 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 386 páginas
...stubborn Ears of the coming Crop ; or, Biscuits baked in the Oven of Charity, carefully conserved for the Chickens of the Church, the Sparrows of the Spirit, and the Sweet Swallows of Salvation." To another we have the following copious description : " Seven Sobs of a Sorrowful Soul for Sin ; or,... | |
 | Thomas Jackson - 1876 - 428 páginas
...say to the following ? " Some fine Biscuits baked in the oven of Charity, carefully conserved for the Chickens of the Church, the Sparrows of the Spirit, and the sweet Swallows of Salvation." LAWRENCE STERNE Being once in company with three or four clergymen, related a circumstance which happened... | |
 | Wesleyan Reform Union of Churches - 1876 - 434 páginas
...remarks: " I have brought yon some biscuits baked in the oven of charity, carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the Spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation." We have heard of many funny local preachers, such as John Preston, Sammy Hick, Sammy Hoyle, Dick Throp,... | |
 | 1917 - 564 páginas
...stubborn ears of the coming crop of biscuits baked in the oven of Charity carefully conserved for the chickens of the church the sparrows of the Spirit and the sweet swallows of Salvation," "Some sobs of a sorrowful soul for sin, in seven penetential psalms of the Princely Prophet David,... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1878 - 350 páginas
...have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, and carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the Spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation.'"* The vanity and eccentricity of the editor might have been thought to disqualify him for the office he undertook,... | |
 | CHARLOTTE M. YONGE - 1878 - 666 páginas
...have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, and carefully conserved for the chickens of the Church, the sparrows of the Spirit, and the sweet swallows of Salvation." ' It appears that ihis benevolent sheriff really had a licence for preaching. Archbishop Heath and... | |
 | 1878 - 644 páginas
...have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, and carefully conserved for the chickens of the Church, the sparrows of the Spirit, and the sweet swallows of Salvation." ' It appears that ihis benevolent sheriff really had a licence, for preaching. Archbishop Heath and... | |
 | Henry Christmas - 1878 - 346 páginas
...have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, and carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the Spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation ! " This ridiculous style was much in vogue in the time when it was so illustrated by Mr. Tavernier... | |
 | Thomas M. Finney - 1880 - 866 páginas
...Apothecary," and finally, " Some Biscuits Baked in the Oven of Charity, Carefully Conserved for the Chickens of the Church, the Sparrows of the Spirit and the Sweet Swallows of Salvation." The next century, the ninctccth, has added to the list of pulpit quacks and sanctuary sportsmen, and to... | |
 | William T. Dobson - 1880 - 348 páginas
...to the verge of absurdity, when, even in the pulpit, the preacher would address his flock as the " chickens of the Church, the sparrows of the Spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation." The old divines give many curious specimens of this peculiarity of composition. For instance, in Trapp's... | |
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at the Mount of St Mary's, in the stony stage where I now stand, I have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation. 
