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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... perhaps because your papa wrote them . I would not overdo you upon this subject ; though the truth is , this is my chief desire for you , that you may know the Lord and love him ; if not , though you were accomplished and admired beyond ...
... perhaps because your papa wrote them . I would not overdo you upon this subject ; though the truth is , this is my chief desire for you , that you may know the Lord and love him ; if not , though you were accomplished and admired beyond ...
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... see you ; but it cannot be yet , nor can I say when : but I shall bounce in upon you some day when perhaps you are not thinking of me . I am , my dear , Your very affectionate . LETTER VIII . November 10 , 1781 . My dear To Miss 25.
... see you ; but it cannot be yet , nor can I say when : but I shall bounce in upon you some day when perhaps you are not thinking of me . I am , my dear , Your very affectionate . LETTER VIII . November 10 , 1781 . My dear To Miss 25.
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... perhaps , I am not willing to allow that your business is as im- portant as some of mine , it must , and ought , for the present , to take up a good deal of your time . You have not only reading , and wri- ting , and arithmetic to mind ...
... perhaps , I am not willing to allow that your business is as im- portant as some of mine , it must , and ought , for the present , to take up a good deal of your time . You have not only reading , and wri- ting , and arithmetic to mind ...
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... perhaps have been glad to hide ourselves in the woods , to save ourselves . Such has been the lot of thousands in the course of the war . If you remember the hurry , con- fusion , and terror which prevailed at the time of the riots , it ...
... perhaps have been glad to hide ourselves in the woods , to save ourselves . Such has been the lot of thousands in the course of the war . If you remember the hurry , con- fusion , and terror which prevailed at the time of the riots , it ...
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... perhaps , in the few years you have been able to take notice . You will meet with many other things , as you grow up , which will sur- prise you for the like reason : for want of ex- perience , you will not expect them . We ex- pect ...
... perhaps , in the few years you have been able to take notice . You will meet with many other things , as you grow up , which will sur- prise you for the like reason : for want of ex- perience , you will not expect them . We ex- pect ...
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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 v - godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come,
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...