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ReviewsWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places.Write review Common terms and phrases1853 he received Adams Ayer Appleton Billerica born in Hebron Bowdoin College Braintree Buckminster buoyant calamity call to settle Calvinistic Cambridge Cambridgeport Cazneau Palfrey cheerful church clergyman Congregational Congregational Church continued sole pastor Crosby was born Crosby's death degree of Doctor Divinity from Harvard Doctor of Divinity eighty miles Elizabeth Allen Elizabeth Gilson enumerating our losses Exeter Academy five o'clock flames Freeport gave genial graduated Hampshire Hampton happy Harvard College heart History of Charlestown Huldah humorous and pithy Jaazaniah and Elizabeth Jaazaniah Crosby kindly knew license to preach lived Livingston Stone lover of fun Lyndeborough marriage married minister ministry neighboring never New-Hampshire Historical Society Orthodox passed Pepperell Piscataqua Association pithy anecdotes Portsmouth President of Bowdoin received a call religious views richer fund seemed serenity Society at Charlestown SOUTH PARISH spirit Sprague survive thermometer at zero Unitarian volumes were saved wife Wolfboro Popular passagesThus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to 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 its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way. Page 26 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged : condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned : forgive, and ye shall be forgiven : give, and it shall be given unto you : good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. Page 13 To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the... Page 26 The precept of rejoicing with them that rejoice, and weeping with them that weep, never found a better subject than Dr. Crosby. Then he preached Christianity : he had no creed but that, no fine or far-fetched theories, no philosophy or scheme of salvation. The love of God through Christ, that was all, and that was enough. This simple teaching, the power of God and the wisdom of God unto salvation, did its steady work, and transformed the earthly into the heavenly image. He neither strove nor cried,... Page 26 He was thus loved and respected by all who came within the circle of his influence. Page 29 That study, the pleasant retreat of many years, will be seen no more. Of my whole library, about twenty volumes were saved. When enumerating our losses, we end by saying, Page 27 He was constitutionally cheerful, and a great lover of fun ; and I cannot think of a person, whom I have ever known, who had a richer fund of all sorts of humorous and pithy anecdotes, or who knew better how to apply them, than he. Page 22 ... parliaments of the world, then war will cease forever. Then will be fulfilled the words of the prophet who said : "They shall beat their swords into plowshares, their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. Page 9 ... 1864. DEAR FRIENDS, — In consequence of our sudden departure from the place, we could not personally express our gratitude for your ready sympathy, assistance, and attention in our time of trouble ; and what we could not do verbally, we now do otherwise. Will you now accept our warmest gratitude for your immeasurable kindness, and wait for your full reward in a house not made with hands, a house which no flames can devour ? The Lord bless you all ! Accept this as the only offering in the power... Page 28 Exeter two years on a charity foundation, he entered the Freshman Class at Harvard College in 1800, and, during the whole four years, lived in the family of a lady who gave him his board ; and his other expenses he was able to meet, partly by means of some appropriation from a college fund for indigent students, and partly by writing in the office of the clerk of the court. Immediately after his graduation, in 1804, he returned to Exeter Academy as an assistant teacher, and remained there for... Page 19 More book information |