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Page xiii
... senses and imagination , and which , in the estimation of superficial hearers , constitutes the chief merit of a preacher . In that department of his professional duty , which regarded the government of the church , Dr. Blair was ...
... senses and imagination , and which , in the estimation of superficial hearers , constitutes the chief merit of a preacher . In that department of his professional duty , which regarded the government of the church , Dr. Blair was ...
Page xiv
... sense of clerical decorum , feeling on his heart deep impressions of religious and moral obligation , and guided in his intercourse with the world by the same correct and delicate taste which appeared in his writings , he was eminently ...
... sense of clerical decorum , feeling on his heart deep impressions of religious and moral obligation , and guided in his intercourse with the world by the same correct and delicate taste which appeared in his writings , he was eminently ...
Page xv
... sense and spirit , was also taken from him a few years before his death , after she had shared with the tenderest affection in all his fortunes , and contributed near half a century to his happiness and comfort . Dr. Blair had been ...
... sense and spirit , was also taken from him a few years before his death , after she had shared with the tenderest affection in all his fortunes , and contributed near half a century to his happiness and comfort . Dr. Blair had been ...
Page xviii
... sense of propriety , and employed with more uniform suc- ❝cess to convey useful and practical instruction . Standing " on the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets , he ex- " hibited the doctrines of Christ in their genuine purity ...
... sense of propriety , and employed with more uniform suc- ❝cess to convey useful and practical instruction . Standing " on the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets , he ex- " hibited the doctrines of Christ in their genuine purity ...
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... sense of God and religion . Ex- amples of this are not uncommon in the world . With many , virtue is , or at least is pretended to be , a respectable and an honoured name , while piety sounds meanly in their ears . They are men of the ...
... sense of God and religion . Ex- amples of this are not uncommon in the world . With many , virtue is , or at least is pretended to be , a respectable and an honoured name , while piety sounds meanly in their ears . They are men of the ...
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