Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support and ornament of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth: there stands The legate of the skies! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his... Transactions of the Massachusetts Teachers' Association - Page 9by Massachusetts Teachers Association - 1852 - 304 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...— I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar pow'rs) Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand, The most important and...divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...peculiar pow'rs) Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand, The most important and cfibctual guard, Support, and ornament, of virtue's cause. There...divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...— I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar pow'rs) Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand The most important and...divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the... | |
| Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...Strutting and vapouring in an empty school, 330 Spent all his force and made no proselyte)— I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar powers) Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand, The most important and effeftual guard, 335 Support, and... | |
| 1803 - 818 pages
...too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. There stands the messenger of truth: there stands...divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the... | |
| John Mitchell - British - 1805 - 260 pages
...devil, who are taken captive by him at his will." Beautiful, also, is the portrait drawn by Cowper : There stands the messenger of truth, there stands...divine, His office sacred ; his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out In thunders ; and l>v him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...made no proselyte) — I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar powers) Muit stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The...divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...last, Strutting and vapouring in an empty school, Spent all his force and made no proselyte) — I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar powers) Must stand acknowledged, while the world shaH stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament, of virtue's cause. There... | |
| Caleb Bingham - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1807 - 312 pages
...they are cultivated. Tho. " The pulpit; And I name it, filPd with solemn awe, Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand, The most important and...divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. Uy him the violated law speaks out Its thunders, and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
...Of it's legitimate, peculiar pow'rs) , Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, . . i The most important and effectual guard, Support, and...cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there standi The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. ,... | |
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