 Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.  Discourses on Religious Subjects - Page 20by Job Swift - 1805 - 300 pagesFull view - About this book
 | A. M. Colton - 1882 - 218 pages
...HALL A MEMORIAL REV. AM COLTON. I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
 | 1882 - 466 pages
...describe him when he speaks of the preacher as : — " Simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt, in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture." His calm, benevolent face told of the peaceful serenity of his soul, and recommended the religion he... | |
 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 pages
...not blamed." — 2 COE. vi. 3. I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he fed Might... | |
 | Charles Russell Hurditch - 1884 - 888 pages
...strokes, and draw from hig design: I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
 | William Cowper - 1883 - 274 pages
...master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
 | William Reid - 1884 - 232 pages
...and language, such a stamp of good sense and sterling honesty as to recall vividly Cowper's lines : ' In language plain ; And plain in manner. Decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture. Much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
 | Henry Seddall - Missions - 1884 - 440 pages
...should himself direct me. . . . I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner : decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impreas'd Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1884 - 410 pages
...master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain; And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture; much impress 'd Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
 | John Bartholomew Gough - Drinking of alcoholic beverages - 1884 - 560 pages
...have sat for the portrait of Cowper's model preacher. "Simple, grave, sincere. In doctrine uncomipt; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge; And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May... | |
 | Richard Chew - Clergy - 1885 - 268 pages
...strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn,...Himself, as conscious of his awful charge. And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well... | |
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