...good living, like Bloxam ' and several others, and lived comfortably." JOHNSON. " Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy, I have always considered a clergyman as the lather of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands...

...have al. ways considered a clergyman as the lather of a larger family than he is able to maintain. 1 would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, g:r, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an...

...considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. No! sir ; I da not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life ; nor do I envy the clergyman, who makes it an easy life.' K even foregone or forgotten in his absorbing delight in saving souls.1 Seasons of necessary...

...good living, like Bloxam(') and several others, and lived comfortably." JOHNSON. " Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy....life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life." Here taking himself up all of a sudden, he exclaimed, " O ! Mr. Edwards, I'll convince you that...

...So we say of the work of the ministry. " I envy not a clergyman's life," said Dr. Samuel Johnson," as an easy life ; nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life." It is no easy lot; and where it is made so, it is no ministry, no service. If there be those...

...said to a friend, a lawyer, who thought a clerical life would have been easier, " Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy....life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life." How would this have pleased good Bishop Burnet, who, in his admirable " Pastoral Care," thus...

...said to a friend, a lawyer, who thought a clerical life would have been easier, " Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy....father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. / would rather have chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, sir, I do not envy a clergyman's...

...I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. No ! sir ; I do not envy a clergyman's life as an...life; nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.' 2 Compare John iv. 6, 31—34. 3 Compare Mark i. 35—38; vi. 31—34. 4 As, for example, sending...

...theology or philosophy, one of the most important that can come before the human understanding." 163. " I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain." True, both as to the poor, and to the souls of his flock. 171. Marshall's Minutes of Agriculture, 1778....

...life, Johnson replied earnestly : — " Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, ia not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as...rather have chancery suits upon my hands than the care of souls. No, sir; I do not euvy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I «nvjr the clergyman...