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. Family devotions, for every morning and evening throughout the year. Translated from the German of Sturm and Tiede. FAMILY DEVOTIONS. 33 and blessings unnumbered descended on our while we rested on the bosoms of our mothers,our cares were regarded, and all our wants pro-vided for. The wish imperfectly expressed, notyet fashioned into a prayer, thou didst not coldlydisdain, and thy pitying eye looked on our fallingtears. Our faltering steps were guided andstrengthened by thee, and while wholly unequalto the task of defending ourselves, thy powerfularm was our protection. As we adva
. Family devotions, for every morning and evening throughout the year. Translated from the German of Sturm and Tiede. FAMILY DEVOTIONS. 33 and blessings unnumbered descended on our while we rested on the bosoms of our mothers,our cares were regarded, and all our wants pro-vided for. The wish imperfectly expressed, notyet fashioned into a prayer, thou didst not coldlydisdain, and thy pitying eye looked on our fallingtears. Our faltering steps were guided andstrengthened by thee, and while wholly unequalto the task of defending ourselves, thy powerfularm was our protection. As we advanced to youth, thy goodness in-creased with our years. Thy mercy was great,great thy indulgence, which spared us when heed-lessness betrayed us into fearful errors. Thygoodness recalled us from our wanderings ; it re-strained our impetuosity, and the dangers whichwe had brought upon ourselves. Thou gavest uscapacity to avad ourselves of the advantages ofeducation, and thy gracious favour we recognizein the parental love which watched over us fromday to day. When it displayed the beauty ofvirtue, it was through t
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