These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, but yet to some (though most abuse) in every nation; and are of power, beside the office of a pulpit, to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue... Views and Interviews on Journalism - Page 251edited by - 1875 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1830 - 622 pages
...of God rarely bestowed, but yet to some, though most abuse, in every nation ; and are of power, — to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds...the mind, and set the affections in right tune ; to celebrate in glorious and lofty hymns the throne and equipage of God's almightiness, and what he works,... | |
| William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1830 - 630 pages
...of God rarely bestowed, but yet to some, though most abuse, in every nation; and are of power,—to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of...the mind, and set the affections in right tune ; to celebrate in glorious-and lofty hymns the throne and equipage of God's almightincss, and what he works,... | |
| 1830 - 550 pages
...some (though most abuse) in every nation ; and are of power, beside the office of a pulpit, to inbrecd and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue...the mind and set the affections in right tune ; to celebrate in glorious and lofty hymns, the throne and equipage of God's almightiness, and what he works... | |
| Methodist Church - 1830 - 508 pages
...conceptions : — ' These abilities are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, and are of power to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility ; to allay the perturbation of the mind, and set the affections to a right tune ; to celebrate in glorious and lofty... | |
| Robert Montgomery - 1832 - 474 pages
...to their own support, And therefore no incompetence of mine Could do them wrong. — WORDSWORTH. ' To inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds...the mind, and set the affections in right tune ; to celebrate in glorious and lofty hymns the throne and equipage of God's almightiness, to sing victorious... | |
| James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 528 pages
...Paradise Lost." "These abilities are the inspired gifts of God, rarely bestowed ; and are of power to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds...the mind, and set the affections in right tune; to celebrate in glorious and lofty hymns the throne and equipage of God's almightiness, and what he works,... | |
| James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 348 pages
...abilities are the inspired gifts of God, * See Lecture III. rarely bestowed ; and are of power to imbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue...the mind, and set the affections in right tune ; to celebrate in glorious and lofty hymns the throne and equipage of God's almightiness, and what he works,... | |
| Charles Webb Le Bas, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 114 pages
..." These abilities," says Milton, " are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed; and are of power to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility—to allay the perturbations of the mind, and set the affections in a right tune—to celebrate,... | |
| John Milton - 1835 - 350 pages
...some, though most abused, in every nation ; and are of power, beside the office of a pulpit, to imbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue...the mind, and set the affections in right tune ; to celebrate in glorious and lofty hymns the throne and equipage of God's almightiness, and what he works,... | |
| John Milton - 1835 - 1044 pages
...such, long may they be revered and esteemed amongst us ! " They are of power," to use his own words, " the manners and constitution of the republic ; and They will be lost, only with our language : — the tide of his song will cease to flow, only with... | |
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