| 1846 - 512 páginas
...fully applied, than to the beloved author. ' ' Firm to his duty, prompt at every call, He watch'd, and wept, he prayed and felt for all; And as a bird...delay, Allured to brighter worlds and led the way." By those who are younger in the ministry a brighter li ving example could scarcely be selected, and... | |
| 1846 - 604 páginas
...each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies ; She tried each heart — reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds and led the way." She was very cautious in promising any thing to us, and as careful m performing her promises ; for... | |
| 1848 - 592 páginas
...poet's hand may fully apply — ' And in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he pray'd les ! ' " * Bishop Doane, of New Jersey, in a speech in St. Mary's Hall, Coventry. OXFOHD AND CAMBRIDGE... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 290 páginas
...watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all j And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt her new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed, where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The reverend... | |
| 1897 - 960 páginas
...church, noted for his earnest eloquence in the pulpit and his missionary work among the poor, with whom " He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds and led the way;" and his mother was Sarah Leader, a Nova Scotian by birth, a suitable helpmate for her husband in works... | |
| American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia - 1922 - 374 páginas
...watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all: And, as a bird each fond endearment tries. To tempt her new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each...delay. Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed. The reverend... | |
| Gordon Mursell - 2001 - 604 páginas
...mercantilist greed: Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtues side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The reverend... | |
| Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 páginas
...faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to Virtue's side; But in his duty...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And... | |
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