...been surpassed, he soon forgot the injustice that had been done to him. Cheerfully doing his duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call him, respected and beloved by all who had the means of appreciating the simplicity of his manners,...

...Jonas entertained a very truly conscientious conviction that he was admirably performing his duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call him by not getting rusticated as a Bible-clerk, by not getting plucked as a candidate for a degree,...

...out of the Catechism, — " To learn and labour truly to get his own living, and to do his duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call him." * That mother, in the letter already given, attributes * "Wellington the Instrument of God,"...

...1843, p. 60; or Archdeacon Grant's Bampton Lectures, p. 351, ed. 1845. object of doing his duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call him. The year 1847 was marked by the erection of three new sees within the limits of his diocese. Bishop...

...bid the men abandon their profession ; but merely requires of them the performance of "their duty in that state of life to which it had pleased GOD to call them." See the last note on St. Luke vii. 9. The same remark applies equally to what was said to the...

...bid the men abandon their profession ; but merely requires of them the performance of " their duty in that state of life to which it had pleased GOD to call them." See the last note on St. Luke vii. 9. The same remark applies equally to what was said to the...

...suited to the situation she filled, and in her own temper and cheerfulness shewed she was striving to do her duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call her. Amelia's first letter was a great struggle, — she could not overcome her love of home, and at the...

...personally estimable, and even religious men, who undoubtedly supposed they were doing their duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call them. I knew of exalted and beautiful traits in the character of each that would extort the admiration...

...bolder man, seeing that although he hated a military life, he, to the very utmost, did his duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call him ; and if half be true of what is told of him, there never was knight of the actual days of chivalry...

...endeavour to perform that which was the highest honour to which they could attain, — to do their duty in that state of life to which it had pleased God to call them. However, he did not come there for the purpose of making a long address, but solely for the purpose...