The Christian Teacher, Volume 1Simpkin, Marshall & Company, 1835 - England |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 10
... possesses , but to him the ordinary connexions of life have manifold power of conferring good . His attachment to his relations and friends is not a mere refine- ment of selfishness . He loves them , not only that they belong to himself ...
... possesses , but to him the ordinary connexions of life have manifold power of conferring good . His attachment to his relations and friends is not a mere refine- ment of selfishness . He loves them , not only that they belong to himself ...
Page 20
... possesses the soul , it furnishes perpetual matter for profound thought and lofty speculation . Even in practical morals , as Christianity only gives us general principles , we must trace the limits and distributions of 20 On the ...
... possesses the soul , it furnishes perpetual matter for profound thought and lofty speculation . Even in practical morals , as Christianity only gives us general principles , we must trace the limits and distributions of 20 On the ...
Page 23
... possess . ' It has ever been our favourite idea , to look upon Christianity as the natural friend and ally of all intellectual improvement , and to consider its teachers , as fitted , by the peculiar functions of their office , to ...
... possess . ' It has ever been our favourite idea , to look upon Christianity as the natural friend and ally of all intellectual improvement , and to consider its teachers , as fitted , by the peculiar functions of their office , to ...
Page 45
... possess . ' It can hardly be doubted that this is a desirable feeling to cherish in the poor . It is not unreasonable to think that thus their sense of evil in the diversities of outward condition might often be lessened , while their ...
... possess . ' It can hardly be doubted that this is a desirable feeling to cherish in the poor . It is not unreasonable to think that thus their sense of evil in the diversities of outward condition might often be lessened , while their ...
Page 48
... possess in connection with our respective stations , we owe for them a debt to our heavenly Father , which we cannot in- deed repay , but which we may thankfully acknowledge , by holding out a friendly and assisting hand to our younger ...
... possess in connection with our respective stations , we owe for them a debt to our heavenly Father , which we cannot in- deed repay , but which we may thankfully acknowledge , by holding out a friendly and assisting hand to our younger ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
affections appears authority beautiful believe benevolence blessed called cause character child Christ Christian Church Church of England common congregation connexion conviction Corn Law crystalline lens curate Dalphon death Dissenters Divine doctrine duty earth established evil existence expression faith Father favour fear feel friends give God's Gospel happiness heart heaven holy honour hope human inductive philosophy influence institutions intellectual interest Ireland Jathniel Jesus JOHN JAMES TAYLER knowledge labour light living look Lord Lord Brougham Massachusetts Bible Society means ment mind ministers moral nation Natural Theology nature never object opinion peace persons poor preaching present principles profession Protestantism Quakers racter Reformation regard religion religious render Schleiermacher Scriptures sentiments society soul spirit suffering Teacher theology things thou thought tion Trinitarian true truth Tzar Unitarian virtue voice whilst whole words worship
Popular passages
Page 24 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 481 - When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
Page 159 - Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground. His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 195 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of Heaven.
Page 282 - And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee : for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Page 488 - Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his winding shore...
Page 101 - And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
Page 159 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes...
Page 488 - Nor less composure waits upon the roar Of distant floods, or on the softer voice Of neighbouring fountain, or of rills that slip Through the cleft rock, and chiming as they fall Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length In matted grass, that with a livelier green Betrays the secret of their silent course.
Page 432 - Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs; The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers; The traces, of the smallest spider's web; The collars, of the moonshine's watery beams; Her whip, of cricket's bone ; the lash, of film ; Her waggoner, a small...