By nature, by affection's knot I bless'd my lot, and long forgot That Heaven demands the whole. When absence sever'd some dear ties, The thin disguise fell from my eyes, From fleeting shadows then I strove To heavenly love, in realms above, Henceforth, above each blessing here Though very dear earth's ties appear, Epitaph on Mrs. Fitzgerald's tablet, in B, church Extract from letter of Rev. T. Charles, of Bala Extracts from John Gadsby's Memoirs of himself Fragment On building churches On kind consideration for servants 161 156 On the duty of dedicating a portion of income for Christian purposes 120 Pause and reflect 184 Christmas carol Resignation The Christian pilgrim From Quarles The closing scene The morning of the resurrection The pilgrim's song 15 31 31 47 47 62 63 The Spirit's foretaste 78 The faithful witness 79 In memory of Mary Tiplady 95 Early rising and prayer 110 The Prince of the kings of the earth" 111 The day of the Lord "I am the door" 127 To a young Christian friend on beginning to do good Trials of a Hindoo convert Wherefore criest thou unto me? Word for the heathen Word of caution END OF VOL. XX. A. FOSTER, PRINTER, KIRKBY LONSDALE. 78 165 134 177 135 FRIENDLY VISITOR: PUBLISHED IN MONTHLY NUMBERS, DURING THE YEAR 1839. BY THE REV. W. CARUS WILSON, M. A. RECTOR OF WHITTINGTON, AND PERPETUAL CURATE OF CASTERTON. VOL. XXI. "Much good may be done this way to considerable numbers at once, in an acceptable manner, at a trifling expense."-ARCHBISHOP SECKER. KIRKBY LONSDALE: PRINTED AND SOLD BY A. FOSTER. Of whom may be had single numbers to make sets complete. SOLD BY L. AND G. SEELEY, FLEET STREET, LONDON; The profits are devoted to charitable purposes. |