Journeys through Bookland - a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922) (14769998751)

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Title: Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Sylvester, Charles Herbert
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: Chicago : Bellows-Reeve
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to seeThe distant scene; one step enough for me. 2. After this invocation and prayer, histhoughts turn back into the past, and he remem-bers that in youth he had not this divine faith, nordid he wish to place his reliance in God. He pre-ferred to lay out his own course and to plan hislife far intothe future, without the feeling of de-pendence that now rules him. So he sings: I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thouShouldst lead me on; I loved to choose and see my path, but now-Lead thou me on; He remembers that then he loved display andostentation and w^as proud, wilful and self-confi-dent; nevertheless, there were times when for amoment he feared, but in spite of that timidity,he went on in his masterful way: I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears,Pride ruled my will: The thought of his self-complacency, his prideand arrogance brings out the plea, the supplica-tion, remember not past years. 3. He remembers that through all his rebel-lions he has been surrounded by the power and
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C 11A K A CTEIl B UILDIN G 101 goo()ness of God, who has led him through all hisdevious paths, and the feeling comes that the sameprotecting influence will surround him till douhtis swept aside. So long thy power hath hlessed me, sure it still Will lead me onOer moor and fen, oer crag and torrent, till The night is gone. He is confident, too, that the same power willlead him through the dark night of doubt till theangels of love and faith, in whom he once trustedbut whom he has doubted for a time, will comeabout him and smile their \velcome to the light: And with the morn those angel faces smileWhich I have loved long since, and lost the while. ^■ %>ik ■m Poor Richards Almanac^SaT is doubtful if Journeys ThroughBoohland contains any other selec-tion so full of meat as this extract(Volume VI, page 407) from thewritings of Benjamin Franklin; infact, it is so full of wisdom on somany homely subjects and contains so much practical advice that no one can master it in a single readin