Sermons by a Lay Headmaster, Preached at Gresham's School, 1900-1918Longmans, Green and Company, 1920 - 147 sider |
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... remember only too well how ready we are to make excuses- to ourselves , and to our friends , nay even to God -and what a startling contrast is our self - pride , our self - satisfaction . How ready we should have been to pity our ...
... remember only too well how ready we are to make excuses- to ourselves , and to our friends , nay even to God -and what a startling contrast is our self - pride , our self - satisfaction . How ready we should have been to pity our ...
Side 4
... Remember that unless you square your promises by performances , unless your deeds make good your words , you can win no respect from yourself , or man , or God . You have heard of men in the world of money , of whom it is said ...
... Remember that unless you square your promises by performances , unless your deeds make good your words , you can win no respect from yourself , or man , or God . You have heard of men in the world of money , of whom it is said ...
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... remember Psalm 39 , verse I ? " I said I will take heed to my ways that I offend not with my tongue . " It is a hard lesson to learn , and that tells us that it is a good one . There have been philosophers who held that man could only ...
... remember Psalm 39 , verse I ? " I said I will take heed to my ways that I offend not with my tongue . " It is a hard lesson to learn , and that tells us that it is a good one . There have been philosophers who held that man could only ...
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... remember that the past cannot be changed . But we can turn thankfully to the future , which is yet in our power , for with God's help we can endeavour to make that future better , cleaner , truer , more generous . III INFLUENCE ...
... remember that the past cannot be changed . But we can turn thankfully to the future , which is yet in our power , for with God's help we can endeavour to make that future better , cleaner , truer , more generous . III INFLUENCE ...
Side 13
... remember that the only deed which can do no harm is the good deed . If you believe this , the meaning of responsibility will be opening to you . There is nothing you can do which does not make it either harder or easier for other men to ...
... remember that the only deed which can do no harm is the good deed . If you believe this , the meaning of responsibility will be opening to you . There is nothing you can do which does not make it either harder or easier for other men to ...
Almindelige termer og sætninger
Abraham Lincoln ambition aristocracy of character AUSTIN DOBSON believe better blazon brave brother's keeper choose your friend Christ Christ's teaching comes command conscience courage deed deep devotion discipline duty Easter Sunday England evil face fail faithful feel fighting follow forget friendship future Generosity gift give Givenchy gladness glory God's greatest Gresham's School harm heart honour hope to win idea ideals immortality influence keep King King of Kings last full measure listen lives look loyal loyalty Lucknow mean morning mother nation ness never nobler obedience obey Old Boys opportunity passions Pilate pity pride proud public school purity realize remember responsibility Rolland sacrifice selfishness Seven Deadly Sins silence soul speak spirit splendid stand strength strive strong sure sympathy tell things thought to-day true trust truth unselfishness words worthy wrong yourselves
Populære passager
Side 73 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
Side 59 - A faithful friend is a strong defence ; and he that hath found such an one, hath found a treasure.
Side 51 - And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair. And the meal, the rich dates yellowed over with gold dust divine, And the locust-flesh steeped in the pitcher, the full draught of wine, And the sleep in the dried river-channel where bulrushes tell That the water was wont to go warbling so softly and well. How good is man's life, the mere living! how fit to employ All the heart and the soul and the senses for ever in joy!
Side 89 - This land of such dear souls, this dear, dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world...
Side 110 - Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
Side 89 - Handful of men as we were, we were English in heart and in limb, Strong with the strength of the race to command, to obey, to endure...
Side 59 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
Side 27 - Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given ; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
Side 6 - The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on : nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, „. x Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
Side 50 - He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.