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. 1876 Excerpt: ...spirit in which the whole was done seemed to echo the words of one of old, "All things come of Thee, and of Thine own have we given Thee." As might be expected, Mr. Hazlehurst was frequently called upon to lay the foundation or memorial stones of chapels and schools elsewhere, and these in such numbers that at the ...
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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. 1876 Excerpt: ...spirit in which the whole was done seemed to echo the words of one of old, "All things come of Thee, and of Thine own have we given Thee." As might be expected, Mr. Hazlehurst was frequently called upon to lay the foundation or memorial stones of chapels and schools elsewhere, and these in such numbers that at the period of his decease he had nearly one hundred silver trowels tastefully arranged, as mementos of such engagements, each representing a donation varying from 20 to 8,000. Amid the busy, happy life of this good man, he was smitten with a great sorrow. By a terrible accident his eldest son, a young man of great promise, was suddenly taken from him, whilst in proportion to the strength and sweetness of his domestic attachments, was the heaviness of the blow; yet in this he murmured not. Throughout the painful affliction which preceded his departure, he was Divinely sustained, often saying with submissive confidence, "I am on the Rock." His remains were interred in the Runcorn cemetery with every mark of public esteem, persons of all ranks, of every religious denomination and every political creed uniting to mourn the loss of one whose generosity was only equalled by his purity of character. The thousands that lined the road from Beaconsfield to the cemetery, and the hundreds that voluntarily formed themselves into a long procession, showed not only respect for a man who had given nobly of his wealth, but affection for a man whose life had been attractive in its stainless Christian consistency. AUGUST, --SEPTEMBER, 1876. Saturday, August 3rd.--The Dean of Arches gave judgment in the Owston case, which involves the right of a Wesleyan Minister to be styled "reverend." The case was in the form of an appeal from ...
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