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Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits; Addressed to a Student in the Theological Seminary, at Princeton, N.J. (Paperback)
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Letters on Clerical Manners and Habits; Addressed to a Student in the Theological Seminary, at Princeton, N.J. (Paperback)
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LETTER XX. See that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as
wise. Ephbs. v. 15. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CLERICAL MANNERS. MY
DEAR YOUNG FRIEND, In pursuing the subject introduced to your view
in the preceding Letter, a question presents itself, which seems to
require some discussion, before we proceed to the details which are
intended to occupy the following pages. The question is this?Is
there any thing peculiar in the style of manners proper for a
minister of the gospel ? Ought the manners of a clergyman
perceptibly to differ from those of a well-bred man of a secular
profession ? I think they ought. That is to say, I am clearly of
the opinion that they ought to bear a stamp, in a variety of
particulars, cliaracteristick of the hallowed spirit and sacred
office with which they are connected. All other professional men,
indeed, would be the better for having the same sort of manners
Uvit I am about to recommend to ministers of the gospel; but with
respect to the 1 itter, they are so indispensably necessary to the
complete attainment of all those advantages which manners can
impart to their possessor, that they may be said, without
impropriety, to be peculiarly clerical in their nature. If I were
to attempt to exhibit the peculiarity in question, I should say it
max be expressed in six words?Dignity, Gentleness. Condescension,
sljfabilily, Reserve, and Uniformity. 1. Dignity. By this I mean
that happy mixture of gravity and elevation in human deportment,
which evinces a mind habitually thoughtful, serious, and set on
high things. An air and manner opposed to levity; opposed to that
propensity to jesting, which is so often manifested by some who
bear the sacred office; opposed to what is grovelling; opposed, in
short, to every species of lightness or...
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