Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1822. Excerpt: ... secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Such were these three sisters; and this sketch, drawn from distinct and affectionate recollection, is published as a tribute to their memory, and to the praise of the glory of that grace which made them what they were upon earth, and what they now are in Heaven. A HOLY PAIR. The "short and simple annals of the poor" is the beautiful expression by which a poet has characterized their humble course and scanty memorial. But while the life of many of them exhibits nothing but their toils and their privations, there are iome of them whose eminence in piety, whose cheerful contentment, and religious usefulness surround them with respect while living, and render their memory revered when they are no more. They are like the plant whose fragrance delights the senses in spite of all that overshadows or environs it. The persons to whom this sketch refers, were of this description. It sometimes happens, that the piety of a husband is marred as to its comfort, and impeded in its exercises by the bad temper and conduct of his partner, and that a religious wife has met with the scorn and the abuse of an impious and profligate husband; but the pair of whom I write were, in every point of view, equally yoked, and were, like Zacharias and Elizabeth, Aquila and Priscilla--couples exhibited to respect and imitation in the sacred history--both righteous before God, and walked in all the ordinances and commandments of the Lord blameless. I never heard of the husband having mentioned the time of his conversion. Christians were not, in his day, accustomed to speak with minuteness and freedom on this topic; but, from various circumstances, it was obvious that he had been early pious. He attended, in his y...
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