 | John Mitchell - 1835 - 252 pągines
...work of grace. What Cowper says of the pulpit may be said of the Sabbath pulpit pre-eminently : I say the pulpit, in the sober use, Of its legitimate, peculiar...most important, and effectual, guard, Support, and ornaraeut, of virtue's cause. To the Sabbath then, should our thoughts, our prayers, our hopes, habitually... | |
 | Charles George Sommers - 1835 - 417 pągines
...have beheld'him in the pulpit, the words of Cowper have always seemed to be peculiarly applicable. " There stands the messenger of truth! there stands The legate of the skies!—His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks... | |
 | Dorus Clarke - 1836 - 220 pągines
...the world. The oft-repeated lines of Cowper have lost none of their truth ; — " The pulpit, I say the pulpit, in the sober use Of its legitimate peculiar...effectual guard, Support and ornament of virtue's cause.'' Regularly attend, then, my young friends, the public worship of God. Sanctify the Sabbath by resorting... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836
...Strutting and vapouring in an empty school, 330 Spent all his force, and made no proselyte ;) I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate peculiar...shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, 335 Support, and ornament of virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth. There stands The... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836
...Strutting and vapouring in an empty school, 330 Spent all his force, and made no proselyte ;) I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate peculiar...shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, 335 Support, and ornament of virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth. There stands The... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835
...been a severe, he has also been a faithful, monitor. We allude to such passages as the following — There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies 1 — His theme divine, His office, sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 172 pągines
...peculiar pow'rs) t stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand, most important and eifectual guaid, Support, and ornament, of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there elands The legate of the skies !— His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By... | |
 | Jasper Adams - 1837 - 492 pągines
...exchange for his own. Cowper may be presumed to have had these advantages in mind when he said, — " The pulpit, in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar...Support, and ornament of virtue's cause." * There are two points on which it merits an inquiry, whether the pulpit might not be made more effectual for... | |
 | Levi Tucker - 1837 - 189 pągines
...last, Strutting and vampering in an empty school, Spent all his force, and made no proselyte — I say, the pulpit, in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar...stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support aud ornament of virtue's cause." No sooner had infidelity assumed the reins of government in France,... | |
 | John Young (M.A.) - 1837
...him ; to turn them towards any other object was impossible. He stood, majestic in appearance, like " The Legate of the skies! his theme divine, His office...sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law spoke out Its thunders." His deep, sepulchral tones reverberated round the lofty building, and might... | |
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I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar powers) Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of virtue's cause. 
