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Page 69
... Hall . " " And where the night before ? " " On a bench in the Park . " " What is it you wish ? " He " To be taken in here and reformed —I have nothing else between me and death — a miserable , a drunkard's death . " He was taken in ...
... Hall . " " And where the night before ? " " On a bench in the Park . " " What is it you wish ? " He " To be taken in here and reformed —I have nothing else between me and death — a miserable , a drunkard's death . " He was taken in ...
Page 85
... halls and profes- sors . The names of the first , and the faces or writings of many of the others , are familiar to stu- dents in Britain ; yet it is pleasant to recall the shades of Yale - the more than half venerable aspect of a ...
... halls and profes- sors . The names of the first , and the faces or writings of many of the others , are familiar to stu- dents in Britain ; yet it is pleasant to recall the shades of Yale - the more than half venerable aspect of a ...
Page 87
... hall where it hung - Princeton , with its lecture - rooms , and libraries , and , above all , with its row of mo- numents , over the tombs of departed presidents , amongst whom lie Witherspoon and Edwards . Princeton seems to surpass ...
... hall where it hung - Princeton , with its lecture - rooms , and libraries , and , above all , with its row of mo- numents , over the tombs of departed presidents , amongst whom lie Witherspoon and Edwards . Princeton seems to surpass ...
Page 88
... the man who left his gold ( for he could carry nothing away with him ) for their benefit , had been so far frustrated . His very magnificent marble halls , which , accord- ing to his last will and testament , are not 88 COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS .
... the man who left his gold ( for he could carry nothing away with him ) for their benefit , had been so far frustrated . His very magnificent marble halls , which , accord- ing to his last will and testament , are not 88 COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS .
Page 89
... halls where it was designed they should be prohibited - of his regular family wor- ship there , and his oral instruction of those lively and promising young people — and now , though cir- cumstances have led to his resignation of that ...
... halls where it was designed they should be prohibited - of his regular family wor- ship there , and his oral instruction of those lively and promising young people — and now , though cir- cumstances have led to his resignation of that ...
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Page 118 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his trouble;" but this ought to be, and might be, the experience of every praying heart, were it not for lurking unbelief. In some of our Scottish prayer-meetings, I have felt a degree of distraction of purpose, and want of
Page 79 - orphans, in their Asylum at New York— " Uncle Sam * is rich enough To give us all a farm." The facility with which enough, and more than enough, is found to satisfy every hungry mouth on a farm, gives wonderful scope to the benevolent sentiment. Compassion needs but to well up at its
Page 147 - shining hair ; She is leaving the home of her childhood's mirth, She hath bid farewell to her father's hearth; Her place is now by another's side— Bring flowers for the locks of the fair young bride!" Then was wheeled in a table with the mighty cake, which is as much a " chieftain" at an American as at a British wedding. From it the groomsmen procured their
Page 318 - Thou shalt in anywise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him;" or, " That thou bear no sin for him." Let us turn from this desolate landscape, and gladly survey a new scene which begins to open