A Sermon, on the Duty and Advantages of Affording Instruction to the Deaf and Dumb |
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Sermon, on the Duty and Advantages of Affording Instruction to the Deaf and ... Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet No preview available - 2017 |
Sermon, on the Duty and Advantages of Affording Instruction to the Deaf and ... Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 14 - have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation : but as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, They shall see : 25 And they that have not heard Shall understand.
Page 7 - Nothing in all literature and all philosophy equals this sublime and radiant idea, the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, as it shines in the face of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 10 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! These charms shall work thy soul's eternal health, And love, and gentleness, and joy impart.
Page 9 - Yet they need the same grace, as all of us need it, to enlighten the dark places of their understandings, and to mould their hearts into a conformity to the Divine Image ; they require too an interest in that Saviour who was lifted up, that he might draw all men unto Him.
Page 10 - E'en from thyself, thy loathsome heart to hide {The mansion then no more of joy serene), Where fear, distrust, malevolence, ahide, And impotent desire, and disappointed pride? O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, All that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread...
Page 17 - How inaccessible to them are all the stores of 'knowledge and comfort which books contain ! How great a burden do they often prove to their parents and friends ! How apt are they to be regarded by the passing glance of curiosity as little elevated above the idiot or the beast of the field ! We would soothe and cheer these lonely, forsaken, and hapless beings. We would give them the enjoyment which active industry always affords. We would teach their judgment to distinguish, their imagination to portray,...
Page 6 - ... are sinking by hundreds and thousands to perdition for want of the aid which you are able to assist in furnishing ! How can you help feeling called upon as by a thousand voices breaking on your ears in tones of deep distress, to rise up and toil to the utmost of your powers for guilty, bleeding humanity...
Page 20 - ... that you had imitated that Saviour who went about doing good ; that you had solaced the aching bosom of parental love ; that you had introduced a fellow-being to those enjoyments of society in which you so richly participate; to the charms of books which had cheered so many of your hours of solitude ; and to the contemplation of those sublime and affecting truths of religion, which you profess to make the foundation of your dearest hopes, — will not this be a more grateful theme of remembrance,...
Page 13 - African sun, or whciher it is found near at home, sadly contrasted with the gospel verdure which surrounds it. " Paul was constrained to preach to those among whom Christ had not been named. Oh ! aid us, then, while we long to make the same name precious to the deaf and dumb.
Page 10 - Christ to convey the glad news of salvation to every creature under heaven ; then we fail to obey this injunction, if we neglect to make His name known to the poor deaf and dumb. I have said that they are heathen. Truly they are so as it regards their knowledge of religious truth. The experience of more than seven years' familiar acquaintance with some of the most intelligent among them, has fully satisfied my mind, that, without instruction, they must inevitably remain ignorant of the most simple...