On the Formation of the Christian Character: Addressed to Those who are Seeking to Lead a Religious LifeJ. Munroe & Company, 1850 - 176 pagina's |
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On the Formation of the Christian Character: Addressed to Those Who Are ... Henry Ware Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2013 |
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Pagina 49 - Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
Pagina 148 - Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Pagina 8 - ... spiritual nature. He is but poorly fitted to honor or promote the cause of Christ, who has not first subjected his own soul to his holy government. There are men enough, when Christianity is prevalent and honorable, to lend it their countenance and pay it external homage. We want more thorough, consistent exemplifications of its purity, benevolence, and spirituality. These can be found only in men, who love it for its own sake, and because it is the wisdom of God and the power of God unto salvation...
Pagina 76 - ... of his will, the glory of his kingdom, and all the affecting truths and promises which the gospel displays. These are to be subjects of distinct and profound consideration, till your mind becomes imbued with them, and until filled and inspired by the spiritual contemplation, you are in a manner ' changed into the same image as by the spirit of the Lord.
Pagina 63 - ... purpose must distract your attention from this. You will therefore always have in view two objects — to understand the book, and to apply it to your own heart and character. The study of the Bible, for the purpose of understanding it, is an arduous labor. Dr. Johnson said of the New Testament, " It is the most difficult book in the world, for which the labor of a life is required." No book requires greater and more various aid. Its thorough interpretation is a science by itself; and you must...
Pagina 170 - ... and false. In a word, be convinced that levity, uncharitableness, and falsehood, are as truly immoral and irreligious in the common intercourse of life, as on its more solemn occasions ; that idle and injurious words make a part of man's responsible character, as really as blasphemy and idolatry ; and that ' if any man seem to be religious, and bridle not his tongue, that man's religion is vain.
Pagina 150 - But in this, the leisure is given for thoroughly applying to your own personal state all that has met your ear, and for pouring out freely the devotional feeling which has been excited. And if there be any thing favorable to the soul, as multitudes of devout persons have insisted, in occasions for contemplative worship in the presence of other men, then, in this respect, the Lord's supper may claim a superiority over every other season of social devotion.
Pagina 27 - Ware, writing for new inquirers, those who have lived hitherto " without permanent religious impressions," speaks of them as having "wandered from duty, and been unfaithful to God. They have gone far from him, like the unwise prodigal, and wasted the portion he gave them in vicious or unprofitable pursuits. They have cultivated the animal life, they have lived according to the flesh.
Pagina 44 - ... respecting his condition ? and this inquiry for the true end of his being ? If a person, hitherto thoughtless, is in this state of mind, he is to be congratulated upon it. We are to be thankful to God in his behalf, that another immortal soul is awake to its responsibility, and seeking real happiness. We would urge . him to cherish the feelings which possess him ; not with melancholy despondency; not with superstitious gloom ; not with unmanly and unmeaning debasement ; but with thoughtful, self-distrusting...
Pagina 169 - Do not allovr yourself to be off your guard in this respect. Make it a part of your business, by a cautious prudence, to have your speech consistent with the rest of your character. Do not flatter yourself that your thoughts are under due control, your desires properly regulated, or your dispositions subject as they should be to Christian principle, if your intercourse with others consists mainly of frivolous gossip, impertinent anecdotes, speculations on the character and affairs of your neighbours,...