...from his own language in a subsequent letter to his cousin, Mrs. St. John : " You know," he wrote, "what my manner of life hath been. Oh! I lived in and loved darkness, and hated light. I was a chief—the chief of sinners. This is true, I hated godliness, yet God had mercy upon me." It has however...

...hath exceeding much refreshment in it ; blessed be His name for shining upon so dark a heart as mine. You know what my manner of life hath been ! Oh, I lived in and loved darkness, and hated the light. I was a chief, the chief of sinners. This is true : I hated godliness, yet God had mercy...

...English translation. He says to the same correspondent, " You know what my manner of life hath been. Oh 1 I lived in " and loved darkness, and hated light....true. I hated godliness. Yet God had mercy "on me. Oh, the riches of his mercy 1" — Cromwell's Letters and Speeches by Carlyle, i. 141. Warwick bears...

...his cousin, Mrs. St. John, he describes the religious experience through which he had passed : — "You know what my manner of life hath been. Oh, I...is true, I hated godliness, yet God had mercy on me . . . yet the Lord forsaketh me not. Though He do prolong, yet He will, I trust, bring me to His tabernacle,...

...p. 221), quotes a letter written by him to his cousin, the wife of the celebrated Oliver St John : " You know what my manner of life hath been. Oh, I lived...This is true ; I hated godliness, yet God had mercy upon me." It needs some straining to get rid of such direct testimony, even though allowance be made...

...a letter written by him to his cousin, the wife of the celebrated Oliver St John : " You know wbat my manner of life hath been. Oh, I lived in and loved...This is true ; I hated godliness, yet God had mercy upon me." It needs some straining to get rid of such direct testimony, even though allowance be made...

...mine. You know what my manner of life hath beene ! O, I lived in and loved darknesse, and hated the light; I was a chief, the chief of sinners. This is true, I hated godlinesse ; yet God had mercy on me. O, the richnesse of his mercy! praise him for mee; pray for mee,...

...innocence of various specified vices. In like manner Cromwell in one of his letters says to his cousin, " You know what my manner of life hath been. Oh, I lived...This is true: I hated godliness, yet God had mercy on me."1 Yet surely only a stupid and malignant mind would regard these utterances as evidence that the...

...cousin, Mrs St John, is quoted as evidence: "You know what my manner of life hath been. Oh, I have lived in and loved darkness, and hated light; I was...true: I hated godliness, yet God had mercy on me." There is this to be said on the other side. Cromwell became such a deeply religious man that he judged...

...in the cause of his God than I. . . Blessed be His name for shining upon so dark a heart as mine ! You know what my manner of life hath been. Oh, I lived...hated light ; I was a chief, the chief of sinners. . . . Yet God had mercy on me. . . ." What glimpses of long-gone summers and long-gone human beings...