Memoirs and Letters of Richard and Elizabeth Shackleton: Late of Ballitore, Ireland |
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Page 143
... TO THE SAME . " Ballitore , 26th of 2d Month , 1780 . " MY DEAR MARGARET , " I received thine of the 18th , at my return from the quarterly meeting of Mountmellick . That meeting was large , and I think , as to 13 * 143.
... TO THE SAME . " Ballitore , 26th of 2d Month , 1780 . " MY DEAR MARGARET , " I received thine of the 18th , at my return from the quarterly meeting of Mountmellick . That meeting was large , and I think , as to 13 * 143.
Page 283
... Mountmellick , 29th of 11th Month , 1791 . " I know not how it may continue with me , but I have hitherto felt more of the bap- tizing power of truth , I think , in this visit , than I have usually experienced on like occasions . I do ...
... Mountmellick , 29th of 11th Month , 1791 . " I know not how it may continue with me , but I have hitherto felt more of the bap- tizing power of truth , I think , in this visit , than I have usually experienced on like occasions . I do ...
Page 303
... Mountmellick , to attend the com- mittee for the provincial school . He left home apparently in usual health and spirits ' ; but his daughter Chandlee , when he reached her house , in Athy , six miles on the way , thought he did not ...
... Mountmellick , to attend the com- mittee for the provincial school . He left home apparently in usual health and spirits ' ; but his daughter Chandlee , when he reached her house , in Athy , six miles on the way , thought he did not ...
Page 310
... Mountmellick , he was taken ill at the house of our friend John Gatchell . Under the heavy pressure of his disorder , which was termed a low fever , he said he did not know how the dispensation would terminate ; if it was come for the ...
... Mountmellick , he was taken ill at the house of our friend John Gatchell . Under the heavy pressure of his disorder , which was termed a low fever , he said he did not know how the dispensation would terminate ; if it was come for the ...
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11th Month 1st Month 2d Month 8th Month Abraham Shackleton affection affliction Almighty attend believe beloved blessing Carleton cause cerning Christ church Clonmel comfort creature daugh DAUGHTER G Ballitore dear child DEAR COUSIN dear friend dear love DEAR MARGARET Deborah desire diligent Divine Divine Providence Dublin duty Edmund Burke Elizabeth Shackleton endeavour evil faithful father favour feel George Rooke gifts gracious hand happy hath heart heaven heavenly holy honour hope humble humility JOHN THORP kind labour letter live Lord manner mercy mind mother Mountmellick ness pleased poor precious preserved received religious Richard Shackleton ROBERT GRUBB Sarah Sarah Robert Sarah Taylor season sense sensible servant sincere soul spirit sweet tender testimony thee thine things Thomas Carleton thou art thou hast thou mayst thou wilt tion trust truth watch way-marks wife wisdom wish worthy yearly meeting young youth
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Page 153 - He that observeth the wind shall not sow ; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Page 52 - Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord ; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow ; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Page 249 - Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
Page 292 - For what is our hope or joy or crown of rejoicing ? are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming ? For ye are our glory and joy.
Page 269 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Page 276 - When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Page 294 - Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season ? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Page 281 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Page 293 - COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, That her warfare is accomplished; that her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.
Page 147 - I often look back with a pleasing recollection to the industrious part of my past life, in which I in some measure ' exercised myself to have a conscience void of offence towards God, and towards men.