Author: Socie for Promoting Christia KnowledgePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334110283
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Excerpt from John Ashton, or the Emigrant I fear not, he said 3 indeed, it was a wish to see him before he dies, that made me come to England at the present time. The old man wrote to say he was very weak, and expressed a great desire to see me, and so I felt it my duty, in spite of the long voyage, to come over. You did right, John, I replied 3 happy would it be if all children would put themselves to inconvenience for the purpose of pleasing their parents. Alas! There is too little filial duty, or filial love, in the young around us. But be sure of this, that no man must expect any happiness from his own children, if he neglects to honour his own father and mother according to the com mandment. Your father, I hope, has recovered his late attack '1 Yes, sir, he is now much better, he says 3 and hopes in a day or two to get out of doors again. 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.
