Missionary Remains Or Sketches of the Lives of Evarts Corneluis And Wisner
Missionary Remains Or Sketches of the Lives of Evarts Corneluis And Wisner
A L Antoine Laurent Castellan
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He was a man of prayer, and cultivated the self-denying graces by in- timate fellowship with God. With these characteristics, it is not sur- prising that his piety was fearless and firm. He had an uncommon share of original in- dependence of mind ; and it was elevated and fortified by grace. Natural resolution and firmness, however unyielding and indomita- MEMORY OF EVA UTS. 57 ble, become weak and variable where they are not directed and sustained by the princi- ples and spirit of the Gospel. ...Christian bold- ness aims invariably at truth and duty. It is not the boldness of Ccesar, but of Christ. Heroes and statesmen may be men of fear- less intrepidity, because they have a seared conscience and a hardened heart. Christian boldness cannot live without great benevo- lence of spirit and honesty of intention. No wonder a good man should be a coward, when he acts contraiy to his conscience. So intimately inwoven are the decisions of con- science with all our impressions of obligation, that it is only when conscience is obeyed, that he can siunmon his strong and ardent affections, and, in defiance of difficulty and danger, adventure upon daring enterprises with quenchless zeal and perseverance.
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