...habits. I mean, 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 shared...

...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...

...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...

...were 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...

...false principles. An American woman should blush at being suspected of feeling ashamed to be useful, or of doing her duty in that state of life unto which it has pleased God to call her. Children love to run after their mother, and by observation, and being...

...faith, (as, when a child, she had been taught in her catechism,) she resolved, by the help of God, to do her duty, in that state of life unto which it had pleased him to call her. " Though as far removed as possible from every thing like arrogance, or undue self-esteem,...

...She of 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 understanding"...

...sanctity, that was more savoury to the blind monk than to worldly men content to live cleanly and do their duty in that state of life unto which it had pleased God to call them. Not only were the Scriptures pressed into service against those who wore false hair or who dyed...

...another 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 HOME."...