...of the " legitimate, peculiar powers" of the pulpit, if it is to stand acknowledged, as it has been* "The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause." It is a day of blasphemy, rebuke, and opposition in regard to pure religion. The warring, restless...

...the " legitimate, peculiar powers" of the pulpit, if it is to stand acknowledged, as it has been, " The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause." It is a day of blasphemy, rebuke, and opposition in regard to pure religion. The warring, restless...

...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...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,...

...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...guard, Support, and ornament, of Virtue's cause." With these things in view, I consider it as my own duty to bring this Subject into the Desk without...

...— I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of it's legitimate, peculiar pow'rs,) Must stand acknowledg'd, 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,...

...preaching of the gospel that God chooses to accomplish every great moral revolution, and the pulpit 1 Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand,...effectual guard, Support, and ornament of virtue's cause.' . A small number of zealous and able ministers of the gospel are found in a few of the most important...

...at last, Strutting and vapouring in an empty schoe Spent all his force and made no proselyte)[ say profane and infidel contempt Of holy writ, she has presumed t' annul And abrogate, as roundly as s worl stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause. There...

...sphere of influence can he desire, more bright, more beneficent, more glorious than this? ' We say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar...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,...

...proselyte) 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...effectual guard, Support and ornament, of virtue's cause. 10 There, stands the messenger of truth ; there, stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine,...

...contains a salutary caution, it may be applied, with equal pertinency, 3. To the services of the pulpit. "The PULPIT, in the sober use Of its legitimate peculiar...effectual guard, Support and ornament of virtue's cause." But how often is that consecrated place polluted with the bitter spirit of theological controversy...