Reports of Ministry at Large in Lowell to Missionary Society Connected with South Parish, Issues 1-41845 |
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Page 30 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 13 - I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Page 20 - He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity...
Page 27 - I know nothing that could, in this view, be said better, than " do unto others as ye would that others should do unto you...
Page 5 - And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Page 21 - Greek, of divinity and physic, and of other sciences. The like she did to Christ Church and St. John's College in Oxford. The like she did to the College of Westminster. * She did also yearly provide wool and flax, and did distribute it to women in Cheshunt parish, willing them to work the same into yarn, and bring it to her to see the manner of working ; and. for the most part, she gave them the stuff by way of alms.
Page 8 - We must do this work with great patience, line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, and there a little.
Page 22 - ... he that would be greatest among you let him be your servant.
Page 16 - never to be lost sight of, and to which no other is ever to be preferred, is, as far as shall be possible, to extend its offices to the poor and the poorest, to the low and the lowest, to the most friendless, the most uncared for, the most miserable.
Page 21 - She was not only to these, but to all the other prisoners that came into the Tower, as a mother. All the time she dwelt in the Tower, if any were sick she made them broths and restoratives with her own hands, visited and took care of them, and provided them all necessaries ; if any were afflicted she comforted them, so that they felt not the inconvenience of a prison who were in that place.