Tributes to the Memory of Rev. Thomas Hill, D.D.: Born January 7, 1818, Died November 21, 1891

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S. Berry, 1892 - 65 strani
 

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Stran 37 - I intend no monopoly, but a community in learning ; I study not for my own sake only, but for theirs that study not for themselves.
Stran 19 - From rivulet cool, and shadowing rock, And voices that calm hearths surround With friendly talk. Earth is our little island home, And heaven the neighbouring continent, Whence winds to every inlet come With balmiest scent ; And tenderest whispers thence we hear From those who lately sailed across. They love us still ; since heaven is near, Death is not loss. From mountain slopes of breeze and balm, What melodies arrest the oar ! What memories ripple through the calm ! We'll keep near shore. By sweet...
Stran 37 - ... the bounty of ours. It is the cheapest way of beneficence, and, like the natural charity of the sun, illuminates another without obscuring itself. To be reserved and caitiff in this part of goodness is the sordidest piece of covetousness, and more contemptible than pecuniary avarice.
Stran 20 - We hasten where the loved have gone, Who landed first. If God be God, then heaven is real : We need not lose ourselves and Him In some vast sea of the ideal, Dreamy and dim. He cheats not any soul. He gave Each being unity like His ; Love, that links beings, he must save ; Of Him it is. Dear friend, we will not drift too far Mid billows, fogs, and blinding foam, To see Christ's beacon-light, — the star That guides us home. Moving...
Stran 45 - A thorough and complete education ought to preserve and increase the pupil's bodily health and strength ; give him command of his own muscular and mental powers ; increase his quickness in perceiving through his five senses, and quicken his mental perception ; form in him the habit of prompt and accurate judgment ; lead to delicacy and depth in every right feeling ; and make him inflexible in his conscientious and steadfast devotion to all his duties.
Stran 51 - ... leave Me alone : and yet I am not alone, because the FATHER is with Me.

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