Lectures, Delivered at Bowdoin College: And Occasional SermonsJoseph Griffin, 1822 - 411 pages |
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... eternal welfare . They were not wanting in affection to him . Of this they gave abundant proof , while he dwelt among them ; and after his removal , when he visited the place , they gathered round him , like children round a father ...
... eternal welfare . They were not wanting in affection to him . Of this they gave abundant proof , while he dwelt among them ; and after his removal , when he visited the place , they gathered round him , like children round a father ...
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... eternal welfare of the students , and the happy tendency of his instructions to promote it , were exhibited , in the most im- pressive manner , at the annual Commencements . One could not witness on these occasions his dignified ...
... eternal welfare of the students , and the happy tendency of his instructions to promote it , were exhibited , in the most im- pressive manner , at the annual Commencements . One could not witness on these occasions his dignified ...
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... eternal retri- butions . His eloquence was his own . It was such , as became " a legate of the skies . " There were no tricks of oratory . But there was the eloquence of truth , of reason , and of feeling . His manner of writing was ...
... eternal retri- butions . His eloquence was his own . It was such , as became " a legate of the skies . " There were no tricks of oratory . But there was the eloquence of truth , of reason , and of feeling . His manner of writing was ...
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... eternal welfare . Of this they could not but be convinced : and such an influence was given to the truths , duties , and sanctions of religion by his character , instructions , and prayers , as to occasion the remark , " It is ...
... eternal welfare . Of this they could not but be convinced : and such an influence was given to the truths , duties , and sanctions of religion by his character , instructions , and prayers , as to occasion the remark , " It is ...
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... eternal des- tiny of man . He would perceive , that , if the writers of this book were not what they pretended , no language can ex- press the boldness of their impiety ; and that , if they were , all other publications become ...
... eternal des- tiny of man . He would perceive , that , if the writers of this book were not what they pretended , no language can ex- press the boldness of their impiety ; and that , if they were , all other publications become ...
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