Life Struggles: an Autobiographic Record of the Earlier Trials and Later Triumphs of the Rev. James Inches HillocksJ.S. Marr, 1876 - 184 strani |
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Stran 15
... known their decay . To this day they are as unsullied as when first I heard of them from the lips of those who had known her from infancy till she departed for Paradise . " My father , too , was worthy of my mother , and that is say ...
... known their decay . To this day they are as unsullied as when first I heard of them from the lips of those who had known her from infancy till she departed for Paradise . " My father , too , was worthy of my mother , and that is say ...
Stran 22
... known three weeks pass without a penny coming in save what I worked for . How could this keep life in a whole family ? During such times of hard pressure I have worked twenty - four hours on ends - and that on a few table- spoonfuls of ...
... known three weeks pass without a penny coming in save what I worked for . How could this keep life in a whole family ? During such times of hard pressure I have worked twenty - four hours on ends - and that on a few table- spoonfuls of ...
Stran 37
... known to those who have felt them . Being very hungry before I left Montrose , I had bought some ginger - bread with my only penny , but I could not eat more than the half of it ; and I had not been far on my way before I met a beggar ...
... known to those who have felt them . Being very hungry before I left Montrose , I had bought some ginger - bread with my only penny , but I could not eat more than the half of it ; and I had not been far on my way before I met a beggar ...
Stran 41
... known firm , Cox Brothers , he was soon able to purchase more books , and ere long he was seen at his old " desk " pursuing his studies with anxious care— continuing his " struggles to learn " -always at the evening classes , and ...
... known firm , Cox Brothers , he was soon able to purchase more books , and ere long he was seen at his old " desk " pursuing his studies with anxious care— continuing his " struggles to learn " -always at the evening classes , and ...
Stran 49
... , and , with one of those very pleasing and winning smiles , for which he is so well - known in Dundee , kindly put the usual questions -placing the timid boy in a suitable class . D This good friend is our worthy townsman , David ...
... , and , with one of those very pleasing and winning smiles , for which he is so well - known in Dundee , kindly put the usual questions -placing the timid boy in a suitable class . D This good friend is our worthy townsman , David ...
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able Alyth anxious assistance beautiful became become blessed Brechin Broughty Ferry called cause CHAPTER cheering CHRISTIAN UNION Church Congregational Church connection Darlington dear desire Dundee duties earnest Edinburgh efforts entered especially Evangelistic evident faith father favoured fear feeling felt gave GEORGE GILFILLAN give glad greatly happy heart heartily hence Hillocks hope incidents interest J. H. Wilson Jesus kind kindly knew labour lectures letter literary societies live Lochee London Lord Kinnaird Luthermuir Macrae Maggie manifested matter maun meet mental culture mind minister moral morning nature newspaper noble parents pastor poet poor Poor Law Board poverty pupils rejoice says Scotland seen soon soul speak spirit St Pancras struggling suffering Sunday teacher teaching tell things thought told truth valuable Waverley Station wayside flower words workhouse
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Stran 63 - No man practises so well as he writes. I have all my life long been lying till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good.
Stran 39 - All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason thus ; There is no virtue like necessity.
Stran 73 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Stran 133 - ... hour ; It smiles in the sunshine, and weeps in the shower ; And the footstep falls on the wayside flower ! Now see, my dear child, in the wayside flower, The joys and the sorrows of life's passing hour ; The footstep of time hastens on in its power ; And soon we must fall like the wayside flower Yet know, my dear child, that the wayside flower Shall revive in its season, and bloom its brief hour ; That again we shall blossom in beauty and power, Where the foot never falls on the wayside flower...
Stran ii - expressing in one terse phrase, his energy as a man, and his hope as a Christian." Christian Word — " It is a story that ought to inspire young men in their wrestle with fortune in her sternest moods. " Arbroath Guide — " The account of Mr. Hillocks' life is interesting, and we recommend the book to the notice of young men especially.
Stran 133 - There's a moral, my child, in the wayside flower : There's an emblem of life in its short-Iiv'd hour ; It smiles in the sunshine, and weeps in the shower ; And the footstep falls on the wayside flower ! Now see, my dear child, in the wayside flower...