Memoirs of the Life of the Late Mrs. Catharine CappeWells and Lilly, 1824 - 408 pages |
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Page 146 - Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I confess before my Father who is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
Page 102 - WILL extol thee, my God, O king; And I will bless thy name for ever and ever. Every day will I bless thee ; And I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
Page 313 - That to fear GOD, and keep his commandments, is the whole duty of man...
Page 25 - The Lord is my strength and my song, and he is become my salvation; he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Page 48 - That keep me from myself; and still delay Life's instant business to a future day: That task, which as we follow, or despise, The eldest is a fool, the youngest wise; Which done, the poorest can no wants endure; And which not done, the richest must be poor.
Page 104 - After evening service, Mr. Lindsey received different classes of young men and women, on alternate Sundays, in his study, for the purpose of instruction ; and • Mrs. Lindsey in like manner, in another apartment, had two classes of children, boys and girls, alternately.
Page 104 - L. having frequently been recognized in the streets of London by some of his former Sunday pupils, who gratefully acknowledged their obligations to him. After evening service, Mr. Lindsey received different classes of young men and women, on alternate Sundays in his study, for the purpose of instruction; and Mrs. Lindsey in like manner, in another apartment, had two classes of children, boys and girls alternately.
Page 395 - Behold, Thou hast made my days as it were a span long, and mine age is even as nothing in respect of Thee ; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain ; he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. And now, Lord, what is my hope : truly my hope is even in Thee.
Page 71 - ... the alleviation or relief of their various anxieties or distresses. In the afternoon, some of the daughters of the most respectable farmers were invited to partake of tea, coffee, cakes, and sweetmeats ; and the evening concluded with a dance, in which they were permitted to join with the young ladies of the family and their other visitors, of whom there were several from Wakefield, Pontefract, and the surrounding neighbourhood. At nine, the dancing ceased ; the farmers' wives and daughters returned...
Page 103 - Sunday, alternately to catechizing the children of the parish, and to expounding the Bible to the boys of a large school, which was at that time kept in the village. The number of...