 A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! — Is it like ? — Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry — hem ! and reading what they never wrote, Just fifteen minutes,...  Poems - Strona 50autor: William Cowper - 1819Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Thomas Jackson - 1876
...The Practice of Reading Sermons. 177 Reading Sermons, " Behold the picture ! is it like 1 Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And...work, And with a well-bred whisper, close the scene ! " — COWPER. " The practice of writing and reading sermons from the pulpit, now so prevalent, and... | |
 | John Albert Broadus - 1876 - Liczba stron: 514
...address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture. Is it like ? Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip And...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene ! " * A preacher should never exhibit irritation at inattention, or even at misconduct, in the audience.... | |
 | Art - 1876 - Liczba stron: 112
..." property system." Oar truly evangelical poet, Cowper, speaks of The things that mount the pulpit with a skip, And then skip down again ; Pronounce...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene." A story is told of a young Dissenting Minister, who offered to preach in " the Tabernacle, " for Matthew... | |
 | 1876
...dead already — And hurrah for the next that dies ! AFFECTATION IN THE PULPIT.— WILLIAM COWI,FS. IN man or woman, — but far most in man, And most of all in man that miuisters And serves the altar, — in my soul I loathe All affectation. 'Tis my perfect scorn ; Object... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - 1877 - Liczba stron: 539
...well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! — Is it like ? — Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene I In man or woman, but far most in man, And most of all in man that ministers *" And serves the altar,... | |
 | G.W. Carleton & Co - 1877 - Liczba stron: 340
...philosophy, deep ; moral, grave ; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. BACON, Essay 1, Of Studies. — READING what they never wrote, Just fifteen minutes...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene. COWPER, Task, book ii. Reason. — Give you a REASON on compulsion ! If reasous were as plentiful as... | |
 | William Cowper - 1878
...as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture! Is it like? — Like whom '' The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And...work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene ! And serves the altar, in my soul I loathe All affectation. 'Tis my perfect scorn; Object of my implacable... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1878
...at his side Ambling and prattling scandal as he goes, But rare at home, and never at his books." " The things that mount the rostrum with a skip And...text, Cry hem ! and reading what they never wrote, VOL. II. G J Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well.bred whisper close the scene."... | |
 | Henry Christmas - 1878 - Liczba stron: 300
...church ; affectation makes him a disgrace to it. Cowper, with as much truth as indignation, says : — "In man or woman, but far most in man, And most of all in man that ministers At the altar, from my rery soul I loathe All affectation. 'Tis my perfect scorn, Object of my implacable... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880
...as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture 1 Is it like ?— Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And...work. And with a well-bred whisper close the scene. n,- To*, bk.li. The Mill, , ilia in* Oh, scenes surpassing fable, and yet true — Scenes of accomplished... | |
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