A True Story of Lawnside, N. J (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Charles C. Smiley

 
9781331397175: A True Story of Lawnside, N. J (Classic Reprint)

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The early events featured by colored people of this section cover a vast area. Their recorders were few. Both the churches here were circuits, extending from Camden to Blackwood, Cape May to Mt. Laurel. Some of the ancient names of towns I have not been able to locate or identify, probably passing out of existence, and new and more thriving places have succeeded them. When you shall have read the Story of Lawnside you will be anxious to know more and may ask questions to find out. So, before you ask a question, may I ask just one. It is in the language of our grammar school graduate Did you pass? In the dread uncertainty that reigned before we were positively informed of our ratings we became acquainted with the twin spirits of Worry and Fear, and, oh, how they troubled us! But I have learned many things since that time in high school they taught me Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, also The heights which great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night. The great every-day life taught me to learn one thing every day the church lesson is to fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. When we review the record left by our predecessors, the question is vital to us all Did you pass? Life is a school you pass through but once; you may pass the same pace many times, but never with the same conditions or environments. Do you understand the question Did you pass? Your home town may or may not be Lawnside, but have you helped to develop your home town in some way? The spirit of Lawnside is to Play hard but fair. Note it in the childrens games, in the civic and political organizations that do now or have existed. I repeat, as I understand Lawnside, the spirit of Lawnside is Play hard but fair. Sometimes folks like to play ha
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