Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits: Addressed to a Student in the Theological Seminary, at Princeton, N.J. |
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Page viii
... young people - Record of visits to be careful- ly kept - Assembling several families together- To be accompanied by an elder - Visiting the sick - Counsels - Visiting reduced families - II . Social visits - not to be neglected ...
... young people - Record of visits to be careful- ly kept - Assembling several families together- To be accompanied by an elder - Visiting the sick - Counsels - Visiting reduced families - II . Social visits - not to be neglected ...
Page xi
... young members to speak but lit- tle - Wait for older members to speak - Fre- quent or long speaking never right - All harsh- ness , satire , and acrimony to be avoided -- Treat- ing aged members with deference - Gravity- Frequent change ...
... young members to speak but lit- tle - Wait for older members to speak - Fre- quent or long speaking never right - All harsh- ness , satire , and acrimony to be avoided -- Treat- ing aged members with deference - Gravity- Frequent change ...
Page xiii
... young men are prone in relation to this matter - Habit of whining and complain- ing , in relation to bodily health , disgusting -- Bre- thren in the ministry should be on good terms with each other - Politicks to be avoided - Re ...
... young men are prone in relation to this matter - Habit of whining and complain- ing , in relation to bodily health , disgusting -- Bre- thren in the ministry should be on good terms with each other - Politicks to be avoided - Re ...
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... YOUNG FRIEND , You are soon , with the permission of Pro- vidence , to enter the pulpit , and to engage in the active duties of that profession , which , how- ever undervalued by the worldly and the un- believing , cannot fail of being ...
... YOUNG FRIEND , You are soon , with the permission of Pro- vidence , to enter the pulpit , and to engage in the active duties of that profession , which , how- ever undervalued by the worldly and the un- believing , cannot fail of being ...
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... young friend , is more remote from my purpose than the adoption of this exceptionable , and , in some of its parts , profligate system . For , al- though it certainly embraces many precepts and suggestions which are worthy of the ...
... young friend , is more remote from my purpose than the adoption of this exceptionable , and , in some of its parts , profligate system . For , al- though it certainly embraces many precepts and suggestions which are worthy of the ...
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