Northumbrian saints; or, Chapters from the early history of the English Church

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113. oldal - Cloth boards 1 6 Some Witnesses for the Faith. Six Sermons preached, by the request of the Christian Evidence Society, at St. Stephen's Church, South Kensington, on Sunday Afternoons alter Easter, 1877.
33. oldal - ... his continence and humility ; his mind superior to anger and avarice, and despising pride and vainglory ; his industry in keeping and teaching the heavenly commandments ; his diligence in reading and watching ; his authority becoming a priest in reproving the haughty and powerful, and at the same time his tenderness m comforting the afflicted, and relieving or defending the poor.
44. oldal - ... discipline, which they had either been taught by him, or seen him observe, or had noticed in the words or actions of the former fathers. Then he added that the day of his death was at hand; for, said he,
24. oldal - The king, humbly and willingly giving ear to the bishop's admonitions, most industriously applied himself to build and extend the Church of Christ in his kingdom ; and when the bishop, who did not perfectly understand the English tongue, preached the Gospel, it was most delightful to see the king himself interpreting the Word of God to his commanders and ministers, for he had perfectly learned the language of the Scots during his long banishment.
113. oldal - Post 8vo Cloth boards 1 6 Argument from Prophecy (The). By the Rev. Brownlow Maitland, MA, Author of " Scepticism and Faith,
23. oldal - The tide did now its flood-mark gain, And girdled in the Saint's domain : For, with the flow and ebb, its style Varies from continent to isle ; Dry-shod, o'er sands, twice every day, The pilgrims to the shrine find way ; Twice every day, the waves efface Of staves and sandall'd feet the trace.
93. oldal - Ceolfrid ; and spending all the remaining time of my life in that monastery, I wholly applied myself to the study of Scripture, and amidst the observance of regular discipline, and the daily care of singing in the church, I always took delight in learning, teaching, and writing.
115. oldal - Post 8vo. Cloth boards 1 6 Man's Accountableness for his Religious Belief. A Lecture delivered at the Hall of Science, on Tuesday, April 2nd, 1872. By the Rev.
39. oldal - When the brethren who were in his monastery, in the province of the East Saxons, heard that the bishop was dead in the province of the Northumbrians, about thirty men of that monastery came thither, being desirous either to live near the body of their father, if it should please God, or to die there and be buried. Being lovingly received by their brethren and fellow soldiers in Christ, all of them died there by the aforesaid pestilence, except one little boy, who was delivered from death by his father's...
25. oldal - Oswald reigned, and those among them that had received priest's orders, administered to them the grace of baptism. Churches were built in several places; the people joyfully flocked together to hear the word; money and lands were given of the king's bounty to build monasteries; the English, great and small, were, by their Scottish masters, instructed in the rules and observance of regular discipline; for most of them that came to preach were monks.

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