That kind of pity, if you may call it by such a name, never tells the truth excepting when it is pleasant, never preaches a sermon of rebuke, never reasons concerning "judgment to come.
Again we say that the preacher must, himself, live in the comfort and courage he preaches to others, or else there will be somewhat in his voice that will spoil it all.
Without doubt, Dame Dulceline, in thus doing homage to the Lord through the symbol of his power, the baron preaches by example the communion and equality of men before God.
Each onepreaches his own saint, does he not, abbé?
Sidenote: Augustine preaches to King Ethelbert] Some days after, the king came to the island, and sitting in the open air, ordered Augustine and his companions to be brought into his presence.
He preaches with wonderful power, for he is popular, earnest, original, fresh, electrical.
The Zwickau Prophets appeal to Holy Writ and their Divine mission; Luther preaches against their ways; haste to be deprecated; he bases his superior claim on the priority of his revelation; he is backed by the Court.
It is He Who preaches through us, Who takes pity upon the needy and comforts the sorrowful.
Whoever preaches publicly can only do this “as the deputy and minister of the others,” i.
Tewin churchyard preachesmore sermons than a thousand clergymen.
To know how a bad man will act when in power, reverse all the doctrines he preaches when obscure.
He preaches abstinence, renunciation and mortification of the flesh in the name of art.
The romantic tendency to push every emotion to an extreme, regardless of decorum, is not much affected by what the romanticist preaches or by the problems he agitates.
Thus Chateaubriand’s reason is on the side of proportion and all the classical virtues but his imagination is not (and we cannot repeat too often that it is what a man is imaginatively and not what he preaches that really counts).
I may be this Edmund Gray who preaches Socialism and gives me his precious tracts.
His face is serene: he is perfectly happy: the Advent of that Kingdom whose glories he preaches is very nigh at hand.
Mr. Besant illustrates a very curious phase of madness; he preaches a highly poetical kind of socialism, and he gives us a clear and attractive picture of ordinary English life.
To what do these miracles witness, but to this faith which preaches Christ risen in the flesh, and ascended with the same into heaven?
If he preaches and the people listen to him," said they, "all is lost!
Why should governments rule only by force, when the Gospel preaches nothing but gentleness?
Now he who splits one of these here sects by schism, or he who preaches schism, commits a grievous sin; and Sam, if you valy your own peace of mind, have nothin to do with such folks.
With his whole soul he preaches to them the redemption of the oppressed, the destruction of tyranny, the community of goods, and the rule of justice and brotherly love.
Bannock-Bernt is court-chaplain, and preaches in the market-place before the king.
He is still the unmitigated Puritan; he still preaches to Speaker Lenthall, but he preachessomewhat more dogmatically.
When I preaches, I has jest one text to preach from, an' I always preachesfrom this one.
He preaches his Gospel, performs many mighty works, and chooses twelve disciples.
That gloomy pit preaches anew the vanity of 'vaulting ambition which o'erleaps itself,' and tells us once more that Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "preaches" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
