Memoir of John Frederic Oberlin, Pastor at Ban de La Roche: With a Narrative of Louisa Schepler, Portraits of Pastors Stouber and Oberlin, and of L. Schelper, with Illustrations
Memoir of John Frederic Oberlin, Pastor at Ban de La Roche: With a Narrative of Louisa Schepler, Portraits of Pastors Stouber and Oberlin, and of L. Schelper, with Illustrations
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 edition. Excerpt: ...his mind. " Erlenbach, Feb. 1st, 1800. " Dear Oberlin, --We must both humble ourselves under a great number of silhouettes:, both of friends an i strangers, under which he wrote his opinion, always an indulgent one, of the talents and general character of the individual. There was a striking simplicity and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 edition. Excerpt: ...his mind. " Erlenbach, Feb. 1st, 1800. " Dear Oberlin, --We must both humble ourselves under a great number of silhouettes:, both of friends an i strangers, under which he wrote his opinion, always an indulgent one, of the talents and general character of the individual. There was a striking simplicity and artlessness in.bis character, which occasionally led him to speak of himself and of his own actions in a manner that some might attribute to egotism; but this was far from being the case, for few individuals could be more truly humble, or dis- claim all merits of their own more sincerely than he did. The profile that stands opposite the title-page of this work is considered a remarkably good likeness of Oberlin. It is the more interesting from the circumstance of having been cut out and highly approved by himself. He wrote the following description of his own character to the chastising and fatherly hand of God. It will be good for us both to be led in this way, and no other. Let us look forward with hope, and expect the best, nor doubt his goodness one single moment. We cannot be better led than we are. If we possess health, God of his love bestows it; i) sickness, he ordains that it should be so. We have nothing to fear. His love will never forsake us: but will continue to direct us to one goal--even to himself." Oberlin presented this profile to the Rev. Francis Cunningham, during his visit at Waldbach, in 1820. place beneath it. It will account for the preceding remarks. " A strange compound of contradictory qualities. I do not yet exactly know what I am to make of myself. I am intelligent, and yet possessed of very limited powers: --prudent and more politic than my fellow-clergy men; but also very apt to blunder, especially when in the...
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