Newberry Library - Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf scrapbook, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1838

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Open book Metcalf, Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf scrapbook (wife). Scrapbook, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1838

Title Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf scrapbook, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1838

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1838

Place United States

Subjects Bowdoin College, Brothers and sisters, DuQuoin Coal Company, Illinois Central Railroad Company

Format Business records, Correspondence, Diaries, Genealogies, Invoices, Manuscripts, Personal narratives, Records

User-Contributed Transcription value of timeFeb. 17. O the wickedness of this heart. How thankful should I be that God has placed me in the midst of so many incentives to good. What should I have been had I the temptation to evil and sin that some have. But for all my advantages I must render an account. This sabbath day, I wished I though I wished, to shut out earth and think and speak of glorious heaven, but thoughts of this world have been very often intruding. O, this heart of mine must be very bad -very wicked indeed. But I will not despair--there is a balm in Gilead a physician there to heal the sin sick soul. O that I could go always with the confidence of a child and seek his mercy & pardon.Feb. 27 - Have read this morning the account of the destruction of the Egyptian host. How forcibly does it tell me God is mighty. Who can stand before him whose is "glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders" In God may the Christian rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. For

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 5 Folder 128

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3346px × 4055px 77.67 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_05_fl_128_019_058.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FHXS

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