 | Samuel Miller - Education - 1827 - 436 pages
...AND MAKING EVERY THING SUBSERVIENT TO IT. You FCmcmber that Dr. Johnson, in his life of Dr. ff^affs, remarks, that ' whatever he took in hand, was, by his incessant solicitude forsouls, converted to theolo^." This is, indeed, exalted praise for a minister of the gospel. May... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - Christian education - 1829 - 738 pages
...Christian ministers with the best ground work for their public instruction. It was said of Dr. Watts, ' Whatever he took in hand was by his incessant solicitude for souls converted into theology.' The works of God also will furnish us with innumerable illustrations of the word of... | |
 | Christian life - 1830 - 400 pages
...was given by Dr. Johnson, in his life of Dr. Watts, when he remarked of the subject of his biography, that, ' whatever he took in hand, was, by his incessant solicitude for souls, converted to theology.' And indeed this determined singleness of purpose is indispensable to a conscientious discharge of ministerial... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - Annotations (Provenance) - 1830 - 368 pages
...Christian ministers with the best ground-work for their public instruction. It was said of Dr. Watts, ' Whatever he took in hand, was by his incessant solicitude for souls converted into theology.' The works of God also will furnish us with innumerable illustrations of the word of... | |
 | Baptists - 1834 - 514 pages
...connected with the pulpit. The remark of Dr. Johnson respecting Watts was applicable to Dr. Staughton, that " whatever he took in hand was, by his incessant solicitude for souls, converted to theology." Every thing which he had heard, or seen, or read, seemed to find an appropriate place in his sermons;... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Bible - 1834 - 174 pages
...have mentioned his treatises of Theology as distinct from his other productions ; hut the truth is, that whatever he took in hand was, by his incessant solicitude for souls, converted to Theology. As piety predominated in his mind, it is diffused over his works : under his direction it mav he truly... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...have mentioned his treatises of theology as distinct from his other productions ; but the truth is, f Rugby in which he had, by the rules of its foundation, a right to be instructed, was then in h As piety predominated in his mind, it is diffused over his works; under his direction it may be truly... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Biography - 1888 - 406 pages
...Locke.—His " Improvement of the Mind," is a work in the highest degree useful and pleasing.—Whatever he took in hand was, by his incessant solicitude for souls, converted to theology. As piety predominated in his mind, it is diffused over his works. Under his direction it may be truly... | |
 | George Collison (solicitor.) - 1840 - 462 pages
...have mentioned his treatises of theology as distinct from his other productions ; but the truth is, that whatever he took in hand was, by his incessant solicitude for souls, converted to Theology. As piety predominated in his mind, it is diffused over his works : under his direction it may be truly... | |
 | John Hayward - Christian biography - 1842 - 448 pages
...Malebranche and LocUe. His " Improvement of the Mind " is a work in the highest degree useful and pleasing. Whatever he took in hand was, by his incessant solicitude for souls, converted to theology. As piety predominated in his mind, it is diffused over his works. Under his direction, it may be truly... | |
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I have mentioned his treatises of Theology as distinct from his other productions, but the truth is that whatever he took in hand was, by his incessant solicitude for souls, converted to Theology. 
