...temporal, of all sorts and conditions of his parishioners. It could be said of him with truth that he was " a father to the poor, and the cause which he knew not he searched out." When a mere child, the cut of a knife deprived him of the sight of one of his eyes, and the rigidity...

...of his people, so that he truly merited that which makes so bright a part of Job's character. He was a father to the poor, and the cause which he knew not he searched out. He broke the jaw of the wicked and plucked the spoil of his teeth. If he had any fault it was his preposterous...

...family and to his friends." On a monument, by Richard Westmacott, against the south wall: " ' He was a father to the poor, and the cause which he knew not he searched out: "Sacred to the memory of John Eardley Wilmot, esq. (second son of the Right Hon. Sir John Eardley Wilmot,...

...him that was ready to perish came upon him: and he caused the Widow's heart to sing for joy. He was a father to the poor; and the cause which he knew not he searched out. Job, 29 Chapter, 11, 12, 13, and 16 verses. This tribute of respect is erected by his affectionate...

...unbending integrity were blended with all the charities of the kindliest and most generous nature. " He was a father to the poor, and the cause which he knew not he searched out." Nor was the disinterestedness of his benevolence more sincere than was his respect for religion and...

...the widow's heart to sing for joy. . He was eyes to the blind, and feet was he to thy lame. He was a father to the poor; and the cause which he knew not, he searched out." He was sincerely and zealously attached to the doctrines and discipline of the C.'hurcn of England. His piety...