Description - The Last Days in England of the Rajah Rammohun Roy, Ed. by M. Carpenter by Mary Carpenter
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ... Stapleton Grove, where Miss Kiddell and Miss Castle esteemed it a high honour to receive him, and would do all in their power to render agreeable his stay in the neighbourhood. After his exciting life in London, the Eajah was doubtless glad of the quiet of a country life, and we do not hear of his having made any public appearance, or sought for gaiety or places of amusement, during his too brief abode near Bristol. But almost every day, if not daily, he and Dr. Carpenter had friendly intercourse, either at Stapleton Grove or at Dr. C.'s residence in Great George Street, and it is needless to say that increased acquaintance with the illustrious stranger tended only to increase the affection, admiration and respect, already felt for him. In the House of Prayer where Dr. Carpenter offici ated, Lewin's Mead Chapel, the Eajah worshipped on two successive Sundays, the last he was to spend on earth in the public services of religion. "On the first," says Dr. Carpenter, "I addressed this congregation from words in the 18th chapter of the First Book of Kings; where, after the solemn sacrifice on Mount Carrnel, and the proof from heaven that Jehovah is God alone, the Prophet of the Lord, after sending for six times in vain, received at the seventh, the report of his servant, 'There ariseth a little cloud out of the sea like a man's hand.' In that discourse I adverted, with earnest respect, to the recent death of Mr. Wilberforce, who had lived to see the seal put to the accomplishment of purposes to which the greatest labours of his life had been directed; and it was my intention, when I again preached in the morning, to continue the subject, by adverting to various other facts in the divine government, where great and effectual and lasting good was b...
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