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Stories and Catechisings in Illustration of the Collects; Or, a Year With the First-Class Boys of Forley, Ed. by W. Jackson
Stories and Catechisings in Illustration of the Collects Or a Year With the First-Class Boys of Forley Ed by W Jackson Author:William Jackson General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1851 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: IN ILLUSTRATION OF THE COLLECTS; OR A YEAR WITH THE FIRST-CLASS BOYS OF FORLEY. COLLECT. 0 Lord, raise up (we pray Thee), Thy power and come among us, and with great might succour us ; that whereas, through our sins and wickedness, roe are sore let and hindered in running the race that is set before us, Thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver us ; through the satisfaction of Thy Son our Lord, to whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be honour and glory, world without end, Amen. PART I. One day in the last week of Advent, Francis Light was standing idling at the corner of the street, when Jim Elford, and Ned Mason, one of Alfred's elder brothers, came along the road. ' Come with us, Francis,' they called out, as they approached him, ' we are going to play at skittles in the Red Lion ground.' ' No,' answered Francis, ' I don't think I can today.' 'Nonsense,' replied Ned, 'do come, like a good fellow, as you always are ; we want to make up a party.' Francis wavered, and asked, ' Who else is going ?' ' Oh, several capital fellows,' they answered ; 'Will Beecher, and Tom Kingly, and some from town, so come along and join us.' Now Francis's conscience told him to say 'No,' as he knew that Mr Walton wished none of the boys to keep company with these idle young men; for both Jim and Ned, and the friends they had mentioned, were idle, unprincipled youths, seldom or never to be seen at Church, but very often in the public-house (the Red Lion of which they had spoken), or standing idly at the street corner, laughing at or insulting the passers-by. Besides that, Francis remembered that...« less