Memoir of Rev Gustavus F Davis, D D

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: which he felt himself to be so great a debtor. And hence he prefixed to it the following lines, so deeply expressive of the desire of his heart. When in the hitory of my age, Good men review my days, They'll read thy love in every page, In every line thy praise. For a long time prior to his decease, he had...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: which he felt himself to be so great a debtor. And hence he prefixed to it the following lines, so deeply expressive of the desire of his heart. When in the hitory of my age, Good men review my days, They'll read thy love in every page, In every line thy praise. For a long time prior to his decease, he had the im- 'pression that he should become a victim to death while young. In the course of an all-wise providence, his own conviction was realized. He was removed from time at the very period when his life seemed to be the most valuable, both to the church and to his family. He has left five minor children, three of whom are under nine years of age, and the youngest was a babe at his death. For means to educate these fatherless children, his widow is dependent upon the kind provision that the divine hand shall place at her disposal. If, while perusing this memorial of a deceased friend, some disciples of our Lord shall be comforted in their pilgrimage, or, some persons heretofore indifferent to their salvation shall be converted, and especially, if some young men whose minds are impressed that it is their duty to enter the Christian Ministry, or some who are now engaged in the work, shall be stimulated thereby to surmount obstacles found in their way, and the more diligently and courageously to perform their duty, it will amply repay whatever personal sacrifice the widow makes in allowing herself to appear before the public as the biographer of one who was lovely in life, and whose memory is sacred, though he is dead. And, if any pecuniary compensation shall arise from the publication of his memoir, with some of his sermons annexed, those means will be sacredly applied to assist her in the education and happiness of those who have been deprived of a father's counsels, ...