The Works of the Rev. John Fletcher: Late Vicar of MadeleyJohn Mason, 1859 - 4380 pages |
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Page 36
... parish church at Atcham . But , when the service was ended , instead of going home in the coach , which was always ready , he usually took a solitary walk by the Severn side , and spent some time in meditation and prayer . A pious ...
... parish church at Atcham . But , when the service was ended , instead of going home in the coach , which was always ready , he usually took a solitary walk by the Severn side , and spent some time in meditation and prayer . A pious ...
Page 45
... parish lying a dying , I was sent for to officiate for him . He died a few days after ; and the chief man in the parish offered to make interest , that I might succeed him . But I could not consent . The next Sunday , I preached at ...
... parish lying a dying , I was sent for to officiate for him . He died a few days after ; and the chief man in the parish offered to make interest , that I might succeed him . But I could not consent . The next Sunday , I preached at ...
Page 58
... parish . There may the voice of the Lord be heard by a poor child of Adam , who , like him , is still behind the trees of his own stupidity and impenitence ! " If I do not lose myself across the fields before I get there , and if the ...
... parish . There may the voice of the Lord be heard by a poor child of Adam , who , like him , is still behind the trees of his own stupidity and impenitence ! " If I do not lose myself across the fields before I get there , and if the ...
Page 59
... parish the living vacated by the old Clergyman's death . This was immediately agreed to , as Mr. Hill himself informed me in the evening , wishing me joy . This new promise , the manner in which Mr. Hill forced me from London to be here ...
... parish the living vacated by the old Clergyman's death . This was immediately agreed to , as Mr. Hill himself informed me in the evening , wishing me joy . This new promise , the manner in which Mr. Hill forced me from London to be here ...
Page 64
... return right humbly to their God . There were , indeed , several families in his populous parish , to which he had no access , whose members , loving darkness rather than light , agreed to deny him admission , 64 THE LIFE OF.
... return right humbly to their God . There were , indeed , several families in his populous parish , to which he had no access , whose members , loving darkness rather than light , agreed to deny him admission , 64 THE LIFE OF.
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