The Church-goer. Rural rides; or, Calls at country churchesJohn Ridler, 1847 - 259 páginas |
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... recollect in my boyish days , a reputation rather for a certain drowsy benevolence of disposition than ministerial activity ; and as he dozed away for half a century of afternoons in the same old armed chair , over his diurnal bottle of ...
... recollect in my boyish days , a reputation rather for a certain drowsy benevolence of disposition than ministerial activity ; and as he dozed away for half a century of afternoons in the same old armed chair , over his diurnal bottle of ...
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... recollect reading an account of one of the latter , held there some two years since , when the estimable chairman , exhorting the successful candidates to good conduct , delivered the following pithy speech- " Attend to your Clergyman ...
... recollect reading an account of one of the latter , held there some two years since , when the estimable chairman , exhorting the successful candidates to good conduct , delivered the following pithy speech- " Attend to your Clergyman ...
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... recollected with a tenderness that age hardly impaired , had they lived would have been grandfathers or grandmothers at that moment . Yet such had , of course , been the case : these old crones , with their horny eyes and their hard ...
... recollected with a tenderness that age hardly impaired , had they lived would have been grandfathers or grandmothers at that moment . Yet such had , of course , been the case : these old crones , with their horny eyes and their hard ...
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... recollect a blue wand with gilt top , but it would be hazardous to charge my memory , with the Churchwarden . A country Churchwarden is , however , after all only three - eighths of a Churchwarden ; he knows nothing of eating and ...
... recollect a blue wand with gilt top , but it would be hazardous to charge my memory , with the Churchwarden . A country Churchwarden is , however , after all only three - eighths of a Churchwarden ; he knows nothing of eating and ...
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... recollect the large arrear of crumbs you owe them . You have not to look for " bread in the wilderness to feed so great a multitude ; " for where are the means to be expected if they be not to be found amongst the stately lodged and ...
... recollect the large arrear of crumbs you owe them . You have not to look for " bread in the wilderness to feed so great a multitude ; " for where are the means to be expected if they be not to be found amongst the stately lodged and ...
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admiration Alveston amongst appearance attention beautiful believe bell Bishop Bleadon Bristol chancel character Cheltenham Chew Magna Chew Stoke Christian Church-Goer churchwardens churchyard clergyman Clifton coat Compton Martin confess congregation country church curate discourse door Dundry duty entered eyes face fancy feeling Francis Close gentleman habit hand head hear heard heart Henbury horse Hugh McNeile incumbent John Bunyan Joseph Wolff Keynsham kind lady Leigh looking Lord Lordship Lympsham matter mind minister Mirehouse Mistress Jenny morning neighbour never north aisle occasion old church old silver watch once parish church parishioners pass pause perhaps person poor porch prayers preach preacher present pulpit reader recollect rector round Sabbath seat seemed seen sermon side solemn Sunday suppose thing Thornbury thought told tower turned Vicar village voice walk Westbury wish Yatton young
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Página 97 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding either wakes them himself or sends his servants to them.
Página 211 - As you are now so once was I; As I am now, so you must be Prepare for death and follow me.
Página 97 - ... than blemish his good qualities. As soon as the sermon is finished, nobody presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the church. The knight walks down from his seat in the chancel between a double row of his tenants, that stand bowing to him on each side : and every now and then inquires how...
Página 159 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
Página 202 - Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Página 97 - Psalms, half a minute after the rest of the congregation have done with it; sometimes, when he is pleased with the matter of his devotion, he pronounces Amen...
Página 254 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours ? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar. Now, in the names of all the gods at once, Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed, That he is grown so great?
Página 211 - Oh, Brother Jack, as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I. Just so game, and just so gay, But now, alack, they've stopped my pay. No more I peep out of my blinkers, Here I be — tucked in with clinkers!
Página 145 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up. It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, "Shall mortal man be more just than God?
Página 228 - And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end: I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.