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Page 61 - But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace upon the earth began...
Page 60 - Celestial voices Hymn it unto our souls : according harps, By angel fingers touched when the mild stars Of morning sang together, sound forth still The song of our great immortality...
Page 60 - Tis floating 'midst day's setting glories ; Night, Wrapped in her sable robe, with silent step Comes to our bed, and breathes it in our ears : Night, and the dawn, bright day, and thoughtful eve, All time, all bounds, the limitless expanse, As one vast mystic instrument, are touched By an unseen, living Hand, and conscious chords Quiver with joy in this great jubilee. The dying hear it ; and as sounds of earth Grow dull and distant, wake their passing souls To mingle in this heavenly harmony.
Page 67 - Education should seek to bring its subjects to the perfection of their moral, intellectual and physical nature ; in order that they may be of the greatest possible use to themselves and others : or, to use a different expression, that they may be the me,ans of the greatest possible happiness of which they are capable, both as to what they enjoy, and what they communicate.
Page 138 - When the school opens, one of the children shall read the morning prayer, as it stands in the catechism, and close with the prayer before dinner. In the afternoon it shall begin with the prayer after dinner, and close with the evening prayer.
Page 61 - Whispering new joys to the mild ocean — Who now hath quite forgot to rave, While birds of calm sit brooding on the charmed wave. The stars with deep amaze, Stand fixed in steadfast gaze, Bending one way their precious influence...
Page 145 - An Act for Settling a Ministry, and Raising a Maintenance for them in the City of New York, County of Richmond, Westchester and Queens County.
Page 192 - Eighty-nine; and that no Person appeared before the Committee to oppose the Bill; and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him to report to the House; and he read the Report in...
Page 64 - ... of these, are dependent on their pupils for support, and are consequently liable to become the victims of their caprice. In such a situation, it is not more desirable to be a preceptress, than it would be to be a parent, invested with the care of children, and responsible for their behavior, and yet, depending on them for subsistence, and destitute of power to enforce their obedience.
Page 172 - X. That they use all kind and gentle methods in the government of their scholars that they may be loved as well as feared by them; and that when correction is necessary, they make the children to understand that it is given them out of kindness for their good, bringing them to a sense of their fault as well as of their punishment. XI. That they...