 | Francis Storr - 1851 - 280 Seiten
...calling as high, though not so prominent, in substance the same with Joshua's, " to do his duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call him," and by His grace he walked worthy of that high calling in simplicity and truth. N With a happy... | |
 | 1851 - 1094 Seiten
...deserving of the highest commendation ; for in so doing he endeavoured to enable her to do her duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call her, and to fulfil his own duty also to his subjects. " It would appear that her progress was satisfactory... | |
 | Sir John William Kaye - 1851 - 680 Seiten
...been surpassed, he soon forgot the injustice that had been done to him. Cheerfully doing his duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call him, respected and beloved by all who had the means of appreciating the simplicity of his manners,... | |
 | Sir John William Kaye - 1851 - 680 Seiten
...been surpassed, he soon forgot the injustice that had been done to him. Cheerfully doing his duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call him, respected and beloved by all who had the means of appreciating the simplicity of his manners,... | |
 | Frances Milton Trollope - 1852 - 984 Seiten
...Jonas entertained a very truly conscientious conviction that he was admirably performing his duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call him by not getting rusticated as a Bible-clerk, by not getting plucked as a candidate for a degree,... | |
 | Mary Atkinson Maurice - 1853 - 322 Seiten
...out of the Catechism, — " To learn and labour truly to get his own living, and to do his duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call him." * That mother, in the letter already given, attributes * "Wellington the Instrument of God,"... | |
 | 1853 - 496 Seiten
...1843, p. 60; or Archdeacon Grant's Bampton Lectures, p. 351, ed. 1845. object of doing his duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call him. The year 1847 was marked by the erection of three new sees within the limits of his diocese. Bishop... | |
 | Burgon John William - 1855 - 356 Seiten
...?" he does not bid the men abandon their profession ; but merely requires of them the performance of "their duty in that state of life to which it had pleased GOD to call them." See the last note on St. Luke vii. 9. The same remark applies equally to what was said to the Publicans,... | |
 | John William Burgon - 1855 - 342 Seiten
...he does not bid the men abandon their profession ; but merely requires of them the performance of " their duty in that state of life to which it had pleased GOD to call them." See the last note on St. Luke vii. 9. The same remark applies equally to what was said to the Publicans,... | |
 | 1855 - 846 Seiten
...ever heard from his lips one murranr of impatience or discontent. Careful only to do his duty nobly in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call him, he kept the even tenor of his way, peaceful and contented, a faithful minister and steward of... | |
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Never indeed was any man more contented with doing his duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call him. 
