Memoir of Edmund Dwight1857 - 22 pages |
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... labors and the worth . of their example . A brief sketch of the life of Mr. Dwight , com- piled from scanty but ... labor upon the farm . Edmund , who was active and athletic , found his share of this work by no means unpleasing , and ...
... labors and the worth . of their example . A brief sketch of the life of Mr. Dwight , com- piled from scanty but ... labor upon the farm . Edmund , who was active and athletic , found his share of this work by no means unpleasing , and ...
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... labor expended would be but groping in the dark , and might do more harm than good . The plan devised by the little volun- teer council of which Mr. Dwight was the centre , was carried into ef- fect by the school law of 1837 , passed by ...
... labor expended would be but groping in the dark , and might do more harm than good . The plan devised by the little volun- teer council of which Mr. Dwight was the centre , was carried into ef- fect by the school law of 1837 , passed by ...
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... labored . so patiently and so long . The results are notorious , and have already become matter of history ; they have far surpassed all the expecta- tions which any judicious observer could have formed at the outset . The school system ...
... labored . so patiently and so long . The results are notorious , and have already become matter of history ; they have far surpassed all the expecta- tions which any judicious observer could have formed at the outset . The school system ...
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... labors , and grateful for its privileges . The writer of this note , one of the two , was long wholly ignorant of the source of the opportune bounty ; and when the name of the giver was accident- ally discovered , it was under such ...
... labors , and grateful for its privileges . The writer of this note , one of the two , was long wholly ignorant of the source of the opportune bounty ; and when the name of the giver was accident- ally discovered , it was under such ...
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... labor on his father's farm . At the age of nineteen , he entered Harvard College , and graduated in the celebrated class of 1802 . The friendships that he formed with his fellow - students were intimate , and lasted through his life ...
... labor on his father's farm . At the age of nineteen , he entered Harvard College , and graduated in the celebrated class of 1802 . The friendships that he formed with his fellow - students were intimate , and lasted through his life ...
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Page 11 - Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
Page 1 - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 36 - For here my friends and kindred dwell; And since my glorious God Makes thee his blest abode, My soul shall ever love thee well.
Page 11 - The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er...
Page 29 - As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
Page 5 - I would not outlive that very thought ; I have so abject a conceit of this common way of existence, this retaining to the sun and elements, I cannot think this is to be a man, or to live according to the dignity of humanity : in expectation of a better, I can with patience embrace this life, yet in my best meditations do often defy death...
Page 40 - But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Page 20 - remember, I know in whom I have believed, and that He holds the winds in his fist, and the waters in the hollow of his hand.
Page 22 - When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee ; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee, When thou walkest through the fire Thou shalt not be burned, Neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, The Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour...
Page 20 - For when the morn came, dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours.