...green, And shines without desiring to be seen. Cowper. XLIIL— THE COTTAGER. YON cottager, who weaves1 at her own door — Pillow and bobbins, all her little...store — Content, though mean, and cheerful, if not gay,1 Shuffling her threads about the live-long day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies...

...salvation of the guilty, the hope of the dying; the ornament, the dignity, the glory, of the human race. " Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit; Just knows, and knows...

...credentials are in his own heart. Like the poor woman spoken of by the beautiful English poet, — " She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives np praise ; but, though her lot be such, (Toilsome, and indigent,) she renders much; Just knows, and...

...passage from Scripture, and one from Cowper : — " Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth ;" ' Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Ju«t knowi, and know* no more, her Bible's true — A truth the brilliant Frenchman* never knew ;...

...two mites into the treasury of God? or the woman described by Cowper ? — " Yon cottager who spins at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Content though mean. " This poverty is decent, though meanly clad ; contented, though almost destitute ; and in many senses,...

...And, smother'd iu't at last, is praised to death ! Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, ftllow and bobbins all her little store, Content though mean, and cheerful if not gay Muffling her threads about the livelong day, 320 Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night 821 Lies...

...credentials are in his own heart. Like the poor woman spoken of by the beautiful English poet, — " She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding, and no witj Eeceives no praise ; but, though her lot be such, (Toilsome, and indigent,) she renders much;...

...flying joy ; Till nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round." " Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, Pillow and...down secure, her heart and pocket light : She for her humbjp sphere by nature fit, Has little understanding, and no wit : Receives no praise ; but though...

...store ; Content, though mean, and cheerful if not gay Shuffling her threads about the livelong day, 330 Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down...heart and pocket light ; She, for her humble sphere by nat TO fit, Has little understanding, and no wit, Receives no praise ; but though her lot be such,...

...that are connected with you. How responsible a thing is daily life ! CHAPTER XIV. THE CHRISTIAN. " Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store: — She, for her humble sphere by nature fit, lias little understanding, and no wit, Just knows, and...