The Chaplains and Clergy of the RevolutionC. Scribner, 1864 - 402 páginas |
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Página iii
... give a series of biographical sketches , but to exhibit the religious ele- ment - in other words , present the religious phase of the Revolution . Individual clergymen might have been de- voted patriots , and rendered efficient service ...
... give a series of biographical sketches , but to exhibit the religious ele- ment - in other words , present the religious phase of the Revolution . Individual clergymen might have been de- voted patriots , and rendered efficient service ...
Página iv
... give definiteness and unity to the work , but be- cause full biographies of some of the distinguished chap- lains would make separate volumes in themselves . Hence I have not professed to write the life of any one individ- ual , but as ...
... give definiteness and unity to the work , but be- cause full biographies of some of the distinguished chap- lains would make separate volumes in themselves . Hence I have not professed to write the life of any one individ- ual , but as ...
Página v
... give the birth , nativity , and date of death of a large portion of those whose names will be en- tirely new to the reader . Of course many who ought to be embraced in this collection are omitted , because I could not obtain the facts ...
... give the birth , nativity , and date of death of a large portion of those whose names will be en- tirely new to the reader . Of course many who ought to be embraced in this collection are omitted , because I could not obtain the facts ...
Página vii
... GIVES HIS PAY AS CHAPLAIN TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE SLAIN In Battle . -BECOMES ALARMED , AND TURNS AGAINST HIS COUNTRY . - IIIS INSULTING LETTER TO WASHINGTON . - FLEES THE COUNTRY . - IIIS RETURN TO PHILA- DELPHIA . HIS DEATH . - HIS ...
... GIVES HIS PAY AS CHAPLAIN TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE SLAIN In Battle . -BECOMES ALARMED , AND TURNS AGAINST HIS COUNTRY . - IIIS INSULTING LETTER TO WASHINGTON . - FLEES THE COUNTRY . - IIIS RETURN TO PHILA- DELPHIA . HIS DEATH . - HIS ...
Página x
... GIVE ' EM WATTS . " - MURDER OF CALDWELL . HIS FUNERAL.— HIS CHILDREN . - MONUMENT TO HIM ... CHAPTER XXII . BENJAMIN TRUMBULL - HIS BIRTH AND EDUCATION . - TAKES SIDES WITH THE COLONIES - ENTERS THE ARMY AS CHAPLAIN . - FIGHTS IN THE ...
... GIVE ' EM WATTS . " - MURDER OF CALDWELL . HIS FUNERAL.— HIS CHILDREN . - MONUMENT TO HIM ... CHAPTER XXII . BENJAMIN TRUMBULL - HIS BIRTH AND EDUCATION . - TAKES SIDES WITH THE COLONIES - ENTERS THE ARMY AS CHAPLAIN . - FIGHTS IN THE ...
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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.