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. Poems - Page 61by William Cowper - 1810Full view - About this book
| Timothy Dwight - Congregational churches - 1828 - 560 pages
...gesture : Much impress'd Himself, as conscious of his awful charge ; And anxious mainly that the flock, he feeds, May feel it too : Affectionate in look,...address, as well becomes A Messenger of Grace to guilty man." In a word, let the Minister forget himself, and think only on his business, and on the means... | |
| Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 828 pages
...in the close. Prior. So in the Roman forum Carteas brave, Galloping down, closed up the gaping cave. Behold the picture ! Is it like ? Like whom? The things...text, Cry hem, and reading, what they never wrote, Juet fifteen minutes huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene. Cowper, Sweet... | |
| Robert Pollok - Covenanters - 1829 - 156 pages
...gesture; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And...well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men." COWPER. THE Rev. Mr. James Bruce, the head of that family whose lives we are briefly to record, was... | |
| Abiel Abbot - Cuba - 1829 - 286 pages
...itnpress'd Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And mainly anxious, that the flock he fed Might feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in...well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men." He exhibited a beautiful union of zeal with prudence, and the love of souls so evidently dictated his... | |
| Theology - 1829 - 434 pages
...impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And mainly anxious, that the flock he led Might feel it too ; affectionate in look, , And tender in...well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men." He exhibited a beautiful union of zeal with prudence ; and the love of souls so evidently dictated... | |
| 1829 - 760 pages
...impress'd Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel H too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address,...well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men." But you will be ready to say, what is all this to me ? I have, indeed, the work of the ministry as... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...gesture ; much Impress'd Himself, as conscious of his aweful change, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And...men. Behold the picture !— Is it like?— Like whom t The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again; pronounce a text ; Cry—... | |
| Unitarianism - 1830 - 456 pages
...gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds, May feel it too; affectionate in look, ,...well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men." Under men like these, religion cannot fail to flourish — under men like those, religion cannot fail... | |
| 1830 - 614 pages
...inimitably portrayed, — " Deliold the picture ! lilt like? Like whom ' The things that mount the rostium with a skip. And then skip down again ; pronounce..., Cry— hem ; and reading what they never wrote, J ut fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene !" His horses... | |
| William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And...to guilty men. Behold the picture ! —Is it like t — Like whom 1 The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again ; pronounce... | |
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