...nature. When an old man he said to one who questioned him about his state: "Alas, I have lost everything; my understanding leaves me, my memory fails me, my...out still ; I find that rather grows than fails!" And his charity and affability, as well as his prayerfulness, were exercised at home, as sometimes...

...nature. When an old man he said to one who questioned him about his state: "Alas, I have lost everything; my understanding leaves me, my memory fails me, my...out still ; I find that rather grows than fails!" And his charity and affability, as well as his prayerfulness, were exercised at home, as sometimes...

...nature. When an old man he said to one who questioned him about his state: "Alas, I have lost everything; my understanding leaves me, my memory fails me, my...out still ; I find that rather grows than fails!" And his charity and affability, as well as his prayerfulness, were exercised at home, as sometimes...

...(verses 8-12). The best comment on these verses is the remark of Eliot the apostle of the Indians: "My understanding leaves me, my memory fails me, my...fails me, but I thank God my charity holds out still." And of the three, faith, hope, and love (verse 13), love is the greatest, for while there may be faith...

...that he should pray for his speedy release. Being asked how he was, he said — " Alas, I have lost every thing ; my understanding leaves me ; my memory fails me ; my utterance fails me ; hut I thank God, my charity holds out still ; I find that rather grows than tails." Speaking of the...

...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...

...prosperity of the New England churches. When some one inquired how he was, he replied, ' Alas ! I have lost every thing ; my understanding leaves me ; my memory...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...

...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...