A Memoir of the REV. Legh Richmond
A Memoir of the REV. Legh Richmond

Author: Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshawe

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2015-12-05

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 9781347347447

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Memoir of the Rev. Legh Richmond
Memoir of the Rev. Legh Richmond

Author: Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshawe

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9781230076447

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1830 edition. Excerpt: ...his own sorrows in her joys; his own loss in her gain; and did not wish to arrest her expected flight to the world of happy spirits, or indulge his grief, while she was rejoicing in the mercies of redeeming love. If this conduct of Mr. Richmond should excite surprise in any of our readers, let it be remembered that he was in the habit of estimating every thing by its reference to eternity; and that tenderly as he was attached to his wife, and sensible of the importance of her life to himself and to his children, still the consciousness of her assured happiness was evidently the absorbing feeling of his mind at that time. God also gives extraordinary support under extraordinary trials. "A martyr's grace in a martyr's sufferings." "There is a time for all things." Nature and grace have their feelings, and there is a season for the lawful expression of both. The removal of the wife would doubtless have filled with the greatest sorrow that heart which now exulted in her triumphant prospects. The husband would weep, while the Christian rejoiced "with joy unspeakable and full of glory." It will be well, while we contemplate the triumph of faith and hope in others, that we should inquire what would be our own feelings in the hour of death, and under the pressure of affliction. Reader! does death present the appalling image of a dread eternity to your mind, or does faith open to your view the prospect of a glorious immortality! Time hurries on its rapid course. Sorrow, or joy--the cry of terror, or the song of victory, must sooner or later be the portion of every child of Adam. Be your's the triumphant song--"Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ." The affectionate...