William Cowper Quotes About Preaching

• Would I describe a preacher, 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 feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.

  William Cowper

  Simple, Men, Grace

  William Cowper (1851). “The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now First Completed by the Introduction of Cowper's Private Correspondence”, p.556

• I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.

  William Cowper

  Corazón, Hombres, Manos

  William Cowper, John William Cunningham, William Hayley (1835). “The Life and Works of William Cowper: His life and letters by William Hayley. Now first completed by the introduction of Cowper's private correspondence”, p.391

• El que negocia entre Dios y el hombre, Como embajador de Dios, los grandes asuntos Del juicio y de la misericordia, debe guardarse De la ligereza en su discurso.

  William Cowper

  Men, Speech, Ambassadors

  William Cowper (1855). “The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings”, p.141

• Las cosas que suben a la tribuna con un salto, y luego saltan de nuevo, pronuncian un texto, lloran; y leyendo lo que nunca escribieron ¡Sólo quince minutos, acurrucan su trabajo, y con un susurro bien educado cierran la escena!

  William Cowper

  Reading, Hem, Fifteen

  William Cowper (1853). "Las obras poéticas de William Cowper: With Life ; Six Engravings on Steel", p.140

• There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk.

  William Cowper

  Clerks, Sparks, Preaching

  William Cowper, John Smythe MEMES (1861). “The Letters of William Cowper. Edited by Rev. J. S. Memes. [With a Portrait.]”, p.82

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