 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pagina’s
...Strutting and vap'ring in an empty school, 330 Spent all his force, and made no proselyte)— I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate peculiar pow'rs) Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, 335 Support, and... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1855 - 384 pagina’s
...contribute. " The pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate and sober powers) Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and...effectual guard, Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause." We do not mean that there is, or that there should be, any superstitious deference paid to it. We do... | |
 | Charles Greenwood - 1855 - 440 pagina’s
...command of the Great Teacher, " feed my sheep," " feed my lambs." " The pulpit Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and...effectual guard, Support, and ornament of virtue's cause." The momentous influence of the ministry in the moral world is like the general law of gravitation in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 298 pagina’s
...thy clinic Be fickle, and thy year most part deform'd With dripping rains, or withcr'd by a frost. The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause. All catch the frenzy, downward from her grace, Whose flambeaux flash against the morning skies, And... | |
 | Charles Greenwood - 1855 - 440 pagina’s
...feed my sheep," " feed my lambs." " The pulpit Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall staiid, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of virtue's cause." The momentous influence of the ministry in the moral world is like the general law of gravitation in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1856 - 512 pagina’s
...thing)— Spent all his force, and made no proselyte)— Strutting and vap'ring in an empty school, I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar...stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and.ornament of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth: there stands. The legate of the... | |
 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 pagina’s
...— ) 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. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er... | |
 | Henry Clay Fish - 1856 - 1270 pagina’s
...nations, and kingdoms, and events; but the PULPIT — the mightiest agency in civilized society, " The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of virtue's cause," and the chief instrumentality for the salvation of the world — has received but little attention... | |
 | 1856 - 438 pagina’s
...I say, the pulpit, (in the solemn use Of its legitimate, peculiar powers,) Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, nnd ornament of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pagina’s
...and made no proselyte')— I say the pulpit' (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar powers') Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand,...virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth v : there stands The legate of the skies v : His theme', divine v ; His office', sacred x ; his credentials,... | |
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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. 
