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The Pastor's Story; And Other Pieces Or, Prose and Poetry

The Pastor's Story; And Other Pieces Or, Prose and Poetry

Gay, Mary Ann Harris

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ISBN10: 1150519118
ISBN13: 9781150519116
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 52
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.11 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881. Excerpt: ... perseverance in good works, has grown in grace until invested with a heavenly sublimity apparent to every beholder. Gifted with extraordinary oratorical powers, listening senates might have hung entranced upon the eloquence of his tongue, and conferred upon him their highest meeds of honor. But he chose the better part, which will stay with him when the statesman and the orator shall have been stilled in death, and when their influence shall, like them, have passed away: he chose to serve as a laborer in his Master's vineyard. And Edith. Have you seen the full-blown rose in its beauty and fragrance; the most delicate hues, the most refined shades trembling on its bosom; the gentlest perfume floating around it, as it seemed the spirit of loveliness basking in the effulgent rays of eternal sunshine? Then you have seen that which is emblematical of her. Matured in womanhood, charitable and hopeful in disposition, refined in manners and elevated in intellect, the most delicate thoughts and impulses animate her beautiful features; whilst she moves about, the embodiment of loveliness, gently but surely exerting an influence conducive to her husband's great work--an influence which will shine with undiminished brightness when the glory of the Bun shall have been dimmed. A fit companion she for such a man! We endeavored to learn the history of this happy couple--these golden threads in the tissue of society, these stepping-stones to heaven--and found it invested with much of romantic interest, as well as with religious zeal. We give it as it was given to us: Edith Baxter was bequeathed as a dying legacy to her maternal grandparents by their beloved daughter bearing the same name; and never was infancy more tenderly cared for, nor childhood more judiciously manag...

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