 I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar powers) Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of virtue's cause.  Metropolitan Pulpit - Page 1151898Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...at last, Strutting and vapouring in an empty schoe Spent all his force and made no proselyte)[ say profane and infidel contempt Of holy writ, she has presumed t' annul And abrogate, as roundly as s worl stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause. There... | |
 | 1832 - 424 pages
...sphere of influence can he desire, more bright, more beneficent, more glorious than this? ' We say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar...His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clearBy him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use,... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pages
...proselyte) I say, the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar pow'rs) Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand, The most important and...effectual guard, Support and ornament, of virtue's cause. 10 There, stands the messenger of truth ; there, stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine,... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1833 - 332 pages
...meanly ambitious Lady Middleton nothing but bitter disappointment and pitiable degradation. CHAPTER IV. There stands the messenger of truth ; there stands...divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear, by him in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace. COWPER. GALE MIDDLETON, on the morning... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1833 - 958 pages
...meanly ambitious Lady Middleton nothing but bitter disappointment and pitiable degradation. CHAPTER IV. There stands the messenger of truth ; there stands...divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear, by him in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace. COWPER. GALE MIDDLETON, on the morning... | |
 | 1834 - 1012 pages
...CHRISTIAN EXAMINER, AND of No. XXXIII. JULY, 1834. VOL. III. ON THE ELOQUENCE OF THE IRISH PULPIT. " I pay the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar...effectual guard, Support, and ornament of virtue's cause." — COWPEB. IN these times, as usually happens in intervals of peace, attention has been much turned... | |
 | John Codman - 1834 - 456 pages
...contains a salutary caution, it may be applied, with equal pertinency, 3. To the services of the pulpit. "The PULPIT, in the sober use Of its legitimate peculiar...effectual guard, Support and ornament of virtue's cause." But how often is that consecrated place polluted with the bitter spirit of theological controversy... | |
 | 1848 - 780 pages
...augmenting of that hallowed "Power" which the pulpit must possess, in order that it may ever - ncknowlpHged stand The most important and effectual guard. Support, and ornament of virtue's cause. On first opening the book, our eye chanced to light on a beautiful and well-deserved tribute to the... | |
 | Andrew Thomson - 1835 - 302 pages
...it, fill'd With solemn awe, that bids me well beware With what intent I touch that holy thing,) I say the Pulpit— in the sober use . '.'.•(•>• Of...divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. Its thunders ; ahd by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace. -H<1 He 'stablishes... | |
 | 1840 - 974 pages
...the character of its agency must ever continue a topic of deep interest to every friend of mankind: " The pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate peculiar...effectual guard, Support, and ornament of virtue's cause." The seriousness and sacredness of the clerical function tend to give weight and influence to the subject... | |
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