FAMILY CONVERSATIONS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. 2. BY ELIZABETH ANNE HENDRY. The Mind, dispatched upon her busy toil, And gathering all her treasures sweet by sweet, COWPER. LONDON: J. HATCHARD AND SON, 187, PICCADILLY. 1836. 104. CRESSINGHAM RECTORY. CHAPTER I. A father, whose authority in show When most severe, and mustering all its force, Was but the graver countenance of love. A mother too, That softer friend. COWPER. IN a pleasant village in the county of Sussex, within a few miles of the sea-coast, resided Mr. Carlton, a clergyman, whose life was a bright example of the doctrines of the Gospel he professed to teach. He was zealous and indefatigable in the discharge of his ministerial duties, and a kind and attentive friend to the poor of his parish. He had held a fellowship at Oxford, B |