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FR OM HI S PO T CA OR S I L K , E E E ’S C R C E S K L HU H , E B E CO E E O! FOR D K L L L G , , WI TH ‘ DOIQS 0“ Villages mar BUI' SRD AL S O ' A S HOR T I FE OF R C AR D CR OM‘V E LL L I H , ' F ME D N O R O , q D THE) ! 12A R A TE S E T HE A N 0 6 C R K C S . [Second €dition. ] ED I T E D BY “ WM R E N . T H ORN WA R . "l i ft us rations and a of t e D strict. fi y t m p h , WINCHESTE R L OND ON I R R SON. S K CO . WA EN AND so ; IMP IN AND , LIMITED 1 0 9 6 . ’ [A ll r zg /zts r eserved ] T C ON T E N S . Part 1. PA G E S R S K HI M JOHN KEBLE , DE C IBED BY THO E WHO NEW His perso na l a ppearan ce Ho w K ebl e preach ed A n u n usually h appy m an A q uick tem per A ch aracter in t ensely a live N o th ing u n rea l abo ut h im His reveren ce for each in dividual sou l ’ — K eb le s self den ial ' Th e L ivin g D ead ' K eb le s ea rly trainin g an abiding influen ce K b l r ic n e e s et e ce . A Pasto r t o each in dividual Ho w h e read th e Bibl e His w ork as Vicar Ho w J oh n K eble died His funera l K ebl e M em oria l at Bournem o uth Hym n s written by K ebl e a n d h is frien ds Th e K ebl e Fa m ily h R v M i f e e . oh n e e A . L e o t . f J K bl , ’ KEYNOTE S FR OM K E BL E S POETR Y — Fl owers Th e N igh tin gal e — ’ Au t u m n Win ter 5 A ppro ach — — — — M arried L ife Ho m e Th e R obin Bereavem ent R estl essness — — — Fa 1th Prayer M orm n g L ove of God ’ G od s Pro viden ce — ’ Pil grim s L o ve s L esso n — I n MI e m o ry of a L ittl e Ch il d Th e Boy with th e Five L o aves S eparatio n R v o h n e e Bo ok s by e . J K bl Hursl ey Ch urch M o n u m ent s in Hursl ey Ch urch Hursl ey Bell s R egisters Ch urchyard Vill age L adwell Th om as S ternh old ’ Bish op s V isitatio n i n Olden D ays iii on n v C te ts. Co o perative Farm in g Hurs l ey Park i Wi i m R i h t Ho n . S r a Heath cote g ll , M ach ine R io ts ' D aisies fro m K eb le s Grave Merdo n Ca st l e a n d M an or Am pfield Ch urch e e C o e e O ord K bl ll g , xf II Part . R ICH A R D C R OMWE L L z E ducatio n M arried L ife Ch ildren ' HiS ‘ Fath er s go o d a dvice His Occu patio n s How h is en e m ies d escribed him Pro c l a im ed L o rd High Protec to r A goo d s peaker His wan t o f am bitio n Att em pt s to arrest R ich ard in Wh iteh a ll A L etter o f R ich ard Cro m well ‘ Par lia m en t vo tes m o ney t o pay h is debts R ich ard a bdicates an d retires t o th e Co ntin ent R eturns to Hurs l ey Vis its th e Ho use o f L ord s as a stranger His seco n d m arriage His death Fam ily Ta bl et in Hurs l ey Ch u1ch N ick n a m es ' R ich ard s ch aracter Fail u re o f th e Protectorate ' Opin io n o f R ich ard s Bro th er G reat S eal s o f E n gl an d in th e tim e of th e Co m m o nwea l th Fin d in g a G reat S ea l at Hurs ley D escript i o n o f th e Great S eal o f Prot ector R ichard P i Ho use S i n s ubl c . g Crom well R el ics L etters Contents. ix PA GE Otterbourn e Ch urch Old Tim es Otterbourne Old Ch urCh Vill age R o m a n A ntiqu ities ’ Th e Auth ores s o f Tb e Hei r of R edclyj e C ran bury Park S ir I saac Newto n at Cran bury C ath erin e Bart o n ' New ton s S u n dia l Bram b r idge M r itz - Her ert s . F b Pitt S ch oo l - Ch a pel R om an R o a d ' Ol iver s Battery Far l ey M ou n t Co m pto n Ch urch Twyford I llus trations. Por tra it of J o h n K ebl e fro m l ife M a p o f th e D ist rict Hurs l ey Ch urch an d Vicarage ’ Portrait o f J oh n K ebl e L adwell Hi Hurs e ll , l y K ebl e Me m o r ia l B rass in Hursley Ch urch e e Cross Otter o u rn e K bl , b Th e Graves o f J oh n K eble an d h is Wife Old Hurs e Ch urch l y . D rin kin g Fo un t a in n ear Am pfield Ch urch Ch a lk Pit near Hursl ey ’ K eb le s a our ite Cor n er Hurs e F v , l y Po st L an e Hurs e , l y e e D rin in o u n tain isle O ord shire K bl k g F , B y , xf Hursley Ch urch D istan t View o f Hursl ey Hurs ley V illage Portrait ir i ia m H athco t of R i ht Ho n . W S e e g ll , R u in s o f Gatewa M erdo n Cast e y , l Illustrations . 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