 | 1839 - 538 pages
...against their enemy, and a martial spirit in the bosoms of his countrymen. In this he never faltered, " for, if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle ?" But in thesf impassioned strains of war, it is beautiful to perceive the poet's heart essentially... | |
 | Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1839 - 210 pages
...be therefore clear, distinct, and stirring, as the .«.omul of a trumpet, but a well-blown trampet, for if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle — that battle which is ever fighting, ever bite fought, as we go forward (lisp wieg our wny step... | |
 | Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1839 - 382 pages
...preaching, and of this great plainness of speech in delivering God's word or message, the apostle says, " For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?" The figure of the text may seem to be used by the apostle incidentally, but it is one to which those... | |
 | 1839 - 742 pages
...juxtaposition of bane and antidote in this number at greater length. I shall conclude with simply asking, "if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?" and also, whether it would not be advisable, before he assumes to direct the views of the public on... | |
 | 1839 - 274 pages
...Episcopal Church and our Monarchical State) must speak out, and in language not to be misunderstood; for if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself for battle ? I look upon the conduct mentioned at the heading of this letter as a species of insanity... | |
 | Francis Edward Jackson Valpy - 1839 - 304 pages
...vii. 9. § 1 Cor. xiii. 10. tinction in the sound, how shall it be known what is piped or harped ? For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself for the battle ?"* " But some man will say, How are the dead raised up, and with what body do they... | |
 | 1840 - 644 pages
...harp, except they give a distinction in toe t sounds, howshall it be known what is piped or harped '. 8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle I 9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy J to be understood, how shall it be known... | |
 | Joseph Butterworth Owen - 1840 - 144 pages
...with that holy Spirit of promise. Page 55. SERMON V. QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES. I Cor. xiv. 8. — For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle ? Page 73. SERMON VI. THE APPEAL TO THE UNCONFIRMED. Luke xvii. 17. — And Jesus answering said, were... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - 1840 - 624 pages
...itself with its own confusion. Now as no army without banners, so no banner without arms therein. " If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle ? "§ Now, as the trumpet tells the time, so the banner proclaims the place of meeting ; and if it... | |
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So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken ? for ye shall speak into the air. 
