Loose insert #2 “Self restraint or temperance” (Transcribed)

Loose insert #2 “Self restraint or temperance” Transcribed

Self restraint or temperance Romans 14:12-23

This subject is a many sided one & therefore a difficult one to commence on, there are is much that might be said about it, but would it help us to nobler thought & action. Only the practical & simple thoughts live more Christlike lives. This is the object of our Fellowship Union.

Every day we are practising self restraint mor or less, the stronger our love to God is, the easier it will become to curb our desires & endeavour to help others, we are to model our lives, so that another perhaps someone we have never noticed may not stumble, things that we are sure would not hurt us, must be refrained from because of others.

Does our Lord & Master wish that our lives should be hampered & disfigured because someone else may misunderstand us?

We must turn to our Pattern Christ & see what we can learn from Him & we read in Romans 5:3rd “For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.” He went about doing good & He died for doing good & He died that we might live. Christ's life work was to spend & be spent for others & the example He left us to follow is to do good to all & to sacrifice our own.

Loose insert #1 “Note to Susie, (Sept 18 1895)” Transcribed

The first loose page in the back of the diary looks to be Lina practising an encouraging poem for a friend or family member perhaps. I say practising because it stayed in the diary. I hope Susie received the note because it is an encouraging one.

One thing you will notice if you enlarge the image by clicking on it is the floral design on the paper is hand painted and not just part of the stationary. I only noticed that when I scanned the page and thought that it was cool.




Loose insert #1 “Note to Susie, (Sept 18 1895)” Transcribed


FRONT:

(illustration- handpainted flowers)

Sept. 18th. 1895
Susie,

“Lean Hard”
Child of my love, lean hard!
And let Me feel the pressure of thy care;
I know thy burden for I fashioned it
Poised it in my own Hand, and made it’s weight
Precicely that which I saw best for thee;
and when I placed it on thy shrinking form
I said “I shall be near, and while she leans
On me, this burden shall be Mine, not hers,
So shall I keep within my circling arms
The child of my love”. Here
lay it down, nor fear to impose it on a
nor fear to weary Him, Who made, upholds,

BACK:

(different pen)

Weary and weak,
My feet had stumbled on this rugged way
Had it Thou not held my hand
And now I’m come
Close to the narrow stream.
Thine everlasting arms
Shall bear me safely through its floods can neér’
____ ______, Father, Thou lovest Thy child,
I do not doubt it, but will
“Lean Hard”

Sorry I haven't updated for so long.

Sorry it has been over a year since I have updated this blog. Last year I decided to have some time away from technology for the majority of the year. It was a refreshing and busy time; however it did mean I got out of the habit of transcribing from Lina’s diary.

What a blessing it was to receive comments from people who were related to Lina! I was glad that this site was able to assist someone researching their family tree. It has been encouraging to read that this site has been useful to someone. I hope you have enjoyed reading Lina’s diary as much as I have.

I will try and finish the diary this year. What is left looks to be some old letters, notes and clippings which are loose in the back of the diary. I will scan them in and try to transcribe as time permits.

Once again sorry I haven't updated for a while. I will try and be a little more consistent until the diary is completely transcribed. There are about 7-8 more pages to go, all loose paper in the back of the diary.