| Paul Elmer More - 1921 - 518 sayfa
...the large charity of his nature. When an old man he said to one who questioned him about his state: "Alas, I have lost everything; my understanding leaves me, my memory fails me, my utterance fails me; but, I thank God, my charity holds out still ; I find that rather grows than... | |
| Massachusetts Historical Society - 1926 - 488 sayfa
...himself: " Alas, I have lost everything; my understanding leaves me, my memory fails me, my utterance fails me, but I thank God my charity holds out still; I find that grows rather than fails." It is not however as author or historian that De Normandie will live in the... | |
| Massachusetts Historical Society - 1846 - 598 sayfa
...reflected that he did good as he had opportunity. " Alas ! " said he, " I have lost every thing — My understanding leaves me, my memory fails me, but I thank God my charity holds out still." It becomes necessary to mark the minute circumstances of of a person's character, if we would obtain... | |
| Church of Scotland - 1882 - 408 sayfa
...and I shall be the man who will throw the first stone at them all." One of his latest utterances was: "Alas! I have lost everything; my understanding leaves me, my memory fails me, my utterance fails me ; but I thank God my charity holds out still; I find that rather grows than fails."... | |
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