gree with your ministerial usefulness . Of this fact ...
Σελίδα 16
... allow the judgment of the profoundly illiterate man to weigh against learning . He despises or undervalues that of which he is not a competent judge ; while those who are the best judges , that is , who themselves possess the ...
... allow the judgment of the profoundly illiterate man to weigh against learning . He despises or undervalues that of which he is not a competent judge ; while those who are the best judges , that is , who themselves possess the ...
Σελίδα 17
... allow themselves to take this ground , it is little to be wondered at , and will probably do little mis- chief : but when good men permit themselves to as- sume so absurd a position , they know not what they do . The consequences cannot ...
... allow themselves to take this ground , it is little to be wondered at , and will probably do little mis- chief : but when good men permit themselves to as- sume so absurd a position , they know not what they do . The consequences cannot ...
Σελίδα 26
... allow : but where is the great ad- vantage of pushing the cultivation of the exterior be- yond this negative character ? I have often heard suggestions of this kind ; but am deliberately of the opinion that they are founded in false and ...
... allow : but where is the great ad- vantage of pushing the cultivation of the exterior be- yond this negative character ? I have often heard suggestions of this kind ; but am deliberately of the opinion that they are founded in false and ...
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Σελίδα 227 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.
Σελίδα 336 - I am afraid my uncle will think himself justified by them on this occasion, when he asserts, that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to put a woman right, when she sets out wrong.
Σελίδα iv - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Σελίδα 368 - Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; 2. The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
Σελίδα 399 - I may say, that the production of this work and most of my other writings, is owing; viz. that the difference between rising at five and at seven o'clock in the morning, for the space of forty years, supposing a man to go to bed at the same hour at night, is nearly equivalent to the addition of ten years to a man's life...
Σελίδα 40 - It renounces no just right from fear. It gives up no important truth from flattery. ( It is indeed not only consistent with a firm mind, but it necessarily requires a manly spirit, and a fixed principle, in order to give it any real value. Upon this solid ground only, the polish of gentleness can with advantage be superinduced.
Σελίδα iv - And also to the act, entitled, " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled " An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time* therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Σελίδα 81 - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Σελίδα 81 - Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Σελίδα 196 - Deeply impressed with a sense of the importance of improving in knowledge, prudence, and piety, in my preparation for the Gospel Ministry, I solemnly promise, in a reliance on divine grace, that I will faithfully and diligently attend on all the instructions of this Seminary, and that I will conscientiously and vigilantly observe all the rules and regulations specified in the plan for its instruction and government, so far as the same relate to the students; and that I will obey all the lawful requisitions,...