 | Nehemiah Adams - 1870 - 336 sayfa
...age, with much feebleness and weariness he said to the one who led him, " This is very like the way to heaven, 'tis up hill ; the Lord by his grace fetch us up." Spying a bush near him he instantly added, " And truly there are thorns and briars in the way too !... | |
 | 1870 - 330 sayfa
...age, with much feebleness and weariness he said to the one who led him, " This is very like the way to heaven, 'tis up hill; the Lord by his grace fetch us up." Spying a bush near him he instantly added, " And truly there are thorns and briars in the way too !... | |
 | Worcester Historical Society, Worcester, Mass - 1908 - 336 sayfa
...painfully up a steep hill to his meeting-house, is reported to have said : ' ' This is very like the way to heaven ; 'tis up hill. The Lord by His grace fetch us up." Our forefathers early determined, as I have remarked, that no community of decent size should be without... | |
 | John Traviss Lockwood - 1894 - 36 sayfa
...as I remember, waler was made before it." He continued to preach as long as his strength held out. With slow and feeble steps he ascended the hill on...'tis up hill ; the Lord, by His grace, fetch us up." - i9 — As death crept upon him, a friend asked him how he was, to which he replied: — "Alas! "I... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1896 - 604 sayfa
...with feebleness and weariness, leaning upon the arm of his deacon, he said, "This is very like the way to heaven, 'tis up hill : the Lord by his grace fetch us up"; and, spying a bush near by, he added, "and truly there are thorns and briars in the way, too." So says... | |
 | 1897 - 800 sayfa
...with feebleness and weariness leaning upon the arm of his deacon he said: "This is very like the way to heaven — 'tis up hill. The Lord by his grace fetch us up." And spying a bush near by he added: "And truly there are thorns and briars in the way too." In his... | |
 | 1899 - 96 sayfa
...with feebleness and weariness, leaning upon the arm of his deacon, he said, "This is very like the way to heaven, 'tis up hill : the Lord by his grace fetch us up " ; and, spying a bush near by, he added, "and truly there are thorns and briars in the way, too."... | |
 | Mary Caroline Crawford - 1903 - 454 sayfa
...pious, prudent, prayerful wife; I shall go to her, but she shall not return to me." None the less, Mr. Eliot continued to preach as long as his strength...ascended the hill on which his church was situated, a hill which is still rather trying to climb. The last sermon which he delivered was a clear and edifying... | |
 | Boston (Mass.). Registry Department - 1905 - 614 sayfa
...age, with much feebleness and weariness, he said to the one who led him, "This is very like the way to heaven, 'tis up hill; the Lord, by his grace, fetch us up." Spying a bush near him, he instantly added, "And truly there are thorns and briers in the way, too."... | |
 | 1912 - 566 sayfa
...the meeting-house hill, and once, leaning upon his deacon's arm, he said, "This is very like the way to heaven, 'tis up hill; the Lord by His grace fetch us up." And spying a bush near by, he added, "And truly there are thorns and briers on the way." What remains... | |
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I would not have singled out from the many thousands of his occasional reflections, but only that I might suggest unto the good people of Roxbury something for them to... 
