A Discourse on the Life and Character of Rev. Charles Hall, D.D.: Delivered in the City of New York ... January 1, 1854American Home Missionary Society, 1854 - 47 Seiten |
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 36 - In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!
Seite 45 - The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace, both now and evermore.
Seite 34 - ... was to rejoice with those that rejoice, and to weep with those that weep ; how faithful he was in reproof, and how kind withal ; what love for souls possessed him, and with what holy earnestness and perseverance he would labor, often, to lead individuals to the Saviour ; on these, and other like traits, I may not enlarge. According to his limited means — yea, and beyond them frequently — he was a liberal man.
Seite 40 - He meets a beggar in Scotland, and the entry in his journal is, "Talked to him about his soul." At Stratford-upon-Avon, he writes, "The great enemy has this day sorely buffeted me, so that my joy has been turned into mourning. I go to my bed looking to Jesus—or towards him, for Oh, I do not perceive his smiling face. 'Return, O Holy Dove, return.
Seite 35 - The assistance he gave me," says one, now preaching the Gospel, " in my efforts to gain an education, was most substantial, and was always bestowed with a cheerfulness and delicacy that made the gift doubly welcome, and constituted him a model giver" It is scarcely fitting, that I should enter the sanctuary of his domestic affections. Yet it is impossible to do justice to his character without adverting briefly to the depth of his tenderness, and the varied forms of his fidelity there. Home was a...
Seite 41 - Here, amid the sublimest of God's works, I have communed with him, and have endeavored to reconsecrate myself to him. 0 Lord, who by thy power settest fast the mountains, exert that power to make this poor, vile heart all thine own.
Seite 41 - I bad no appreciation for his military glory, or for his royal mistress. I thought only of God, who made this majesty and loveliness. I felt that he intended and adapted the world — its creatures — its lakes — its forests — its landscapes, to speak of him, to lead up our hearts to him. I felt that there is no mistake as to the oneness of the Godhead in Revelation and in nature. And my heart praised him ; I cried out for holiness — that there, with such beauty of the natural world, there...
Seite 40 - I could feel the rivers of delight roll in upon my soul. I forgot the Duke of Marlborough. I had no appreciation for his military glory, or for his royal mistress. I thought only of God, who made this majesty and loveliness. I felt that He intended and adapted the world — its creatures, its lakes, its forests, its landscapes, to speak of Him, to lead up our hearts to Him. I felt that there is no mistake as to the oneness of the Godhead in Revelation and in nature.
Seite 23 - Deep had answered to deep, as he mused ; and with these ocean-murmurs, the voices rf many millions had mingled, who at no remote period are to. throng what now are wide spread solitudes. Nor, deeply patriotic though he was, had he a thought as a patriot merely. His. motto was, Our country, not for its own sake alone, but for the sake of the world. He marked, with unutterable interest, its increasing power. He saw it the centre and the glory of all lands. He beheld it, affecting more and more, through...
Seite 41 - Heintended and adapted the world — its creatures, its lakes, its forests, its landscapes, to speak of Him, to lead up our hearts to Him. I felt that there is no mistake as to the oneness of the Godhead in Revelation and in nature. And my heart praised Him. I cried out for holiness — that there, with such beauty of the natural world, there might be nothing but moral consanguinity in my soul." Amid the mummeries at Rome, he says,- -"I feel, as I see the disgusting pretence of this formal worship,...