...all my interest ; but, as I did not expect that, I thought we had better try to make ourselves happy in that state of life in which it had pleased God to call us.' He seemed to attribute that to my want of will, which you well know my limited power forbids ;...

...with cheerful feet, and grateful delight, to " labour truly to get his own living, and to do his duty, in that state of life in which it had pleased God to call him." His industrious hands soon produced a striking change on his farm. When he entered on it, it...

...conscience and of reason, when it burns clearly and brightly within, and doing contentedly his duty in that state of life in which it had pleased God to call him, be philosophy, I know no man of ancient or modern story who, in these points, might be said to...

...rewarded. But she had her reward, Ellen ; she enjoyed the 'consciousness of havE 2 ing done her duty in that state of life in which it had pleased God to place her. She had learned to trust in the mercy and loving kindness of the Almighty ; and her death-bed...

...week on snuff, to keep up her spirits." Three-halfpence a week is 6*. a year. Now, if she did her duty in that state of life in which it had pleased God to place her, and hallowed his Sabbath-day, how much better would " her spirits be kept up," than by spending...

...predecessors on their parts had paternally governed their little kingdom, doing their duty " in the state of life in which it had pleased God to call them," and the villagers still "ordered themselves lowly and reverently before their betters." They would...

...conscience and of reason, when it burns clearly and brightly within, and doing contentedly his duty in that state of life in which it had pleased God to call him, be philosophy, I know no man of ancient or modern story who, in these points, might be said to...

...conscience and of reason, when it burns clearly and brightly within, and doing contentedly his duty in that state of life in which it had pleased God to call him, be philosophy, I know no man of ancient or modern story who, in these points, might be said to...

...conscience and of reason, when it burns clearly and brightly within, and doing contentedly his duty in that state of life in which it had pleased God to call him, be philosophy, I know no man of ancient or modern story who, in these points, might be said to...

...fellow-creatures, and choosing out a solitary path for themselves, instead of striving to do their duty in that state of life in which it had pleased God to place them. Q. Were not these monks, after a while, gradually drawn together into distinct religious...