Category: History - British
A FEW weeks ago I was visiting the Library in the British Museum. Two gentlemen, who stood near me, appeared very earnest in the pursuit of something which they wanted. Presently, by an exclamation of delight, I understood that their search had been successful; they had found...
EACH year’s intimacy with the interesting people of whom I have written has afforded fresh information, so that I find myself embarrassed with a multitude of facts; and after si...
5. CHAPTER IV.A LITTLE before Christmas I received an intimation through the women whom I used to meet, that their husbands would be glad to talk with me, if I would give them an opportunity...
12. CHAPTER XI.“Speak kindly, speak kindly; ye know not the power Of a soft and gentle word, As its tones, in a sad and troubled hour, By the weary heart are heard. Ye know not how often it co...
3. CHAPTER II.I was, as usual, at once impressed with the great deficiency of home comforts; and the miserable countenances of many of the children told of neglect and bad management more for...
10. CHAPTER IX.THOSE who have watched the “Mothers’ Society” from the commencement, will see that every year has been marked by steady progress; and not merely in numbers: the moral and spirit...
4. CHAPTER III.“You talk about sending black coats among the Indians; now we have no such poor children among us; we have no such drunkards or people who abuse the Great Spirit. Indians dare n...
2. CHAPTER I.THE wish of the child for a picture of the story which has interested him, expresses a feeling that is found in those of maturer years. “Where did this happen?” is the question...
9. CHAPTER VIII.“All may of Thee partake; Nothing can be so mean, Which, with His tincture (for Thy sake), Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine;— Who...
1. CHAPTER XII.A FEW weeks ago I was visiting the Library in the British Museum. Two gentlemen, who stood near me, appeared very earnest in the pursuit of something which they wanted. Presentl...
6. CHAPTER V.TOWARDS the close of 1853, I commenced a Mothers’ Society, and the following letter will be found to contain an account of its establishment and early progress. It is addressed...
7. CHAPTER VI.“Be useful where thou livest, that they may Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still. Kindness, good parts, great patience are the way To compass this. Find out men’s want...
11. CHAPTER X.“The cup of life first with her lips she prest, Found the taste bitter and declined the rest; Averse, then turning from the face of day, She softly sigh’d her little soul away.”
8. CHAPTER VII.“The world’s a room of sickness, where each heart Knows its own anguish and unrest! The truest wisdom there, and noblest art, Is his who skills of comfort best; Whom by the soft...