...the " legitimate, peculiar powers" of the pulpit, if it is to stand acknowledged, as it has been, " The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause." It is a day of blasphemy, rebuke, and opposition in regard to pure religion. The warring, restless...

...discredited the character and actions of our persecuted ancestors. THE PERSECUTED FAMILY. CHAPTER J. "There stands the messenger of truth: there stands...divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste And natural in...

...proselyte, I say the Pulpit, in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar powers, Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand, The most important and...guard, Support, and ornament, of Virtue's cause." With these things in view, I consider it as my own duty to bring this Subject into the Desk without...

...unquestionably the ministry of the Gospel. The Pulpit, says the excellent Poet, whom I just now quoted, " I say the Pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate,...effectual guard, Support, and ornament, of virtue's cause. Theie stands the messenger of truth. There stands The legate of the skies. His theme divine, His office...

...has the minister of Jesus reflected upon him the honor and glory of him who is King of Zion. " Ther« stands the messenger of truth; there stands The legate...divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear." Let me not be charged with an undue estimate of the office of which I speak. I make a distinction between...

...preaching of the gospel that God chooses to accomplish every great moral revolution, and the pulpit 1 Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand,...effectual guard, Support, and ornament of virtue's cause.' . A small number of zealous and able ministers of the gospel are found in a few of the most important...

...has at last, Strutting and vapouring in an empty schoe Spent all his force and made no proselyte)[ say the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate,...peculiar powers) Must stand acknowledged, while the worl stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause. There...

...consecrate it, and cause it to burn with a brighter flame, when he VOL. XII. NS VOL. VII. NO. III. 48 lays it upon the altar. And when he brings his offering,...His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clearBy him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use,...

...proselyte) I say, the pulpit (in the sober use Of its legitimate, peculiar pow'rs) Must stand acknowledg'd, while the world shall stand, The most important and...effectual guard, Support and ornament, of virtue's cause. 10 There, stands the messenger of truth ; there, stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine,...

...contains a salutary caution, it may be applied, with equal pertinency, 3. To the services of the pulpit. "The PULPIT, in the sober use Of its legitimate peculiar...effectual guard, Support and ornament of virtue's cause." But how often is that consecrated place polluted with the bitter spirit of theological controversy...