Writings of Rev. William Bradford Homer: Late Pastor of the Congregational Church in South Berwick, MeAllen, Morrill & Wardwell, 1842 - 420 páginas |
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Página iii
... labors were especially earnest for the publication of his essays and discourses . It was often said that the writings of a young man are peculiarly attractive to scholars of his own age , that his ex- cellence , whatever it be , engages ...
... labors were especially earnest for the publication of his essays and discourses . It was often said that the writings of a young man are peculiarly attractive to scholars of his own age , that his ex- cellence , whatever it be , engages ...
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... labors in such a sphere would help to prepare him for the hardnesses and conflicts of professional life . He had been in the schools from his early childhood , had encountered but little of the selfishness and bluntness of the world ...
... labors in such a sphere would help to prepare him for the hardnesses and conflicts of professional life . He had been in the schools from his early childhood , had encountered but little of the selfishness and bluntness of the world ...
Página 42
... labors , and make me in such a sphere a happy and a useful man ? Ah , my dear friend , this is not a question between the infirmities of the flesh , and the claims of God , but between the opposing calls of duty ; not a question be ...
... labors , and make me in such a sphere a happy and a useful man ? Ah , my dear friend , this is not a question between the infirmities of the flesh , and the claims of God , but between the opposing calls of duty ; not a question be ...
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... labors , or to the office of a teacher ; and he decided that his peculiar tastes and aptitudes promised him a greater degree of usefulness in the chair of instruction than in the pulpit . It became , therefore , his fixed purpose to ...
... labors , or to the office of a teacher ; and he decided that his peculiar tastes and aptitudes promised him a greater degree of usefulness in the chair of instruction than in the pulpit . It became , therefore , his fixed purpose to ...
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... labors , he paid some attention to the Arabic language , and still more to the German . During the year he was without any restraint save that of his own moral prin- ciple , but he never was more energetic or industrious . He was as ...
... labors , he paid some attention to the Arabic language , and still more to the German . During the year he was without any restraint save that of his own moral prin- ciple , but he never was more energetic or industrious . He was as ...
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Aeschines affection amid Andover Andover Theological Seminary angels Antipater appear Athens beauty become blessed brethren brother Cersobleptes character Christ christian church conscience Ctesiphon dark death delight Demosthenes Dinarchus discourse divine law doctrine doubt duty earth earthly eternal faith favor fearful feel forever friends gathered gaze gospel grace Greece Greek guilt hand hear hearers heart heaven holy Homer honor hope human Iliad influence Isocrates Jeremy Taylor Jesus judge labors Lacedemon language Leosthenes Leptines light live look ment mind minister ness never Odyssey Olynthus orator peace peculiar perfect Philip Phocians Pilate poem poet prayer preached preacher present principle pulpit religion religious repentance Sabbath Saviour scenes seems sermon sinner sins sorrow soul South Berwick speak spirit suffering sympathy Thebes thee thou thought tion Trojan war truth unto utter voice walk words writes
Passagens conhecidas
Página 28 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Página 198 - Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created.
Página 185 - He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon.
Página viii - And Cain talked with Abel his brother : and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel, thy brother ? And he said, I know not : am I my brother's keeper ? And he said, What hast thou done ? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Página 337 - Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Página ix - When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! 27. Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
Página 39 - Look not mournfully into the Past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and with a manly heart.
Página 314 - He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown ; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown.
Página 93 - And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. Are all apostles ? are all prophets ? are all teachers ? are all workers of miracles ? Have all the gifts of healing ? do all speak with tongues ? do all interpret ? But covet earnestly the best gifts.
Página 266 - When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person : see ye to it.