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...virtue's side ; But, in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt...her new-fledged offspring to the skies ; He tried eacli art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where...

...sufferer's heart, Thus of him, those who godliness admire, May truly say, as Goldsmith, of his sire,— " He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way."1 As some rich cluster of Autumnal fruit, In ripened beauty trembles on the shoot, Then yielding...

...pleasure in training the young. His conduct then will realize the description of the poet : " Anil as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt her new-fledged offspring to the skies. Now tries each art, now chides each dull delay. Allures to brighter world,, and leads the way." The...

...church, noted for his earnest eloquence in the pulpit and his missionary work among the poor, with whom " He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds and led the way;" and his mother was Sarah Leader, a Nova Scotian by birth, a suitable helpmate for her husband in works...

...the poet : ". . . in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all: And, as a bird each fond endearment tries. To tempt...delay. Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed. The reverend...

...watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Beside the bed where parting life was laid, And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed, The reverend...

...Goldsmith's "Deserted Village" describes him: "And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." .... If he built a church-house, it was capacious, neat, lasting and strong. External ornament rots...

...watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each...delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And...