...halfprophetic eye, he wrote : — " I say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate peculiar powers) Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The...effectual guard, Support, and ornament of virtue's cause." But this power is not the only one a Bible Christian minister must wield in order to succeed. Br. Brock...

...hearts and lives of men. " I say the pulpit, in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar powers, Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The...effectual guard, Support, and ornament of virtue's cause." During twenty-five years I was clerk and treasurer of the corporation. I attended every annual meeting...

...and lives of men. " I say the pulpit, in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar powers, Must staud acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most...effectual guard, Support, and ornament of virtue's cause." During twenty-five years I was clerk and treasurer of the corporation. I attended every annual meeting...

...— The Importance of the The pulpit — in the sober use Of its legitimate peculiar powers — Must stand acknowledged while the world shall stand, The...peace : He stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Beclaims the wand'rer, binds the broken heart. And, armed himself in panoply complete Of heav'nly temper,...

...tradition affirms that on this spot the Gospel of Peace and Love was proclaimed in those ancient days. There stands the messenger of truth ; there stands...as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace. And the venerable church — " the white church under the Leigh," as it was anciently designated —...

...sober uao Of its legitimate, peculiar powers) Must stand acknowledged, while the world shull eland, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause. There stands tho messenger of truth ; there stands The legate of the skies 1 His theme divino, His office sacred,...

...concerning him : " There stands the messenger of truth ; there stand-; The legate of the skies! his iheme. divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunder ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace. He stablishes the...

...cannot dispense with the Christian ministry. The necessity for the pulpit is most imperative ; it " Must stand acknowledged while the world shall stand, The...effectual guard, Support and ornament of virtue's cause." Ministers of religion, like the apostles, have to offer poor sinners " the true riches which Christ...

...peculiar powers) Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, 22 Recent Lives of Christ. [JAN., The most important and effectual guard. Support and...credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out His thunders; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace. Ho establishes...

...of universal renovation. For a long time the pulpit has " stood acknowledged," to quote the "Task:" "The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of virtue's cause." Cowper was a contemporary of Wesley and Whitfield, the apologist of the latter but the satirist of...