Mental discipline; or, Hints on the cultivation of intellectual & moral habits. To which is appended, An address on pulpit eloquence, by J. EdwardsJ. Leavitt, 1830 - 254 Seiten |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 211 - that believe. Preach, my brethren, the truth of God, in this manner, for the purpose of glorifying him in the salvation of men, and you may hope, through grace, to turn many to righteousness; and afterwards to shine as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever. How
Seite 199 - Preach the preaching that I bid thee." " Hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me." " He that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully." This requires him to preach whatever God reveals, and as he reveals it. A preacher has nothing to do to invent new truths, to preach those
Seite 208 - remain no more sacrifice for sin, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment, and fiery indignation which shall for ever devour them. But supposing they are dead, twice dead, consumed, and their bones bleaching under the winds of heaven, be not discouraged. If you are surrounded on every side
Seite xiv - so it is in the mind, practice makes it what it is; and most even of those excellencies which are looked on as natural endowments, will be found, when examined into more minutely, to be the product of exercise, and to be raised to that pitch by repeated actions.
Seite 123 - kindled beautiful emotions in his soul, noble thoughts and definite resolves; and he speaks forth what is in him not from any outward call of vanity or interest, but because his heart is too full to be silent. He speaks it too with such melody and modulation as he can in
Seite 53 - furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to. cram ourselves with a great load of collections
Seite 122 - traced before us has glowed in a living heart; the opinion he utters has risen in his own understanding, and been a light to his own steps. He does not write from hearsay, but from sight and experience. It is the scenes he has lived and laboured amidst that he describes: those scenes, rude and humble as they are,
Seite 101 - preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness: but unto them who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ
Seite 53 - :—there are indeed in some writers visible instances of deep thoughts, close and acute reasoning, and ideas well pursued. The light these would give would be of great use, if their reader would observe and imitate them:— but that can be done only by our own meditation.
Seite 32 - should accustom ourselves, in any question proposed, to examine and find out upon what it bottoms. Most of the difficulties that come in our way, when well considered and traced, lead us to some proposition which, known to be true, clears the doubt, and gives an easy solution of the question.