 | William M'Dowall - 1876 - 472 sidor
...shining light" — realising in many respects Cowper's famous picture of "a preacher such as Paul :" " In language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn,...well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men." During his ten years' sojourn Mr. Dunn took an active part in various philanthropic movements in the... | |
 | Vernon John Charlesworth - 1876 - 338 sidor
...different thing from his ! " "I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn,...well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men." PART II. PART II. ANECDOTES. A JUST REBUKE. AN Antinomian, who was addicted to drinking, asked him... | |
 | 1877 - 348 sidor
...himself direct me. I would trace His master strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine incorrupt, in...as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. COWPER. MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY. — A soldier had his limb amputated near his body. The veins had... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - 1877 - 564 sidor
...master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, ** And plain in manner; decent,...to guilty men. Behold the picture ! — Is it like ? — Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again; pronounce... | |
 | H. Richardson Clerk - 1877 - 288 sidor
...master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine nncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner, decent, solemn,...well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men." COWPZE. THE year of Cecil's diaconate passed quickly away. It served to remove many fears which time... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1877 - 240 sidor
...Cowper, born 1731, died 1800: " I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn,...well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men." The ministers of Connecticut in the Revolution, nearly all of them, sleep with their several flocks,... | |
 | Congregational Churches in Connecticut. General Conference - 1877 - 232 sidor
...Cowper, born 1731, died 1800: " I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn,...well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men." The ministers of Connecticut in the Revolution, nearly all of them, sleep with their several flocks,... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 sidor
...language, plain ; And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impress'd ain, A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. Let us, — Caiaper. 2846. PREACHER. Lament of a OFT, in the summer days, I've mark'd some wild] . On which... | |
 | 1878 - 650 sidor
...describe his general bearing : — ' I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner : decent, solemn,...as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. ' " The deceased last visited Derby on the occasion of the opening of this new building in 1874, delivering... | |
 | 1878 - 588 sidor
...earth, would hear, approve, and own, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn....well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.' DENNYLOANHEAD. CJ WORK AMONG OUR SEAFARING POPULATION. ТЛЕ following is a summary of operations... | |
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Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. 
