01c. 1803 ADThough man a thinking being is defined, Few use the grand prerogative of mind. How few think justly of the thinking few! How many never think, who think they do!Jane Taylor / quote ↗
02c. 1803 ADFar from mortal cares retreating, Sordid hopes and vain desires, Here, our willing footsteps meeting, Every heart to heaven aspires.Jane Taylor / quote ↗
03c. 1803 ADI thank the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smiled, And made me, in these Christian days, A happy Christian child.Jane Taylor / quote ↗
04c. 1803 ADOh that it were my chief delight To do the things I ought! Then let me try with all my might To mind what I am taught.Jane Taylor / quote ↗
05c. 1803 ADWho ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother.Jane Taylor / quote ↗
07c. 1803 ADThe term of man's life is half wasted before he has done with his mistakes and begins to profit by his lessons.Jane Taylor / quote ↗
08c. 1803 ADBehold the chamber where the Christian sleeps, And where, from year to year, he prays and weeps; Whence, in the midnight watch, his prayers arise To those bright mansions where his treasure lies, How near it is to all that Faith can see; How short and peaceful may his passage be! One beating pulse, one feeble struggle o’er, May open wide the everlasting door; Yes, for that bliss unspeakable unseen, Is ready, and the veil of flesh between A gentle sigh may rend, and then display The broad full splendour of an endless day. —This bright conviction elevates his mind, He presses forward, leaving all behind. Thus from his throne the tyrant foe is hurl’d— This is the Faith that overcomes the world.Jane Taylor / quote ↗
09c. 1803 ADOne honest John Tompkins, a hedger & ditcher, Although he was poor, did not want to be richer;For all such vain wishes in him were preventedBy a fortunate habit of being contented.Jane Taylor / quote ↗
