 | 1868 - 588 pagina’s
...is by none of these paltry devices that the pulpit is to recover its power and approve itself — ' The most important and effectual guard, Support and ornament of virtue's cause, Where stands the messenger of truth ; where stands The legate of the skies.' We must preach Christ... | |
 | William Miller - 1870 - 84 pagina’s
...secured to them : for it " (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." The pulpit is the central, moral power of the world. Its influence is abiding. Its work is permanent.... | |
 | 1870 - 716 pagina’s
...Pulpit, in the sober uso Of its legitimate, peculiar powers, Must stand acknowledged, while the word shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support and ornament of virtue's cause." An institution of such great power, and wide-spread influence, is necessarily open to a variety of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1872 - 290 pagina’s
...last, Strutting and vap'ring in an empty school, 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, Support, and ornament... | |
 | National Temperance Society and Publicat - 1873 - 406 pagina’s
...Therefore, " I say the pulpit, in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar power, Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and...effectual guard, Support, and ornament of virtue's cause." One great error of the Washingtonian movement was, that it did not ally itself with religion, but often... | |
 | John Russell Hutchison - 1874 - 264 pagina’s
...they are of rare occurrence — exceptions to God's great rule. " The pulpit " Must stand acknowledged while the world shall stand, The most important and...effectual guard, Support and ornament of virtue's cause." What myriads of sacred influences and associations cluster around the pulpit, calculated to enhance... | |
 | 1874 - 140 pagina’s
...I say the Pulpit, (in the sober sense 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." But where now do we find men occupying the pulpit, who possess the burning zeal, depth of piety, wide... | |
 | William Swan Plumer - 1874 - 396 pagina’s
...but proclaim his style, and disappear; The stiller sound succeeds, and God is there!" — Chaucer. "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, Support, and ornament... | |
 | John Russell Hutchison - 1874 - 272 pagina’s
...occurrence — exceptions to God's great rule. " The pulpit " Must stand acknowledged while the world sliall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support and ornament of virtue's cause." What myriads of sacred influences and associations cluster around the pulpit, calculated to enhance... | |
 | Jacques Claude Demogeot - 1874 - 408 pagina’s
...mass of men had been told off in Emall detachments [Specimen Page, No. 5.] -44 COWPER'S TASK. 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, Support and ornament... | |
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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. 
