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Ellen had plenty of faults, but amidst them all love to her mother was the strongest feeling her heart knew. It had power enough now to move her as nothing else could have done; and exerting all her self-command, of which she had sometimes a good deal, she did calm herself... -from The Wide,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Ellen Montgomery: The main character of this book, a little girl.
- Alice Humphrey: A wonderful Christian woman who befriends Ellen.
- John Humphrey: Alice's brother, a great favorite with Ellen.
- Ellen Chauncey: Ellen's friend
- George Humphrey: A great comfort to Ellen in her time of need
- Aunt Fortune: A hardworking, rather unpleseant woman who is Ellen's temporary guardian
- Mr. Van Brunt: A kind farmer that works on Aunt Fortune's land and befriends Ellen.
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“"I trust every word you say entirely. I know nothing could be truer; if you were to tell me black is white, Mamma, I should had think my eyes had been mistaken.”
Ellen
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Remember, my darling, who it is that brings this sorrow upon us; � though we _must_ sorrow, we must not rebel.'
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'Why, Mamma, � in the first place I trust every word you say � entirely � I know nothing could be truer; if you were to tell me black is white, Mamma, I should think my eyes had been mistaken. Then everything you tell or advise me to do, I know it is right, perfectly. And I always feel safe when you are near me, because I know you'll take care of me. And I am glad to think I belong to you, and you have the management of me entirely, and I needn't manage myself, because I know I can't; and if I could, I'd rather you would, Mamma.'
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'Sometimes he sees that if he lets them alone, his children will love some dear thing on the earth better than himself, and he knows they will not be happy if they do so; and then, because he loves them, he takes it away � perhaps it is a dear mother, or a dear daughter � or else he hinders their enjoyment of it, that they may remember him, and give their whole hearts to him. He wants their whole hearts, that he may bless them.
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'You know the way to make him so, Ellen. _He_ is willing; it only rests with you. Oh, my child, my child! if losing your mother might be the means of finding you that better Friend, I should be quite willing and glad to go � for ever.'
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'Mamma, what does that mean, 'He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me?' '
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'Then Ellen, can you not see the love of your heavenly Father in this trial? He saw that his little child was in danger of forgetting him; and he loved you, Ellen; and so he has taken your dear mother, and sent you away where you will have no one to look to but him; and now he says to you, 'My daughter, give _me_ thy heart.' � Will you do it, Ellen?'
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that the only one in the world who ought to have shared and soothed her grief was not capable of doing either.
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'I have put this mark,' said he, showing her a particular one, 'in a few places of this book, for you; wherever you find it, you may know there is something I want you to take special notice of. There are some other marks here too, but they are mine � _these_ are for you.'
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'Not my will, but thine be done.' She strove and prayed to say it, and not in vain; and after a little while she was able to return to her seat. She felt that she had been shaken by a tempest, but she was calmer now than before.
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'Very. It is very dishonourable to try to find out that about other people which does not concern you, and which they wish to keep from you. Remember that, my dear daughter.'
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"MAMMA, what was that I heard papa saying to you this morning about his lawsuit?"
Authors & Contributors edit
- Susan Warner (Author)
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- Dewey: 813
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