...engrossed all his thoughts. Fuller gives it as a well-authenticated fact, that "Mr. Sutton used often to repair into a private garden, where he poured forth...hesitating only how he was to dispose of it in his lite-time, could not be long without advisers. It appears indeed to have been a general topic of curiosity,...

...engrossed all his thoughts. Fuller gives it as a well-authenticated fact, that " Mr. Sutton used often to repair into a private garden, where he poured forth...manner Mr. Sutton would bestow his wealth, and in 1 608 a very singular instance of impertinent interference occurred. At that time a report was spread...

...repair into a private garden, where he poured forth his prayers to God, and was frequently overbeard to use this expression, ' Lord, thou hast given me...heart to make use thereof.' " A man of his property, hesftating only how he was to dispose of it in his life-time, could not be long without advisers. It...

...repair into a private garden, where he poured forth his prayers to God ; and, amongst other passages, was frequently overheard to use this expression :...estate; give me also a heart to make use thereof; " which at last was granted to him accordingly. As for the overgrown hospital of the Annunciata at...

...heard it from a credible witness, who heard it himself and told it me, Mr. S. used often to repair unto a private garden, where he poured forth his prayers...estate; give me also a heart to make use thereof!' "—or to the man who was accustomed in dear years of grain to buy large quantities, and then retail...

...our wealthy merchants might then be expected to pray, with the pious founder of the Charter-House, ' Lord, thou hast given me a large and liberal estate, give me also a heart to make use thereof.' If the cathedral, acting under the auspices of the bishop, should thus lead the way, other churches...

..."the masterpiece of Protestant English charity," Sir Thomas Sutton, the man whose pious prayer was, " Lord, thou hast given me a large and liberal estate ; give me also a heart to make use thereof l "—will be found in Knight's Landou, ii. 113—132. OF LONDON. Suburbs without tbe walls. Monuments...

...well-known fact, that he used to pray fervently to God, expressing himself in the following words : " Lord, thou hast given me a large and liberal estate ; give me also a heart to make use of it." The Charter-house was purchased by him for £l3,000, and he endowed it with the bulk of his...

...the masterpiece of Protestant English charity,'' Sir Thomas Sutton, the man whose pious prayer was, " Lord, thou hast given me a large and liberal estate ; give me also a heart to make use thercofl"—will be found in Knight's London, ii. 113—132. length came to London, and overspread...

...Charterhouse, used often to repair to a private garden, where he poured forth his prayers to GOD : ' LOED, THOU hast given me a large and liberal estate ; give me also a heart to make use thereof?" — ENGLAND'S WORTHIES. SHTJTE BARRINGTON, DD, successively Bishop of Salisbury and Durham, may be...