The Annals of the Poor

by Legh Richmond

Transcribed from the 1900 T. Nelson and Sons edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

THE ANNALS OF THE POOR

by
THE REV. LEGH RICHMOND, M.A.,
late rector of turvey, bedfordshire.

“Thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.”

Psalm lxviii. 10.

London:
T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW.
edinburgh; and new york.
1900

THE DAIRYMAN’S DAUGHTER.

PART I.

It is a delightful employment to discover and trace the operations of divine grace, as they are manifested in the dispositions and lives of God’s real children. It is peculiarly gratifying to observe how frequently among the poorer classes of mankind the sunshine of mercy beams upon the heart, and bears witness to the image of Christ which the Spirit of God has impressed thereupon. Among such, the sincerity and simplicity of the Christian character appear unencumbered by those obstacles to spirituality of mind and conversation which too often prove a great hindrance to those who live in the higher ranks. Many are the difficulties which riches, worldly consequence, high connections, and the luxuriant refinements of polished society, throw in the way of religious profession. Happy indeed it is (and some such happy instances I know) where grace has so strikingly supported its conflict with natural pride, self-importance, the allurements of luxury, ease, and worldly opinion, that the noble and mighty appear