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can be , to a man engaged in an employment so elevated and momentous as
that of a minister of the gospel ? Is it not a matter , perhaps you will inquire , rather
too small to engage the attention of one , whose time and talents ought to be ...
can be , to a man engaged in an employment so elevated and momentous as
that of a minister of the gospel ? Is it not a matter , perhaps you will inquire , rather
too small to engage the attention of one , whose time and talents ought to be ...
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Many persons , the moment they seat themselves in company , and especially
when they become engaged in conversation , if there be a SCREW , KNOB , or
smALL FIXTURE of any kind within their reach , which admits of being turned or ...
Many persons , the moment they seat themselves in company , and especially
when they become engaged in conversation , if there be a SCREW , KNOB , or
smALL FIXTURE of any kind within their reach , which admits of being turned or ...
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... is extremely apt , even on the sabbath , and in the house of God , to
degenerate into worldly chat , before we are aware , and to banish from the mind
the most solemn subjects of contemplation in which we may have been engaged
.
... is extremely apt , even on the sabbath , and in the house of God , to
degenerate into worldly chat , before we are aware , and to banish from the mind
the most solemn subjects of contemplation in which we may have been engaged
.
Page 342
Not only engage in these exercises before the judicatory assembles ; but
ENDEAVOUR EVERY DAY , THROUGH THE WHOLE OF ITS SESSIONS , TO
NOURISH YOUR CONSCIENTIOUSNESS IN REFERENCE TO THIS MATTER .
Ponder ...
Not only engage in these exercises before the judicatory assembles ; but
ENDEAVOUR EVERY DAY , THROUGH THE WHOLE OF ITS SESSIONS , TO
NOURISH YOUR CONSCIENTIOUSNESS IN REFERENCE TO THIS MATTER .
Ponder ...
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It is , surely , a matter of sufficient importance to engage all the deliberation , the
inquiry , and the prayer which you have an opportunity of bestowing upon it . . 6 .
In seeking a matrimonial union , BEAR IN MIND THE INESTIMABLE IMPORTA ...
It is , surely , a matter of sufficient importance to engage all the deliberation , the
inquiry , and the prayer which you have an opportunity of bestowing upon it . . 6 .
In seeking a matrimonial union , BEAR IN MIND THE INESTIMABLE IMPORTA ...
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Page 43 - But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes ; and the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...
Page 416 - Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; 2. The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
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Page 90 - Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Page 254 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.
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| Title | Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits: Addressed to a Student in the Theological Seminary at Princeton, N.J. Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Society, Spirituality, and Reform |
| Author | Samuel Miller |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | G. & C. Carvill, 1827 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Jun 2007 |
| ISBN | 0608410713, 9780608410715 |
| Length | 476 pages |
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