The Early Years of the Late Bishop Hobart

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Protestant Episcopal Press, 1836 - 245 Seiten

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Seite 228 - Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Seite 221 - Coleridge and myself walked back to Stowey that evening, and his voice sounded high "Of Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free-will, foreknowledge absolute," as we passed through echoing grove, by fairy stream or waterfall, gleaming in the summer moonlight!
Seite 222 - But the truth is, that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth, and prove, by events, the reasonableness...
Seite 240 - GOD can alone enable me to execute them. O pray with me, that in my entrance on this important office, I may have a single eye to his glory, and the salvation of immortal souls — pray that he would subdue within me every desire of honour, emolument, or human praise ; and that I may serve him with sincerity and truth.
Seite 20 - Churchman by education and conviction, of exalted piety, and of that loftiness of character which was above the reach of the grovelling or crafty. No man was at a loss to infer his motives or purposes, either from his speech or actions. He was consistent, open, and direct, for he was never of that school of time-serving philosophers, with whom policy is of more worth than sincerity and truth. His passions and affections were powerful and ardent, and appeared the more so as the constitutional temperament...
Seite 20 - Malice and vindictiveness were unknown to him, and arrogance was contrary to his nature. In short, a more frank, honourable, and upright man, or a better specimen of a Christian gentleman, has never fallen within the range of my observation. In the early history of the American Church, it is well known that he was among the most able, sound, and zealous of her sons.
Seite 23 - Who made the noise then ?' inquired the angry tutor. ' I did not,' answered the accused. Punishment followed for his refusal to inculpate others. There was profound silence — he submitted. And I remember the stateliness with which he returned to his place, while a buzz of applause sounded through the room : the triumph...
Seite 132 - I should be if you were with me, and without them. But, my dear John, mental advantages are not all that are to be considered, you should also have regard to your health, for without health there can be no enjoyment. Do not neglect to pay proper attention to that, and spare nothing that will contribute to preserve it ; and if any thing should at any time ail you, do not neglect to attend to it in time. It certainly would be my wish to have you with me, if your improvement would be promoted by it...
Seite 98 - The endorsement on this letter reads thus : ' Abraham Skinner, Esq., New- York, September G, 1795.' Containing information of the death of his son, my dearest friend, who was first united to me in the bonds of a close friendship in the summer of 1793, at Princeton College. I did not receive this letter at Frankfort till the fourteenth, the day I entered on my nineteenth year.
Seite 148 - He will not only pardon, but pardon abundantly: for his thoughts are not as our thoughts, nor his ways as our ways.

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