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PROM COL. BLACKADER. 267
of the faints in light, and being made
meet, you will defire to be diflolved and
to be with Chrift, where your heart and
treafure is, and will, as a fhock of corn
fully ripe, fall into the grave. The time
is but fhort in this valley of tears, joy will
come in the morning, and faith, at one
view, can foon look over the few days or
years of forrow that are before you in
time, into that fulnefs of joy that is in
his prefence, and thofe rivers of pleafure
that are at his right hand for evermore ;
but as I faid before, you are more capa-
ble of praclifing than I am to fhew it you,
and when (I hope) you have fuch accefs
to the fountain of comfort yourfelf, you
need it not from my hands. Yours, &c.
of the faints in light, and being made
meet, you will defire to be diflolved and
to be with Chrift, where your heart and
treafure is, and will, as a fhock of corn
fully ripe, fall into the grave. The time
is but fhort in this valley of tears, joy will
come in the morning, and faith, at one
view, can foon look over the few days or
years of forrow that are before you in
time, into that fulnefs of joy that is in
his prefence, and thofe rivers of pleafure
that are at his right hand for evermore ;
but as I faid before, you are more capa-
ble of praclifing than I am to fhew it you,
and when (I hope) you have fuch accefs
to the fountain of comfort yourfelf, you
need it not from my hands. Yours, &c.
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| Histories of Scottish families > Select passages from the diary and letters of the late John Blackader, Esq. > (323) Page 267 |
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| Description | Written chiefly during the most interesting scenes and engagements of the war in Flanders and Germany, conducted by John Duke of Marlborough. ... To which is prefixed, An account of the life and parentage of the writer. With a preface, by John Newton. Edinburgh printed by J. Ritchie. Sold for the benefit of the Edinburgh Magdalene Asylum. 1806 |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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