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English: Jane Waring receives notice of ...

Identifier: pathwayoflifetow00thom (find matches)
Title: The pathway of life ... to which is added a biography of Dr. Talmage
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Thomas De Witt Talmage
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Publisher: Historrical pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Gumberg Library, Duquesne University
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There may be caseswhere deception has been used at the time of engagement, and extraordinarycircumstances where the promise is not binding, but in 999 cases out of 1000engagement is as binding as marriage. Robert Burns with all his faults wellknew the force of a marital engagement. In obedience to some rustic idea, he,standing on one side the brook Ayr, and Mary Campbell on the other, they bathedtheir hands in the water and then put them on the boards of a Bible, making theirpledge of fidelity. On the cover of the Old Testament of that book to this day, inRobert Burns handwriting, may be found the words: Leviticus xix. 12: Yeshall not swear by my name falsely ; I am the Lord. And on the cover of theNew Testament, in his own handwriting, Matthew v. 33: Thou shalt not forswea.rthyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths. Suppose a ship captain offers his services to take a ship out to sea. After hegets a little way he comes alongside of a vessel with a more beautiful flag, and
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(I29) I30 THE PATHWAY OF I^IFE. which has, perhaps, a richer cargo and is bound for a more attractive port. Sup-pose he rings a bell for the engineer to slow up and the wheel stops. Now I seethe captain being lowered over the side of the vessel into a small boat, and hecrosses to the gayer and wealthier craft, and climbs up the sides and is seenwalking the bridge of the other ship. I pick up his resigned speaking trumpetand I shout through it: Captain, what does this mean? Did you not promiseto take this ship to Southampton, England ? Yes, says the captain, but Ihave changed my mind, and I have found I can do better, and I am going to takecharge here. I shall send back to you all the letters I got while managing thatship, and everything I got from your ship, and it will be all right. You tell methat the worst fate for such a captain as that is too good for him. But it is justwhat a man or woman does who promises to take one through the voyage of life,across the ocean of earthly existe

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