Colloquies on Preaching |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 25
Page 15
... feel that we have done our duty . D. But ought a sermon to be a penance ? Is not that the fault of our spiritual pastors and masters ? I have sometimes heard preachers to whom it is a pleasure to listen . L. They are few and far between ...
... feel that we have done our duty . D. But ought a sermon to be a penance ? Is not that the fault of our spiritual pastors and masters ? I have sometimes heard preachers to whom it is a pleasure to listen . L. They are few and far between ...
Page 27
... feel I have done my duty . My rector , though he would be sorry to part with me , sent the bishop a first - rate testimonial in my favour , and said it was high time I got preferment . Yet I am left out in the cold , and an inex ...
... feel I have done my duty . My rector , though he would be sorry to part with me , sent the bishop a first - rate testimonial in my favour , and said it was high time I got preferment . Yet I am left out in the cold , and an inex ...
Page 29
... feeling as there is seems to be enlisted on the side of dissent . The bishop was anxious to send a man of rather exceptional qualifications , and con- sidered almost first and foremost that he must be a good preacher . C. I am afraid I ...
... feeling as there is seems to be enlisted on the side of dissent . The bishop was anxious to send a man of rather exceptional qualifications , and con- sidered almost first and foremost that he must be a good preacher . C. I am afraid I ...
Page 53
... feel defrauded to be deprived of . Not to hear . apologies for Christianity . They may be very necessary in some quarters , but surely an ordinary service on an ordinary Sunday is scarcely the time for them . My wife and children are ...
... feel defrauded to be deprived of . Not to hear . apologies for Christianity . They may be very necessary in some quarters , but surely an ordinary service on an ordinary Sunday is scarcely the time for them . My wife and children are ...
Page 54
... feel ashamed of the past , and apprehensive of the future , but that is about all they would do for me . C. Then what is it you look for in sermons ? Surely not a mere reflex of the lessons of our childhood . We are men , not children ...
... feel ashamed of the past , and apprehensive of the future , but that is about all they would do for me . C. Then what is it you look for in sermons ? Surely not a mere reflex of the lessons of our childhood . We are men , not children ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acceptable words admirable afraid agin Alice allays Ancient Rome Andrew Lang audience better Bible Bill bishop blessing Cabinet Edition certainly Christianity Church of England clergy clergyman cloth COLLOQUY congregation Crown 8vo dear delivery discourse Doctor E. A. Freeman English Essays extempore feel fellow Foxey God's gospel hear heard History holy holy orders hope Illustrations Ishmael Kate labours Lady Lectures listen to sermons London LONGMANS look Lord MANDELL CREIGHTON Maps Martha Mother never nonconformist parish parsons peace perhaps Popular Edition Post 8vo practice prayer preacher preaching Proctor pulpit R. A. Proctor rarely rector remember Royal 8vo Samuel Rawson Gardiner sarmins scarcely SCENE Science seems sermons sorry sort speak Sunday suppose sure teaching tell things thought tion vicar voice vols week wish Woodcuts
Popular passages
Page 138 - A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof (Jer.5:22-31).
Page 7 - Our Place among Infinities : A Series of Essays contrasting our Little Abode in Space and Time with the Infinities Around us. By RICHARD A. PROCTOR. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 6s. The Expanse of Heaven : A Series of Essays on the Wonders of the Firmament.
Page 10 - LIBRARY EDITION, with all the Original Illustrations, Maps, Landscapes on Steel, Woodcuts, &c. 2 vols. 4to. 48s. INTERMEDIATE EDITION, with a Selection of Maps, Plates, and Woodcuts. 2 vols. square crown 8vo. 21*.
Page 7 - The Stars in their Seasons. An Easy Guide to a Knowledge of the Star Groups, in 12 Maps.
Page 164 - God ; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul.
Page 3 - THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. By J. BASS MULLINGER, MA THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN THE MIDDLE AGES. By the Rev.
Page 3 - By the Rev. W. Wolfe Capes, MA With 2 Maps. The Athenian Empire from the Flight of Xerxes to the Fall of Athens. By the Eev.
Page 3 - Alfred Plummer, DD The Evangelical Revival in the Eighteenth Century. By the Rev. JH Overton.
Page 239 - He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
Page 12 - And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing ; nevertheless, at thy word I will let down the net.