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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... received your letter , which I wished to an- swer before . I would be thankful that you are well , and I hope you are happy , that is , in the common sense of the word ; for , strictly speaking , happiness is not to be found here . I ...
... received your letter , which I wished to an- swer before . I would be thankful that you are well , and I hope you are happy , that is , in the common sense of the word ; for , strictly speaking , happiness is not to be found here . I ...
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... received ; and if you did , I suppose it is all gone by this time for they say , you cannot eat your cake and have it . It is a true saying , and full of meaning . Look at all that appears good and pleasant in this world ; could you ...
... received ; and if you did , I suppose it is all gone by this time for they say , you cannot eat your cake and have it . It is a true saying , and full of meaning . Look at all that appears good and pleasant in this world ; could you ...
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... received my child's short and sweet letter ; and , having nothing to prevent me , I begin my answer to it immedi- ately . The snow does not often cover the ground in the neighbourhood of London so late as the 8th of May ; but it has ...
... received my child's short and sweet letter ; and , having nothing to prevent me , I begin my answer to it immedi- ately . The snow does not often cover the ground in the neighbourhood of London so late as the 8th of May ; but it has ...
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... received the conqueror's crown , and is singing the conqueror's song . Methinks , dearly as I love you , I could bear to part with you like- wise , if I was sure that the Lord had set his seal of love upon your heart , and thereby ...
... received the conqueror's crown , and is singing the conqueror's song . Methinks , dearly as I love you , I could bear to part with you like- wise , if I was sure that the Lord had set his seal of love upon your heart , and thereby ...
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... receiving you , a tender affection for you , as if you had been our own ; and from that time your welfare has been a very prin- cipal object with us . You have been guarded against the follies and vanities which might otherwise have ...
... receiving you , a tender affection for you , as if you had been our own ; and from that time your welfare has been a very prin- cipal object with us . You have been guarded against the follies and vanities which might otherwise have ...
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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...