...the bed, where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt and pain, by turns dismay 'd, The rev'rend champion stood. At his control. Despair and anguish...; Comfort came down, the trembling wretch to raise ; 39 And his last, falt'ring accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His...

...the ' smitten Rock,' — to the " Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world." In this way ' Comfort came down, the trembling wretch to raise : And his last faltering accents whispered praise.' He was eminently susceptible of gratitude. A favour which would be received with a very summary acknowledgment...

...sitting " Bcsi'le ihe bed where parting life was I ihl, With sorrow, guht, anil fear, by turn» dismayed, The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair...came down, the trembling wretch to raise, And his lasi filtering accents whiaperM praise." Soch a man partakes of that divine nature, that came among...

...lines : Beside the bed, where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The reverend Champion stood. At his control Despair...raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. THE LOTTERY TICKET. Dick Woodcock was the only child of a respectable farmer, living in one of the...

...your brow ? Recollect the description of the parish priest in that beautiful poem of Goldsmith.— " ' At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks...prevailed with double sway ; And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. The service past, around the pious man, With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran ;...

...friendship "Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt and pain by turns dismayed, The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair...down, the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faultering accents whispered praise." The life of Dr. Balch was often chequered with many severe trials,...

...friendship "Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt and pain by turns dismayed, The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair...came down, the trembling wretch to raise, And his hist faultering accents whispered praise. " The life of Dr. Balch was often chequered with many severe...

...the bed, where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The rev'rend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish...came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last falt'ring accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the...

...Goldsmith's allusion to the preaching of a country curate, would apply with ten-fola force to him. " Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, "And fools, who came to laugh, remained to pray!" Let, then, every American Clergyman look steadily to the gospel- for his...

...way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, • And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismay'd, The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair...trembling wretch to raise. And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise. At church, with meek -and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place...