His appearance, mode of life, and intercourse are directly the reverse of what we should have supposed. He comes in the ordinary dress of the class of society in which he had grown up. He retreats to no solitude, like John, to strike awe, nor seeks any... The Works of William E. Channing, D.D. - Page 19by William Ellery Channing - 1843Full view - About this book
| William Ellery Channing - Christianity - 1832 - 294 pages
...do you find him ? What is his look ? what his manner? How does he converse, how live with men? I£s appearance, mode of life, and intercourse are directly...between himself and others. But in these places, and every where, he lived with men as a man, a brother, a friend, sometimes a servant; and entered, with... | |
| William Ellery Channing - Unitarianism - 1832 - 306 pages
...he had grown up. He retreats to no solitude, like Jphn, to strike awe, nor seeks any spot which bad been consecrated in Jewish history. Would you find...between himself and others. But in these places, and every where, he lived with men as a man, a brother, a friend, sometimes a servant; and entered, with... | |
| William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1835 - 484 pages
...human greatness, to accomplish an infinite work; and where do you find him? What is his look? what is his manner? How does he converse, how live with men?...between himself and others. But in these places, and every where, he lived with men as a man, a brother, a friend, sometimes a servant; and entered, with... | |
| 1854 - 440 pages
...finisher of our faith." He had no place whereon to lay his head, nor will he have one. A rich ruler falls at his feet. He says, " Go, sell what thou hast,...and give to the poor, and then come and follow me." He did not merely teach in the streets, and the houses of fishermen. But in these places, and everywhere,... | |
| 1866 - 502 pages
...poor, to the pining prisoner, the desolate widow, and the homeless orphan ? Ah ! poor destitute wretch. Go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and then shalt thou have treasure in heaven ! " Mere morality, then, is not enough. The candidate for Masonry... | |
| William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1867 - 820 pages
...strike awe, nor seeks any spot which had been consecrated in Jewish history. Would you find him ? Go lo the house of Peter, the fisherman. Go to the well...others. But in these places, and everywhere, he lived witli men as a man, a brother, a friend, sometimes a servant ; and entered, with a deep, unexampled... | |
| Walter MacGilvray - 1871 - 384 pages
...join that circle, He would only admit him on one condition : ' Go,' He says, ' and sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor, and then come and follow me.' That is, he must renounce the world, and enter among His disciples as poor as any of the rest. Nor... | |
| William T. Anderson - Freemasonry - 1868 - 328 pages
...poor, to the pining prisoner, the desolate widow, and the homeless orphan ? Ah ! poor destitute wretch. Go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and then shalt thou have treasure in heaven ! " Mere morality, then, is not enough. The candidate for Masonry... | |
| Alvan Bond - Bible - 1878 - 708 pages
...willing to give up all for Hia sake. He said, " Yet lackest thou. one thing. Go, and sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor. And then come and follow me, and I will give thee treasures in Heaven." And was the young man willing to obey ? No ; he had great... | |
| Alvan Bond - Bible - 1878 - 708 pages
...willing to give up all for His sake. He said, " Yet lackest thou one thing. Go, and sell .ill that thou hast, and give to the poor. And then come and follow me, and I will give thee treasuresin Heaven." And was the young man willing to obey ? No ; he had great... | |
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