Mackerel Will, by the author of 'Gilbert Gresham'.

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Pàgina 112 - tis to see A whole assembly worship thee ! At once they sing, at once they pray ; They hear of heaven, and learn the way. I have been there, and still would go ; 'Tis like a little heaven below : Not all my pleasure and my play Shall tempt me to forget this day.
Pàgina 20 - While some poor wretches scarce can tell Where they may lay their head ; I have a home wherein to dwell, And rest upon my bed. While others early learn to swear, And curse, and lie. and steal ; Lord, I am taught thy name to fear, And do thy holy will. Are these thy favours day by day To me above the rest ? Then let me love thee more than they, And try to serve thee best.
Pàgina 20 - WHENE'ER I take my walks abroad, How many poor I see ! What shall I render to my God For all his gifts to me ? Not more than others I deserve, Yet God hath given me more ; For I have food while others starve, Or beg from door to door.
Pàgina 115 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Pàgina 32 - Christian efforts will be crowned with success, and that * godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Pàgina 83 - The dead, small and great, shall stand before God, to be judged according to their works...
Pàgina 109 - Now if it were true that the present is the final state of retribution, there would be good ground for their reasoning. But it is to he recollected, that God is merciful as well as just; and that, though he is angry with the wicked every day, he defers his wrath, and delights to be long-suffering, and to extend the day of grace, the hour of returning to him to seek the pardon of sin : and when we reflect, that if God were strict to mark iniquity, — that is, if justice were his only attribute, —...
Pàgina 89 - My dear Son shall go into the world and live there as a man. He shall bear the punishment for sin ; and he shall die that sinners may live with me in heaven.
Pàgina 84 - ... we should lose all our pleasures, and have nothing but sorrow and pain in the world.
Pàgina 54 - This was one of the ways in which he tried to make himself forget, for a little while, his great sorrow.

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