The Chaplains and Clergy of the RevolutionC. Scribner, 1864 - 402 páginas |
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Página ix
... ADVANCES ALONE TO RECONNOITER.— THE FIGHT . - THE RETREAT . - DR . DAGGET REFUSES TO RUN . - INTERVIEW WITH THE BRITISH OFFICER . - FORCED TO GUIDE THE COLUMN . - BRUTAL TREATMENT . - RESCUED BY A TORY . - HIS SICKNESS . - DEATH ...
... ADVANCES ALONE TO RECONNOITER.— THE FIGHT . - THE RETREAT . - DR . DAGGET REFUSES TO RUN . - INTERVIEW WITH THE BRITISH OFFICER . - FORCED TO GUIDE THE COLUMN . - BRUTAL TREATMENT . - RESCUED BY A TORY . - HIS SICKNESS . - DEATH ...
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... advance to a complete separation of the Colo- nies from the mother country ; nay , rather with the people , who were constantly urging their representa- tives to more decided action . Two weeks after the bell at Independence Hall , in ...
... advance to a complete separation of the Colo- nies from the mother country ; nay , rather with the people , who were constantly urging their representa- tives to more decided action . Two weeks after the bell at Independence Hall , in ...
Página 69
... advance company of nine hundred men in their march to the seat of war , and often preached with his gun standing by his side . Francis Cummings was present at all the Mecklen- burg meetings , and afterwards fought in several bat- tles ...
... advance company of nine hundred men in their march to the seat of war , and often preached with his gun standing by his side . Francis Cummings was present at all the Mecklen- burg meetings , and afterwards fought in several bat- tles ...
Página 79
... advance company of British marines appeared in sight , marching swiftly and in dead silence on the place . In a moment alarm guns broke the stillness of the morning , the church bell rung its loud and startling " How peal over the ...
... advance company of British marines appeared in sight , marching swiftly and in dead silence on the place . In a moment alarm guns broke the stillness of the morning , the church bell rung its loud and startling " How peal over the ...
Página 91
... advance ! ' but took that step . " Among those who took that step was the young chaplain . Thirty years of age , over six feet high , and finely proportioned , he towered like a young giant over the troops . The force was to march to ...
... advance ! ' but took that step . " Among those who took that step was the young chaplain . Thirty years of age , over six feet high , and finely proportioned , he towered like a young giant over the troops . The force was to march to ...
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Página 183 - Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand...
Página 302 - NOT unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
Página 302 - O SING unto the LORD a new song ; for he hath done marvellous things : His right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
Página 183 - Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Página 23 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Página 372 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth...
Página 85 - Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me : Fight against them that fight against me.
Página 373 - By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Página 46 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord, against the mighty.
Página 183 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.