 | James Boswell - 1843 - 588 pages
...parson, and had a good living, like Bloxam ' and several others, and lived comfortably." JOHNSON. " Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have al. ways considered a clergyman as the lather of a larger family than he is able to maintain. 1 would... | |
 | Charles Bridges - 1844 - 576 pages
...considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. No! sir ; I da not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life ; nor...I envy the clergyman, who makes it an easy life.' K even foregone or forgotten in his absorbing delight in saving souls.1 Seasons of necessary retirement... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 442 pages
...parson, and had a good living, like Bloxam(') and several others, and lived comfortably." JOHNSON. " Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman,...do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life." Here taking himself up all of a sudden, he exclaimed, " O ! Mr. Edwards, I'll convince you that I recollect... | |
 | Robert Armitage - 1850 - 562 pages
...recorded: " Sir," he said to a friend, a lawyer, who thought a clerical life would have been easier, " Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman,...do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life." How would this have pleased good Bishop Burnet, who, in his admirable " Pastoral Care," thus speaks... | |
 | Robert Armitage - 1850 - 476 pages
...recorded : " Sir," he said to a friend, a lawyer, who thought a clerical life would have been easier, " Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman,...father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. / would rather have chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, sir, I do not envy a clergyman's... | |
 | Charles Bridges - 1850 - 501 pages
...I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. No ! sir ; I do not envy a clergyman's life as an...do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.' 2 Compare John iv. 6, 31—34. 3 Compare Mark i. 35—38; vi. 31—34. 4 As, for example, sending Tychicus... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1850 - 866 pages
...theology or philosophy, one of the most important that can come before the human understanding." 163. " I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain." True, both as to the poor, and to the souls of his flock. 171. Marshall's Minutes of Agriculture, 1778.... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - 588 pages
...life, Johnson replied earnestly : — " Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, ia not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as...rather have chancery suits upon my hands than the care of souls. No, sir; I do not euvy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I «nvjr the clergyman... | |
 | George Herbert - 1855 - 560 pages
...which as he cannot, touching the last day, so neither touching the intermediate days of conversion. 1 " Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman,...of a larger family than he is able to maintain."— JOHNSON by CUOKEK, vii. 162. a 1 t: ti h. i1.: al it P' ei h, m ai hi ti ct n. w. tc ea la Vi CHAPTER... | |
 | 1856 - 514 pages
...labourers together with God." If he does not, he neglects his duty. Said Dr. Johnson, " I envy not a clergyman's life as an easy life : nor do I envy the clergyman who maltes it an easy Ufe." As well might he seek ease in the field or workshop. Ease does not belong to... | |
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Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, Sir,... 
