Twenty-one Letters: Written to a Near Relative at SchoolJ. Johnson ... Black, Parry, and Kingsbury ... J. Hatchard ... Williams and Smith ... T. Conder ... L.B. Seely, ... and J. Smith, 1809 - 107 страници |
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We have been here a fortnight and upwards ; the Lord gave us a pleasant and
safe journey . Your mamma has been , upon the whole , comfortably well ; and as
you know we are at Dr . * * * * ' s , I need not tell you that we are situated as much
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We have been here a fortnight and upwards ; the Lord gave us a pleasant and
safe journey . Your mamma has been , upon the whole , comfortably well ; and as
you know we are at Dr . * * * * ' s , I need not tell you that we are situated as much
...
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The Lord , in his good providence , gave you to me , - as a gift , and committed
you to me as a trust ; at the same time , he gave me a great love for you : and
whatever we do for those we love , we do with pleasure . I thank you for your
letter of ...
The Lord , in his good providence , gave you to me , - as a gift , and committed
you to me as a trust ; at the same time , he gave me a great love for you : and
whatever we do for those we love , we do with pleasure . I thank you for your
letter of ...
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But the Lord gave you to me , and I have given you to him again , many and many
a time upon my knees , and therefore I hope you must , and will , and shall , be
his . I hardly know any accomplishment I more wish you to obtain , than a talent of
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But the Lord gave you to me , and I have given you to him again , many and many
a time upon my knees , and therefore I hope you must , and will , and shall , be
his . I hardly know any accomplishment I more wish you to obtain , than a talent of
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... because the Lord not only made us willing to take care of you , but gave us ,
immediately on our receiving you , a tender affection for you , as if you had been
our own ; and from that time your welfare has been a very principal object with us
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... because the Lord not only made us willing to take care of you , but gave us ,
immediately on our receiving you , a tender affection for you , as if you had been
our own ; and from that time your welfare has been a very principal object with us
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Unmindful of the gracious pow ' r , Who gave her life and breath , She wastes in
folly every hour , i Nor thinks at all of death , a Her wishes all confin ' d to earth ,
Sad scene of sin and thrall , I cannot celebrate her birth , Why was she born at all
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Unmindful of the gracious pow ' r , Who gave her life and breath , She wastes in
folly every hour , i Nor thinks at all of death , a Her wishes all confin ' d to earth ,
Sad scene of sin and thrall , I cannot celebrate her birth , Why was she born at all
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Страница 80 - Remember thee? Yea, from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there; And. thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain, Unmix'd with baser matter: yes, by heaven.
Страница 103 - ... land ? What will the future age have gained, When my poor name is seen, From knowing I was entertained By you at Cowslip Green } Rather let me record a name That shall adorn your page. Which, like the sun, is still the same, And shines from age to age : JESUS, who found me when I stray M In Afric'» dreary wild, Who for my soul a ransom paid, And made his foe a child.
Страница 27 - If he were upon earth now, would you not wish that I should lead you to him, that he might lay his hands upon you and bless you, as he did the children which were brought to him? If he were here, and I could go with you and say, " Lord " bless my child likewise !" I am sure he would not frown at you, and say, " Take her away, I will have " nothing to do with her !" No, my dear child, he has promised, them that come to him he will in no wise cast out.
Страница 73 - I have a cheerful hope that he will put you among his children, guide you through this wilderness world by his counsel, and afterwards receive you to his glory ; and that he sent you to me, that you might have the benefit of those means of grace and instructions, which by his blessing will be effectual to make you wise unto salvation. Though he alone can work in you to will, and to do according to his good pleasure, yet there is something incumbent on you. He has said, " They who seek
Страница 105 - ... JOHNSON, GOING TO BOTANY BAY. The Lord, who sends thee hence, will be thine aid; In vain at thee the lion, Danger, roars; His arm and love shall keep thee undismayed On tempest-tossed seas, and savage shores. Go, bear the Saviour's name to lands unknown, Tell to the Southern world His wondrous grace; An energy Divine thy words shall own, And draw their untaught hearts to seek His face. Many in quest of gold or empty fame Would compass earth, or venture near the poles; But how much nobler thy...
Страница 104 - He taught my wild, blaspheming tongue To aim at prayer and praise, To make his grace my theme and song, And guided all my ways. A pattern now of Mercy's power Where'er I stand is seen, Such as, I think, was ne'er before Beheld at Cowslip Green.
Страница 105 - OMICRON TO JOHNSON, Going to Botany Bay The Lord, who sends thee hence, will be thine aid; In vain at thee the lion, Danger, roars; His arm and love shall keep thee undismayed On tempest-tossed seas, and savage shores. Go, bear the Saviour's name to lands unknown, Tell to the Southern world His wondrous grace; An energy Divine thy words shall own, And draw their untaught hearts to seek His face. Many in quest of gold or empty fame Would compass earth, or venture...