Memoir of the Rev. W. Streatfeild, M.a., by His Daughters [e. and H.s. Streatfeild].

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1869 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER VIII. 1851 To 1854. Exhibition -- Visits To Lowestoft And Oxford -- Birth And Illness Of Youngest Son -- Death Of William Champion Streatfeild, Esq. -- Visit To Boulogne -- Death Of Two Brothers -- Home Life -- Visit To A Sister At Brighton -- Sea View -- Fulham -- Letter To Eldest Daughter. The year 1851 was remarkable for the great Exhibition in Hyde Park, and our parents took their children to London for a week this summer, in order that they might all visit it. Even the youngest boy was taken, as our father thought it was a sight which none might see again. Another such Exhibition, however, has since been erected, but not in the life-time of the subject of this sketch. This autumn the whole family went to Lowestoft, in Suffolk, the air of that place being considered bracing. Here our father renewed his acquaintance with the Rev. Francis Cunningham, who was vicar of that place, andon several occasions preached there, once from Acts iii. 26, on " The deliverance from the dominion of sin by Jesus Christ." He also preached at the village of Pakefield, a few miles distant, for the Rev. John Rumpf, a most active servant of God, with whose zeal and warmth our father was much struck. In December, he spent a few days at Oxford, with his friend Dr. Ogle, and writes to his wife: -- "December 11th, 1851. " And I am almost ashamed of the date, my dearest Janey -- that your husband, who really loves you, you more than any one on earth (you will allow me to love my Saviour more), should run away to his old haunts on your birthday. But, indeed, dear one, you are in my thoughts, and wil...