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 oldal |
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vii. oldal
... wish to know more of the author , ( and if you read this little volume with attention , you surely will , ) I would recommend you to peruse the narrative of his life , and at a proper time I doubt not but your friends will permit you to ...
... wish to know more of the author , ( and if you read this little volume with attention , you surely will , ) I would recommend you to peruse the narrative of his life , and at a proper time I doubt not but your friends will permit you to ...
5. oldal
... wish it may lead your thoughts to him who made it , and who placed it in the fir- mament , not only to give us light , but to be the brightest , noblest , emblem of himself : there is but one sun , and there needs not ano- ther ; so ...
... wish it may lead your thoughts to him who made it , and who placed it in the fir- mament , not only to give us light , but to be the brightest , noblest , emblem of himself : there is but one sun , and there needs not ano- ther ; so ...
7. oldal
... wish you to look round you , and see how many children are sick , while you are well ; poor and desti- tute , while you are provided , not only with the necessaries , but the comforts of life . How many , again , are exposed to hard and ...
... wish you to look round you , and see how many children are sick , while you are well ; poor and desti- tute , while you are provided , not only with the necessaries , but the comforts of life . How many , again , are exposed to hard and ...
11. oldal
... wish you to have a deep impression on your mind , that your safety , whether abroad or at home , or the continuance of your health from one hour to another , is not a matter of course , but the effect of the care and goodness of him who ...
... wish you to have a deep impression on your mind , that your safety , whether abroad or at home , or the continuance of your health from one hour to another , is not a matter of course , but the effect of the care and goodness of him who ...
13. oldal
... wishes , as you grow up , you may not appear to a disadvantage when compared with other young women ; and , indeed , if you should be every thing she wishes you to be , you will do honour to the school you come from . I think you are in ...
... wishes , as you grow up , you may not appear to a disadvantage when compared with other young women ; and , indeed , if you should be every thing she wishes you to be , you will do honour to the school you come from . I think you are in ...
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abroad affectionate father age to age believe BIRTH-DAY ceive cheerful cold sweat commend Cowslip Green Creator dear Child DEAR ELIZABETH death desire endeavour evil expect favour fear feel give glad goldfinch gourd governess grace grace of God gracious grow hand happy HARVEST HOME hear heard heart Highgate hope JOHN NEWTON joys JUNE 22 know the Lord last Sunday likewise live London long letter look Lord bless Lord Jesus Lord's love the Lord love you dearly means of grace mercy Miss oblige OLNEY once open your mind pain panion pity pleased pleasure poor sinners portunity pow'r praise pray prayer pretty promised racter remember righteous Saviour seek sensible sing sins Smithfield sometimes song soon speak spirit sure tain teach tell tenderness thankful thee thing thoughts throne tree weep wish word write young your's youth
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80. oldal - 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.
v. oldal - godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come,
103. oldal - ... 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.
27. oldal - 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.
73. oldal - 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
105. oldal - ... 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...
104. oldal - 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.
105. oldal - 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...