 | 1880 - 606 pages
...considerations i " I would express him simple, gravfi, sincere ¡ In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture; much impressed Himself, as conscions of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
 | William Cowper - 1881 - 680 pages
...careless hands On skulls that cannot teach, and will not learn. Would I describe a preacher such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul...would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrnpt ; in language plain ; And plain in manner. Decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture.... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1881 - 336 pages
...Christian orator have been given by Cowper in his " Task" — " Would I describe a preacher such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master strokes, and draw from his design ; I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine... | |
 | Frederic Amadeus Malleson - 1881 - 646 pages
...xiii. 13-52. AD circa 45 — Rulers as in last chapter. " Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own — Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine... | |
 | JOHN SWANN WITHINGTON - 1881 - 788 pages
...METHODIST PREACHERS. BY ALFRED JONES, FSA THE PREACHERS. " Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul should himself direct me. . . I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner... | |
 | Evan Daniel - 1881 - 420 pages
...(See § 67.) Sometimes the conjunction is suppressed — Would I deseribe a preacher such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul should himself direct me. — Cowper. Had I but serred my God with half the zeal I served my king, He would not in mine age Have... | |
 | William Cowper - 1881 - 562 pages
...earth, would hear, approve, and ownPaul should himself direct me. I would trace His master strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncormpt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture... | |
 | Edward Bean Underhill - 1881 - 458 pages
...of the Baptist Missionary Society. EDW. B. UNDERBILL. DEJtwBNT LODGE, HAMPSTEAD, April nth, 1881. " I would express him simple, grave, sincere, In doctrine uncorrupt : in language plain, And plain in manner : decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture : much impressed Himself, as conscious... | |
 | John Bartholomew Gough - 1881 - 472 pages
...portrait of Cowper's model preacher. " Simple, grave, sincere. In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge ; And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
 | William Henry Withrow - 1881 - 276 pages
...their eternal destiny. CHAPTER XI.— THE MAIDEN SERMON. In doctrine uncorrupt, in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
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Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, ** And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. 
