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
| 1831 - 596 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...messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! " Let us enter this beautiful temple and admire the classic purity of the interior ; ascend the middle... | |
| James Hay, Henry Belfrage - 1831 - 658 pages
...God — ' 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.' " The winter of years, as he would perhaps say, jn metaphorical language, has whitened his * The reader... | |
| Lutheran Church - 1830 - 304 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, And...well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men." He " should beware Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a... | |
| Timothy Dwight - Sermons - 1831 - 542 pages
...impress'd Himself, as conscious of his awful charge ; And anxious mainly that the flock, he feedj, May feel it too : Affectionate in look, And tender...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... | |
| Religion - 1849 - 1188 pages
...compassionate to them that are ignorant and out of the way." And deeply realizing this, he will be "affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty roaa" Indeed, he who contemplates the miiery of sin, who looks at the children of men not only as guilty,... | |
| 1832 - 572 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 ? ' * We may leave all who ever heard Mr. Hall, to supply the answer to the. Poet's question. In these... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious, mainly, that the flock he feeds May feel it to. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well...Behold the picture !— Is it like ? — Like whom t The things that mount the rostrum with a slap, And then skip down again : pronounce a text, Cry,... | |
| Thomas Shaw Bancroft Reade, Thomas S. B. Reade - 1832 - 436 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, And...well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men." This bright example of a Gospel minister, the Apostle held forth to us in his own experience, spirit,... | |
| Charles Jenkins - Congregational churches - 1832 - 422 pages
...really be -much imprebsed 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." In view of the magnitude and importance of the ministerial office, and of those varied and laborious... | |
| Joseph Emerson - Elocution - 1832 - 122 pages
...impress'd 55 Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly, that the flock he feed?, May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender...as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. 60 Behold the picture! Is it like ? — Like whom '•: The things, that mount the rostrum with a skip.... | |
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