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FATHER MERRILL.
True godliness is rarest grace And rarest honor given; The life that is it glorifies, The life to come makes heaven. BYMARY DWINELL CHELLIS,
AUTHOR OF "DEACON SIMS' PRAYERS," "MOLLY'S BIBLE," "EFFIE WINGATE'S WORK," ETC.
PUBLISHED BY ISRAEL P. WARREN,
52 WASHINGTON STREET,
BOSTON.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, BY ISRAEL P. WARREN In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Stereotyped at the Boston Stereotype Foundry, 19 Spring Lane.
AWARD OF PREMIUM.
The undersigned, appointed a committee to award the Premium of $500 offered by Rev. I. P. WARREN, D. D., "for the best manuscript for a Sunday School Book," have examined the manuscripts submitted to us for that purpose, and are unanimously of the opinion that the one entitled "FATHER MERRILL" is deserving of that distinction, and we accordingly award to it said premium.
We regard this story as eminently natural and well told. Its characters are distinctly portrayed, so that they stand out in the memory like real individuals to whom we have been introduced, and with whom we have had acquaintance. The character of Father Merrill himself is delightfully drawn, and discloses a very lovely and practical form of every-day religion, exhibiting itself in the ordinary intercourse and business of life without cant or even demonstration,—the very beauty of holiness.
It is an uncommonly sensible and admirable book, interesting enough to win the younger readers, and profound enough to instruct and bless the oldest.
I. N. TARBOX,
B. K. PEIRCE,
S. G. ASHTON,
Committee.
CONTENTS.
- I. HONESTY. 7
- II. FAMILY CONSULTATION AT MR. GODDARD'S. 23
- III. NEW PLANS. 35
- IV. CHANGES AT THE MILL. 55
- V. DORCAS ARMSTRONG'S OFFER. 65
- VI. THE MURRAYS. 82
- VII. FATHER MERRILL'S PRAYER MEETING. 96
- VIII. BRENT MURRAY'S ACCIDENT. 117
- IX. MAKING NEW ACQUAINTANCES. 139
- X. FRANK CLIFFORD. 163
- XI. A WANDERER RESCUED. 182
- XII. MR. MURRAY'S AUTHORITY QUESTIONED. 212
- XIII. GEORGE ESTY AS A SCHOOL TEACHER. 241
- XIV. THE EPIDEMIC. 261
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- XV. SICKNESS OF BRENT MURRAY. 282
- XVI. CHANGES AMONG THE YOUNG PEOPLE. 295
- XVII. GEORGE ESTY'S RETURN TO THE CITY. 318
- XVIII. DORCAS ARMSTRONG'S EXPERIENCE. 332
- XIX. THE BLESSING THAT MAKETH RICH. 354
- XX. A SUDDEN DEATH. 371
- XXI. FATHER MERRILL'S THANKSGIVING. 385
