A complete parochial history of the county of Cornwall [ed. by J. Polsue].

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Joseph Polsue
1870
 

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Page 61 - Our life is but a Winter's day — Some only breakfast and away. Others to dinner stay and are full fed, The oldest man but sups, and goes to bed. Large is his debt who lingers out the day : Who goes the soonest has the least to pay.
Page 187 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me : and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me : because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me ; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 14 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee : but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down ; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Page 99 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 391 - Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear, That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss • No more confined to grov'ling scenes of night, No more a tenant pent in mortal clay, Now should we rather hail thy glorious flight, And trace thy journey to the realms of day.
Page 352 - Not in mine innocence I trust; I bow before thee in the dust; And through my Saviour's blood alone I look for mercy at thy throne.
Page 302 - Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. 5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
Page 13 - I to the Church the living call, and to the grave I summon all ; " (6) " Of Thine own have I given Thee ; " one, three, and six are new bells.
Page 308 - O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin ; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which givcth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 229 - Chapel was rebuilt and enlarged in the year 1835, by which means 1 1 30 additional sittings were obtained, and in consequence of a grant from the Incorporated Society for promoting the enlargement, building, and repairing Churches and Chapels, 679 of that number are hereby declared to be free and unappropriated for ever...

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