So early knowledge, so much piety and perfection ! But thus God, having dressed up a saint fit for himself, would not longer permit him with us, unworthy of the future fruits of this incomparable hopeful blossom. Such a child I never saw : for such a... Curiosities of Human Nature - Page 81by Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...knowledge, so much piety and perfection 1 But thus God, having dressed up a saint fit for himself, would not longer permit him with ,us, unworthy of the future...follows the child Jesus, that Lamb of God in a white robej whithersoever he goes ; even so, Lord Jesus, let thy will be done ! Thou gavest him to us, Thou... | |
| 1823 - 594 pages
...so much piety and perfection!—Bat thus God, having dressed np a saint fit for himself, would not longer permit him with us, unworthy of the future...he is. May I and mine .become as this little child, who now follows the child Jesus, that Lamb of God, in a white robe, whithersoever he goes! Even so,... | |
| Francis Parkman - 1830 - 258 pages
...; so much piety and perfection! But thus God, having dressed up a saint fit for himself, would not longer permit him with us, unworthy of the future...he is ! May I and mine become as this little child, who now follows the child Jesus, that Lamb of God, in a white robe whithersoever he goes. Even so,... | |
| Richard Brindley Hone - 1833 - 414 pages
...knowledge, so much piety and perfection ! But thus God having dressed up a saint fit for himself, would not longer permit him with us, unworthy of the future...he is ! May I and mine become as this little child, who now follows the child Jesus, that Lamb of God in a white robe, whithersoever he goes : — even... | |
| 1833 - 776 pages
...knowledge, so much piety and perfection ! But thus God having dressed up a saint fit for himself, would not longer permit him with us, unworthy of the future...blossom. Such a child I never saw ! for such a child 1 bless God, in whose bosom he is ! May I and mine become as this little child, which now follows the... | |
| 1838 - 950 pages
...her, when the pitied him, that all God's children must suffer affliction. " Such a child," he says, " I never saw ; for such a child I bless God, in whose...he is. May I and mine become as this little child, who now follows the child Jesus, that Lamb of God, in a white rube, whither he goes : even so, Lord... | |
| 1839 - 460 pages
...knowledge, so much piety, and perfection ! But thus God having dressed up a saint fit for himself, would not longer permit him with us, unworthy of the future...of this incomparable hopeful blossom. Such a child 1 never saw ; for such a child I bless God, in whose bosom he is ! May I and mine become as this little... | |
| 1839 - 460 pages
...knowledge, so much piety, and perfection ! But thus God having dressed up a saint fit for himself, would not longer permit him with us, unworthy of the future...of this incomparable hopeful blossom. Such a child 1 never saw ; for such a child I bless God, in whose bosom he is ! May I and mine become as this little... | |
| 1852 - 590 pages
...in greatagony, whether he should not offend God by using his boly name, so often calling for ease. Such a child I never saw: for such a child I bless...he is ! May I and mine become as this little child, who now follows the child Jesus, the Lamb of God, in a white robe, whithersoever he goes; even so,... | |
| Francis Parkman - 1842 - 298 pages
...; so much piety and perfection ! But thus God, having dressed up a saint fit for himself, would not longer permit him with us, unworthy of the future...he is ! May I and mine become as this little child, who now follows the child Jesus, that Lamb of God, in a white robe whithersoever he goes. Even so,... | |
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