Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, 2 tomasTicknor and Fields, 1867 |
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... matter of this importance , when taking account of a stock so precious as piety , it is but fair to try it by both standards . Let us begin with the conventional standard , and examine piety by its manifestation in the ecclesiasti- cal ...
... matter of this importance , when taking account of a stock so precious as piety , it is but fair to try it by both standards . Let us begin with the conventional standard , and examine piety by its manifestation in the ecclesiasti- cal ...
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... once they did ; they are ready enough to attend lectures , two or three in a week , no matter how scientific and abstract , or how little connected with their daily work , yet they cannot come to the 10 A SERMON OF THE.
... once they did ; they are ready enough to attend lectures , two or three in a week , no matter how scientific and abstract , or how little connected with their daily work , yet they cannot come to the 10 A SERMON OF THE.
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... matter . Now there is one sect which has done great ser- vice in former days , which is , I think , still doing something to enlighten and liberalize the land , and , I trust , will yet do more , more even than it con- sciously intends ...
... matter . Now there is one sect which has done great ser- vice in former days , which is , I think , still doing something to enlighten and liberalize the land , and , I trust , will yet do more , more even than it con- sciously intends ...
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... Matters which concern millions of men came up before your Con- gress ; the great Senator of Massachusetts loitered away the time of the session here in Boston , manag- ing a lawsuit for a few thousand dollars , and no fault was publicly ...
... Matters which concern millions of men came up before your Con- gress ; the great Senator of Massachusetts loitered away the time of the session here in Boston , manag- ing a lawsuit for a few thousand dollars , and no fault was publicly ...
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... matter of every one's observation . " “ Our wheat and our pease fell under an unaccountable blast . " " We were ... matters of the 32 A SERMON OF THE.
... matter of every one's observation . " “ Our wheat and our pease fell under an unaccountable blast . " " We were ... matters of the 32 A SERMON OF THE.
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136 psl. - Mysterious Night ! when our first Parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came ; And lo, Creation widened in man's view.
69 psl. - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
376 psl. - that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights — among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,' I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population.
48 psl. - Beyond the pomp of dress; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is when unadorned adorned the most.
284 psl. - Nay, do not think I flatter ; For what advancement may I hope from thee, That no revenue hast but thy good spirits, To feed and clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flatter'd ? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning.
136 psl. - neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came, And lo ! creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun! or who could find, Whilst fly, and leaf, and insect stood revealed, That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind Why do we, then, shun death with anxious strife ' If Light can thus deceive, wherefore not Life ?
376 psl. - Some time afterward, it was reported to me by the city officers that they had ferreted out the paper and its editor ; that his office was an obscure hole, his only visible auxiliary a negro boy, and his supporters a few very insignificant persons of all colors,
283 psl. - debate," if such it can be called, while opposing a postponement for further information and reflection, he said, " The President has recommended the measure on his high responsibility ; I would not consider, I would not deliberate ; I would act. Doubtless the President possesses such further information as will justify the measure!"* To my mind, that is the worst act of his public life ; I cannot justify it.
315 psl. - Anna to the South, and the boundless wealth of captured towns, and rifled churches, and a lazy, vicious, and luxurious priesthood, would soon enable Texas to pay her soldiery, and redeem her State debt, and push her victorious arms to the very shores of the Pacific. And would not all this extend the bounds of Slavery ? Yes, the result would be, that before another quarter of a century, the extension of Slavery would not stop short of the Western Ocean.
33 psl. - There is a great and visible decay of the power of Godliness amongst many Professors in these Churches. It may be feared, that there is in too many spiritual and heart Apostacy from God...