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... the vote , cannot but wish the matter were reconsidered before the most pious of the community withdraw from the present system entirely . If a more decided duty were made of Scripture reading , if questioning on 46 THE COMMON SCHOOLS.
... the vote , cannot but wish the matter were reconsidered before the most pious of the community withdraw from the present system entirely . If a more decided duty were made of Scripture reading , if questioning on 46 THE COMMON SCHOOLS.
Page 52
... present , and a permanent change be wrought , it is well ; but should it prove but a mo- mentary flash of feeling which expires , it is not so likely to return , for it has no firm foundation in the mind . The recollection of an emotion ...
... present , and a permanent change be wrought , it is well ; but should it prove but a mo- mentary flash of feeling which expires , it is not so likely to return , for it has no firm foundation in the mind . The recollection of an emotion ...
Page 65
... present fruit of the labour was a most pleasing reward . I understood the female teachers met occasionally to make clothing in concert , while one read aloud- an excellent refreshing sociality , not exercised by fine ladies , who might ...
... present fruit of the labour was a most pleasing reward . I understood the female teachers met occasionally to make clothing in concert , while one read aloud- an excellent refreshing sociality , not exercised by fine ladies , who might ...
Page 73
... presents itself is , that in England we have not an abundance of food and of unoccupied room ; but in America it is different , for , according to the burden of a song sung by the coloured orphans , in their Asylum at New York- " Uncle ...
... presents itself is , that in England we have not an abundance of food and of unoccupied room ; but in America it is different , for , according to the burden of a song sung by the coloured orphans , in their Asylum at New York- " Uncle ...
Page 83
... present misfortune , frequently assume the office of instructors . In consequence , it at times occurs that the benevolence of parents interferes with their judgment in the choice of a school ; and sometimes a dash of romance or pathos ...
... present misfortune , frequently assume the office of instructors . In consequence , it at times occurs that the benevolence of parents interferes with their judgment in the choice of a school ; and sometimes a dash of romance or pathos ...
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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