...ambassador, the great concerns Of judgment and mercy, should beware Of lightneu in his speech. ' ! ' is pitiful To court a grin when you should woo a soul...To break a jest when pity should inspire Pathetic eihortation." Wit and irony are dangerous weapons to be used in defence of sacred truth. Unless more...

...general principle, also cannot fail to condemn any thing like a low anecdote, or a jest, in the pulpit. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul : To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation; and to address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent...

...manner has been thought, by some, to approach too near to the theatrical. Cowper, the poet, says : ' He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, must beware Of lightness in his speech.' " Here Mr. Leland and the poet are at variance ; he does,...

...is all vrrmg, " and the authority of Cowper was of course brought in to confirm the sentiment. 'Tit pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul, To break a jest when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation; and t'address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent...

...and preacll the Gospel to every creature." Mark, xvi. 15. * The preacher.] Thus Cowper. Task, b. ii. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul, &c. 6 Saint Anthony Fattens with this his swine.] On the sale of these blessings, the brothers of St....

...fantastic, trim, And quaint, in its deportment and attire, Can lodge a heav'nly mind — demands a doubt. He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador,...judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in hia speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul : To break a jest, when pity would...

...general principle, also cannot fail to condemn any thing like a low anecdote, or a jest, in the pulpit. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul : To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation.; and to address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent...

...affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty man. — He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns * Weight and gravity arc but two versions of the same won!. Of judgment and of mercy, should beware...

...fantastic, trim, And quaint in its deportment and attire, Can lodge a heavenly mind — demands a doubt. He that negotiates between God and man. As God's ambassador,...you should woo a soul ; To break a jest when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and to address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, lV hen...

...infinite merits of Jesus, is surely not a fit subject for harlequin merriment. " He that negociates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand...you should woo a soul ; To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and t' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent...