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The Annals of the Poor, by Legh Richmond
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Title: The Annals of the Poor
Author: Legh Richmond
Release Date: October 30, 2006 [eBook #19671]
Language: English
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Transcribed from the 1900 T. Nelson and Sons edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
THE ANNALS OF THE POOR
BY THE REV. LEGH RICHMOND, M.A., LATE RECTOR OF TURVEY, BEDFORDSHIRE.
"Thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor."
PSALM lxviii. 10.
London: T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW. EDINBURGH; AND NEW YORK. 1900
THE DAIRYMAN'S DAUGHTER.
PART I.
It is a delightful employment to discover and trace the operations of divine grace, as they are manifested in the dispositions and lives of God's real children. It is peculiarly gratifying to observe how frequently among the poorer classes of mankind the sunshine of mercy beams upon the heart, and bears witness to the image of Christ which the Spirit of God has impressed thereupon. Among such, the sincerity and simplicity of the Christian character appear unencumbered by those obstacles to spirituality of mind and conversation which too often prove a great hindrance t