 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1926 - 488 Seiten
...friends often were reminded of John Eliot's words concerning himself: " Alas, I have lost everything; my understanding leaves me, my memory fails me, my...thank God my charity holds out still; I find that grows rather than fails." It is not however as author or historian that De Normandie will live in the... | |
 | 1837 - 420 Seiten
...the prosperity of the New England churches. When some one inquired how he was, he replied, ' Alas ! I have lost every thing ; my understanding leaves...out still ; I find that rather grows than fails.' One of his last remembrances lingered sadly among those, to whom he had given so much of his strength... | |
 | Jesse Ames Spencer - 1858 - 610 Seiten
...seemed absorbed in holy love. Being asked, shortly before his departure, how he did, he replied, 4 1 have lost every thing ; my understanding leaves me,...out still : I find that rather grows than fails.'" Eliot died in 1690, full of years and honors.* Daring the time that Cromwell was at the head of affairs... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1882 - 408 Seiten
...throw the first stone at them all." One of his latest utterances was: "Alas! I have lost everything; my understanding leaves me, my memory fails me, my...holds out still; I find that rather grows than fails." In his dying moments the expression "Welcome, joy ! " broke from his lips ; and repeating the words... | |
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Alas, I have lost every thing ; my understanding leaves me, my memory fails me, my utterance fails me ; but I thank God my charity holds out still ; I find that rather grows than fails. 
