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 20
... mind . And , therefore , whenever they hear of precepts and advices to candidates for the ministry , in relation to ... minds of men may be more ef- fectually maintained . This seems to be the pre- vailing opinion of infidels ; and also ...
... mind . And , therefore , whenever they hear of precepts and advices to candidates for the ministry , in relation to ... minds of men may be more ef- fectually maintained . This seems to be the pre- vailing opinion of infidels ; and also ...
Σελίδα 33
... mind habitually thoughtful , serious , and set on high things . An air and manner oppos- ed to levity ; opposed to that propensity to jesting , which is so often manifested by some who bear the sacred office ; opposed to what is ...
... mind habitually thoughtful , serious , and set on high things . An air and manner oppos- ed to levity ; opposed to that propensity to jesting , which is so often manifested by some who bear the sacred office ; opposed to what is ...
Σελίδα 37
... mind inordi- nately set on the most paltry gains and savings . I remember once to have received a very unfavoura- ble impression of a clergyman , some time since de- ceased , on observing that he employed a considera- ble portion of ...
... mind inordi- nately set on the most paltry gains and savings . I remember once to have received a very unfavoura- ble impression of a clergyman , some time since de- ceased , on observing that he employed a considera- ble portion of ...
Σελίδα 40
... mind , but it necessarily re- quires a manly spirit , and a fixed principle , in order to give it any real value . It stands opposed to harsh- ness and severity , to pride and arrogance , to vio- lence and oppression . It is properly ...
... mind , but it necessarily re- quires a manly spirit , and a fixed principle , in order to give it any real value . It stands opposed to harsh- ness and severity , to pride and arrogance , to vio- lence and oppression . It is properly ...
Σελίδα 44
... mind , that title with manners of the supercilious , revolting kind . An association to which , I am sorry to say , the manners of many , who would be thought real gentlemen , give too much counten- ance . 4. Affability . This quality ...
... mind , that title with manners of the supercilious , revolting kind . An association to which , I am sorry to say , the manners of many , who would be thought real gentlemen , give too much counten- ance . 4. Affability . This quality ...
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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,...