Memoir of Joshua Watson (1863) (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

IN giving these little volumes to the world, a few words seem necessary to explain to the friends who have long expected them some of the difficulties which have delayed their appearance. It was naturally the wish of many who knew Joshua Watson, and remembered how for nearly half a century, and in times of more than ordinary interest, he had been one of the most unwearied public benefactors and wisest counselors of the Church of England, that some record of his life and services should be preserved to another generation. But in his old age, with his powers of mind fresh and vigorous to the last, his characteristic modesty and meekness had always resisted the friendly entreaties that were made to persuade him to dictate any account of what he had done. He would sometimes meet such entreaties with an answer of gentle irony; at other times he would say, "You are seeking access to a store-chamber of which the key is lost."