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Memoirs of the Life and Character of the Late Rev. Cornelius Winter
Author: Memoirs of the Life and Character of Cornelius Winter
Author: William JayMemoirs of the Life and Character of Cornelius Winter
Author: William JayPublisher: Theclassics.Us
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1808 edition. Excerpt: ... life and character of the late Reverend Cornelius Winter, compiled and composed by william jay.--jvow mark the man of righteousness, His several steps attend; True pleasure runs through all his life. And peaceful is his end'" Watts. "If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am there shall alse my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honor." Christ. bath: printed and sou) by M. gyk, market-place: sold also bt hazabd and binns, and oodwin, bath; williams and smith, stationeiis'-court, hatchasd, piccadilly, and ooii, orkat turnstile, london. preface. Before a work professedly biographical can be righteously justified or condemned, two things should be fairly examined. First--What advantages are derivable from the lives of particular individuals? Secondly--What characters are the most proper subjects for delineation? The former of these questions
Memoirs of the Life and Character of the Late Rev. Cornelius Winter
Author: Memoirs of the Life and Character of the Late Cornelius Winter
Author: William JayPublisher: Rarebooksclub.com
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1823 edition. Excerpt: ...with the man; and each lucid moment was filled up with prayer, thanksgiving, and friendship. He often mentioned his connercions by name, attended with some devotional expression. Every time he took refreshment, or medicine, he verbally implored the divine blessing. On the Wednesday night previous to his dissolution, being asked by his nurse how he was, he replied, " 1 am a little languid, but I bless God that he has brought me thus far, in such an easy' manner." Soon after, he desired the three first chapters of the Epistle to the Philippians, to be read to him. He paid particular regard to those passages that speak of ministers and people in their relation to each other. He said, " He had laboured for the young, but feared he had not been very useful; yet he hoped the good effect of it would hereafter appear." He said, " lf God were to refer the event of the afliiction to me, l would refer it to him again. I feel to this world as a weaned child." On Friday one of his brethren, Mr. Bishop, of Gloucester, visited him. When told that he was come, he lifted up his eyes and hands with surprise and pleasure. Mr. Bishop said to him, " I His friend added, " It is but a short step from earth to heaven?' with a feeble, but distinct voice, he echoed, " A short step," and then added, " I have sought the divine glory more than my own interest. I am closing life as I began it." His eye-lids then fell.--his voice ceased--and death seemed rapidly approaching. Many acknowledgments of a similar nature were uttered, which, as is too common in these cases, the attendants did not secure at the season, and could not accurately recover afterwards.Indeed the affectionate and...
Memoirs of the Life and Character of the Late Rev. Cornelius Winter
Author: Memoirs of the Life and Character of the Late Reverend Cornelius Winter
Author: Memoirs of the life and character of ... C. Winter, etc
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Author: Cornelius WINTER
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