 ... all things to all men, if by any means he may save some ; but that he has a right to demand that the scholar shall ascend to him before he is taught ; that he shall raise himself up of his own strength into the teacher's region of thought as well...  Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography - Page 274by Charles Kingsley - 1850 - 371 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1811 - 468 pages
...will appear in all his actions and conversation : yea, and will constrain him, though without guile, to " become all things to all men, if by any means he may save some." 9. And in becoming all things to all men, " Love seeketh not her own." In striving to please all men,... | |
 | Missions - 1838 - 716 pages
...brother, "Stand by thyself, come not near to me, I am holier than thou," but, like St. Paul, " becoming all things to all men, if by any means he may save some." A Christian's humility consists not in stripping himself of the good things God has given him, but... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1822 - 824 pages
...to see among Unitarians, is a larger portion of that spirit of zealous charity, which led St. Paul to become " all things to all men, if by any means he might save some ;" a greater condescension to the weaknesses, tenderness for the prejudices and regard... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodist Church - 1825 - 742 pages
...will appear in all his actions and conversation ; yea, and will constrain him, though without guile, to " become all things to all men, if by any means he may save some." 9. And in becoming all things to all men, " Love seeki-th not her own." In striving to please all men,... | |
 | 874 pages
...peculiar circumstances of the different classes of his fellow men ; and, like the great preacher of old, become all things to all men, if by any means he may save some. His preacliing will not be loose and indefinite, but earcfnllr discriminative ; and while on the spiritually... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1826 - 794 pages
...experience has taught him will most effectually accomplish the end he has in view ; in fine, a determination to become " all things to all men," if by any means he may save some. There is nothing visionary or romantic in all this : imagination is exercised about what is partially,... | |
 | 1828 - 614 pages
...apostle, who eminently possessed the rarest qualifications both human and divine, he will endeavour " to become all things to all men, if by any means he may save some." It must also be recollected that we live in an age when "the schoolmaster is abroad," when general... | |
 | Theology - 1827 - 684 pages
...not comply with the injunction, " Be ye wise as servants," and the apostolic example, of " becoming all things to all men, if by any means he may save some ?" But I have already detained the reader too long from the intended reference to the sentiments of Edwards.... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1829 - 520 pages
...will appear in all his actions and conversation ; yea, and will constrain him, though without guile, " to become all things to all men, if by any means he may save some." 9. And in becoming all things to all men, "love seeketh not her own." In striving to please all men,... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1831 - 510 pages
...and prejudices, whether of education or national. Not to become Heathen or wicked, but that 'he may become all things to all men, if by any means he may save some.' And he must give a practical illustration of the truth and excellencies of the Gospel he preaches,... | |
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