The Life of William Wilberforce, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Life of William Wilberforce, Vol. 1 of 2Example, and carries feeling and judgment alike captive in its train. There are those who, during life, ursuing the noiseless tenour of their way, have shrunk to hear t e obstreperous trump of Fame, who have, however, walked so holy, harmless and undefiled in the circumscribed here in which they have moved, that it becomes a duty to give wi er extent to their usefulness by di¿'using the knowledge that such an one has lived, and how. Others, the observed of all observers, placed by the providence of God in exalted stations, have occupied the many talents committed to their care with equal diligence and devotion to their Master's service. The wide spread in¿uence of such cannot be increased - eulogy is wasted upon them, and the duty of the biographer i to catch as it were the light from their splendid public actions, and re¿ect it upon the minor virtues of life, that so they may shine, not with a borrowed but a filial splendour, and attract the attention of the multitude, who, while they may not emulate the greater display, may be led to imitate the smaller but not less important actions which constitute the great sum of duty. God in the exercise of His sovereign wer exalteth whom he will, and then sitting on his throne an judging right, he does not exact from those to whom the single talent is committed the extent of return which is made by him to whom more is given: but from each is demanded the same entire dedication of all the powers He has given, to the ful filment of the object for which he was created, the promotion of His glory and honour. The pirit by which every rank in the cat army of the Lord Jesus is to be actuated is the same, an the humblest soldier may catch the enthusiastic feeling of his leader, and in his smaller sphere emulate his self-devotion. The highest.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.