...unseen and spiritual world, without an involuntary application of Goldsmith's similitude — " Just as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies ; She tried each art, and checked each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." But...

...to rise. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to Virtue's side ; But, in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd...as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter...

...charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings Ican'd to virtue's side; rl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! [guides,...science Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state th ncw-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He try'd each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter...

...dying penitent. Neither business nor pleasure was permitted to interrupt these holy employments, " For in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all." Nor was he less careful to minister, perhaps even btyond his means, to the temporal wants of the afflicted....

...in the way to the heavenly fold. " Thus in his duty prompt at every call. He watch'd and wept, and pray'd and felt for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt his new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter...

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...lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at ev'ry call, He watch'd and wept—he pray'd—and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt her new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He try'd each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter...

...church, noted for his earnest eloquence in the pulpit and his missionary work among the poor, with whom " He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds and led the way;" and his mother was Sarah Leader, a Nova Scotian by birth, a suitable helpmate for her husband in works...

...wounded soldiers. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride And e'n his failings leaned to Virtue's side But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and...as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter...

...increase in the excellence should anything draw near it. This is reminiscent of the lines, 'As a mother bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies.'2 Thus there is an ontological note with an undertone 1 S. Radhakrishnan, Indian Philosophy,...