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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... least , of the extent of it : and their friends had not been faithful enough to apprize them of that which all who conversed with them saw and deplored , and which a little attention and resolution , especially if applied in early life ...
... least , of the extent of it : and their friends had not been faithful enough to apprize them of that which all who conversed with them saw and deplored , and which a little attention and resolution , especially if applied in early life ...
Σελίδα 29
... least sensible of the fact ; and how completely he may prostrate his dignity , and foreclose his usefulness , by a few ridiculous foibles , or inadvertent habits , of the existence of which it would be sometimes difficult to convince ...
... least sensible of the fact ; and how completely he may prostrate his dignity , and foreclose his usefulness , by a few ridiculous foibles , or inadvertent habits , of the existence of which it would be sometimes difficult to convince ...
Σελίδα 49
... least ill consequence ; but when they least ap- prehend evil from such communications , it may be most seriously the result . Nor can it ever be cer- tainly known when such evil may arise . It is obvious therefore , that , in this ...
... least ill consequence ; but when they least ap- prehend evil from such communications , it may be most seriously the result . Nor can it ever be cer- tainly known when such evil may arise . It is obvious therefore , that , in this ...
Σελίδα 51
... least in reference to the formation of a suitable habit ; and I have no doubt you will soon be surpris- ed to perceive the degree of success that has attend- ed your efforts . But there is one method of obviating , to a certain extent ...
... least in reference to the formation of a suitable habit ; and I have no doubt you will soon be surpris- ed to perceive the degree of success that has attend- ed your efforts . But there is one method of obviating , to a certain extent ...
Σελίδα 57
... least one tobacco- chewing clergyman of whom a respectable professor of religion declared , " that he would most cheerfully pay his board for a week or more , at a tavern , or at any other place , rather than endure his company at a ...
... least one tobacco- chewing clergyman of whom a respectable professor of religion declared , " that he would most cheerfully pay his board for a week or more , at a tavern , or at any other place , rather than endure his company at a ...
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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,...