 | John Holt Rice, Benjamin Holt Rice - 1833 - 466 pages
...everlasting life. " I greatly admire the character of a minister of the gospel, as drawn by Cowper : -'Simple, grave, sincere ; ' In doctrine uncorrupt;...decent, solemn, chaste ' And natural in gesture ; much impressed ' Himself, us conscious of his awful charge, 'And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds... | |
 | Richard Brindley Hone - 1833 - 414 pages
...P. Moore, dated April 18, 1781, twenty-six years after the bishop's death. CHAPTER IV. HIS SUNDAY. Simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt, in...decent, solemn, chaste. And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
 | John Holt Rice, Benjamin Holt Rice - 1833 - 462 pages
...admire the character of a minister of the gospel, as drawn by Cowper : ' Simple, grave, sincere ; 1 In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, ' And plain...decent, solemn, chaste ' And natural in gesture ; much impressed ' Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, 'And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds... | |
 | John Holt Rice, Benjamin Holt Rice - 1833 - 460 pages
...admire the character of a minister of the gospel, as drawn by Cowper : - ' Simple, grave, sincere ; ' Fn doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, ' And plain...decent, solemn, chaste ' And natural in gesture ; much impressed * Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, 'And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds... | |
 | Robert Samuel Gregg - 1879 - 336 pages
...exhortations, those which would naturally spring from it. To him the lines of Cowper would apply— " In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain...decent, solemn, chaste ; And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
 | Moses Auge - 1879 - 798 pages
...aptlj" illustrated in the following quotation: " I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In morals, uncorrupt; in language, plain; And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste. And natural." publications is Dr. Emmon's work on Geology, the first published for schools illustrated by American... | |
 | 1880 - 606 pages
...may aa well be cited here as anywhere in these considerations i " I would express him simple, gravfi, sincere ¡ In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain,...decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture; much impressed Himself, as conscions of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 pages
...earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine nncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chast And natural in gesture ;... | |
 | Herman Diederik J. van Schevichaven - 1881 - 396 pages
...gentleness And good example, was his business." Cowper thus indicates what a true parson should be : — " Simple, grave, sincere, In doctrine uncorrupt, in...flock he feeds May feel it, too ; affectionate in spirit, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty man." " A good preacher,"... | |
 | John Bartholomew Gough - 1881 - 354 pages
...grave, sincere. And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chas'e, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge; And anxious...in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to gnilty man." These four preachers I heard and knew on my first and second visit to Great Britain. When... | |
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I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain ; And plain in manner. Decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture. Much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he... 
