...she practised what she knew. She did not " eat the bread of idleness," but strove " to do her duty in that state of life unto which it had pleased God to call her." She resided for some time with her son-in-law and daughter, and as they had a young family, she...

...words of his Church Catechism, (resisting strong temptation to the contrary,) that he must remain " in that state of life unto which it had pleased God to call him." We love and applaud his prac* Thomson has happily characterized his position— (in no Cattle oflniolenet,...

...idleness, or driven from their native land to seek in exile that permission " to labour for their bread in that state of life unto which it had pleased God to call them," which English laws deprived them of at home; let them look to the manner in which England affected...

...of money from the minister and something from their parents, which encouraged them to do their best in " that state of life unto which it had pleased God to call them." The funerals also in the Episcopal Church were always attended with becoming solemnity. The...

...catechised, so they learnt " to learn and labour truly to get their own living, and to do their duty in that state of life unto which it had pleased God to call them." They did not unwisely ape their betters, but they served God more faithfully. Their dress and...

...whom they questioned was a suffering, sorrowing woman, labouring patiently and joyously to do her duty in that state of life unto which it had pleased God to call her. We wish it had been more joyfully; we wish we could trace more of that " peace which passeth all...

...story to begin, but that she will follow Fanny Aiken's example ; and, as she did, strive to do her duty in that state of life unto which it had pleased God to call her, and then I shall not have told my story in vain. BROTHER AND SISTER, A CONTINUATION OF " THE VILLAGE...

...by day, for the fulfilment of the promise, and for ability to do, and to suffer, his Master's will " in that state of life unto which it had pleased God to call" him. The constant asking to have it removed, either in his or in our case would have produced a very restless,...

...good-natured, the friend of the little ones, happy, I believe, in the thought that she was doing her duty in that state of life unto which it had pleased God to call her. She, too, was confirmed the first Confirmation after she was old enough. She was attentive and...

...looking abroad into universality," as Bacon calls it, but rather honestly and heartily " doing his duty in that state of life unto which it had pleased God to call him." He filled various posts of honor and dignity meanwhile, — always prominent, and even conspicuous,...