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Memoir of the Life & Labours of the REV. William Hendry Stowell (Volume 4)

William Hendry Stowell

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1860. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... FEOM first to last, the career at St. Andrew's appears to have been characterized by painstaking study, unflagging ardour in every department, and a most gratifying measure of success. Personal health and strength were never consulted till they failed altogether; and even when rest was absolutely required for the preservation of life, it was sought rather in variety of labour than in complete abstinence from work. In those seasons of retirement from the immediate sphere of pressing engagements and anxieties, which were only too frequent for the sufferer's peace, there was always a lingering of the heart around the church at home, which prompted frequent letters of sympathy and counsel--no mean instrument in the business of edifying the people of God. Regular vacations were spent in labours as great, but only less harassing--as numerous, but only less exhaustive in their call for preparation--as earnest, but not as costly, as the ordinary toils of the pastorate. Had the preacher and pastor been satisfied with retaining the position to which he had already attained, he might have outlived consti f tutional weakness, and become robust through physical comfort. But he could not--he dared not--suppress the activity of his nature. His standard of obligation was the intensity of those devoted aspirations which he believed had been awakened in him by God his Saviour. At almost every stage of his public course we meet with signs that he recognized as binding on Vn'm every engagement that was offered to him, especially if it was strongly urged; and if he really could not comply, the refusal cost him a pang more like remorse than courteous regret. In North Shields itself he became the prime mover in almost all the benevolent schemes of his time, and cheerfully sustained th...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Memoir of the Life & Labours of the REV. William Hendry Stowell (Volume 4). To get started finding Memoir of the Life & Labours of the REV. William Hendry Stowell (Volume 4), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 100

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: General Books

Release: 2012

ISBN: 1151027626

Description: This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1860. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... FEOM first to last, the career at St. Andrew's appears to have been characterized by painstaking study, unflagging ardour in every department, and a most gratifying measure of success. Personal health and strength were never consulted till they failed altogether; and even when rest was absolutely required for the preservation of life, it was sought rather in variety of labour than in complete abstinence from work. In those seasons of retirement from the immediate sphere of pressing engagements and anxieties, which were only too frequent for the sufferer's peace, there was always a lingering of the heart around the church at home, which prompted frequent letters of sympathy and counsel--no mean instrument in the business of edifying the people of God. Regular vacations were spent in labours as great, but only less harassing--as numerous, but only less exhaustive in their call for preparation--as earnest, but not as costly, as the ordinary toils of the pastorate. Had the preacher and pastor been satisfied with retaining the position to which he had already attained, he might have outlived consti f tutional weakness, and become robust through physical comfort. But he could not--he dared not--suppress the activity of his nature. His standard of obligation was the intensity of those devoted aspirations which he believed had been awakened in him by God his Saviour. At almost every stage of his public course we meet with signs that he recognized as binding on Vn'm every engagement that was offered to him, especially if it was strongly urged; and if he really could not comply, the refusal cost him a pang more like remorse than courteous regret. In North Shields itself he became the prime mover in almost all the benevolent schemes of his time, and cheerfully sustained th...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Memoir of the Life & Labours of the REV. William Hendry Stowell (Volume 4). To get started finding Memoir of the Life & Labours of the REV. William Hendry Stowell (Volume 4), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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