Memoirs Of The Life And Religious Labors Of Edward Hicks PDF Download

Excerpt from Memoirs of the Life and Religious Labors of Edward Hicks: Late of Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania He was born in Attleborough, Bucks county, Pa., the 4th day of Fourth month, 1780. His parents were Isaac and Catharine Hicks. His mother, who is represented as a pious member of the Episcopal church, dying in his infancy, Elizabeth Twining, a kind friend, out of regard for the mother and sympathy for the child, took him to her home; where he received the advantage of kind maternal care. Ofttimes has he publicly acknowledged the lasting benefit he derived from her early religious care and instruction. She frequently read to him from the New Testament, instructing him in the doctrines contained therein; and such were the impressions then made on his tender mind, that their influence was not entirely lost in his subsequent deviations from the path of rectitude. He often held up to mothers, and those having the care of the young, the example of this worthy woman; entreating them to "go, and do likewise" which he called "bringing children to Christ." After leaving his adopted mother, he was exposed to various temptations, both while at school, and during his apprenticeship in a country village. Deprived of religious instruction, and all restraint upon his moral conduct, and being of a lively, volatile disposition, his company was sought by that class who indulge in "foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in perdition," and, for a time, he joined with them in vanity and folly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.