This is the spot on which I stood when I saw the destitution of the children and the desecration of the Sabbath by the inhabitants of the city. As I asked, ' Can nothing be done ?' a voice answered, The first fifty years of the Sunday school - Sayfa 20William Henry Watson (secretary of the Sunday sch. union.) tarafından - 1873Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
| 1880 - 506 sayfa
...said, "Pause here;" and then, with uncovered head, and prayerful spirit, and weeping eye, should say, " This is the spot on which I stood when I saw the destitution...desecration of the Sabbath by the inhabitants of the city. As I asked, ' Can nothing be done ?' a voice answered, ' Try.' I did try ; and see what God has... | |
| 1879 - 474 sayfa
...POOLE. — In the Christian Era. TRY. — Robert Raikes, walking through the streets of Gloucester, saw the destitution of the children, and the desecration of the Sabbath by the inhabitants of the city. He asked, Can nothing be done ? A voice answered, "Try." He did try; and see what God wrought.... | |
| General Sunday school convention - 1862 - 296 sayfa
...stood for a moment in silent prayer. That place was the site of the first Sabbath school, and that elder man was Robert Raikes, its founder. He paused...Try. And I did try ; and see what God hath wrought.' " In order to do anything like justice to the inquiry, "What influence have Sunday schools exerted... | |
| Joseph Stratford - 1865 - 448 sayfa
...eyes, and stood for a moment in silent prayer. That was the site of the first Sabbath school, and that elder man was Robert Raikes, its founder. He paused...;" and I did try, and see what God hath wrought!*" But, what would he have thought had he been present at the jubilee held on his birthday in 1831 ? or... | |
| 426 sayfa
...stood for a moment in silent prayer. Then turning to his friend with tears in his eyes he said : " This is the spot on which I stood when I saw the destitution of the children and the Sabbath desecration. As I asked, ' Can nothing be done ?' a voice said, ' Try.' I did try, and see... | |
| William Anderson (D.D.) - 1866 - 354 sayfa
...wonderful and far reaching in its results. There lies the tongue that uttered the memorable words, ' This is the spot on which I stood when I saw the destitution...Try, 'and I did try; and see what God hath wrought/ There lies the heart that burned with the purest fire, and heat with the truest affection for the poor... | |
| 1869 - 372 sayfa
...its founder. He paused on the spot, and that silent prayer ascended to the ear of the Crucified One; the tears rolled down his cheeks as he said to his...the Sabbath by the inhabitants of the town; and I asked,'can nothing be done ?' And a voice answered,' Try,' and I did try; and see what God hath wrought.'"... | |
| 1883 - 146 sayfa
...Lancaster, the senior was Eobert Eaikes. Tears rolled down his face as he lingered on the spot and said to his friend, " This is the spot on which I...desecration of the Sabbath by the inhabitants of the city. I asked, ' Can nothing be done ? ' A voice answered, ' Try ! ' I did try, and see what God hath... | |
| 1875 - 154 sayfa
...Sabbath-school. Tears rolled down his cheeks as he lingered on the spot, and said to his companion, " This is the spot on which I stood when I saw the destituJ Christ told men to try. On a certain occasion someone said to Him, " Are there few that be... | |
| 1877 - 532 sayfa
...eyes in silent prayer. Then turning towards his friend, with tears rolling down his cheeks, he said, " This is the spot on which I stood when I saw the destitution...desecration of the Sabbath by the inhabitants of the city. As I asked, ' Can nothing be done ?' a voice answered, ' Try.' I did try, and see what God has... | |
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