The Chaplains and Clergy of the RevolutionC. Scribner, 1864 - 402 páginas |
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... RIVERS . " - THROWN INTO A PRISON SHIP . HIS SUFFERINGS AND FORTITUDE . - RELEASED ON PAROLE . - FLEES TO VIRGINIA . SETTLES IN SOUTH CAROLINA . - HIS DEATH ... 276 CHAPTER XXVIII . JOHN WITHERSPOON , D.D. - THE CLERGY AS STATESMEN ...
... RIVERS . " - THROWN INTO A PRISON SHIP . HIS SUFFERINGS AND FORTITUDE . - RELEASED ON PAROLE . - FLEES TO VIRGINIA . SETTLES IN SOUTH CAROLINA . - HIS DEATH ... 276 CHAPTER XXVIII . JOHN WITHERSPOON , D.D. - THE CLERGY AS STATESMEN ...
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... that they had passed the river , and cut away the bridge . " The cold and dreary storms that swept over Boston that winter were but a feeble emblem of the GAD HITCHCOCK . 29 tempests of feeling and indignation that 28 ELECTION SERMONS .
... that they had passed the river , and cut away the bridge . " The cold and dreary storms that swept over Boston that winter were but a feeble emblem of the GAD HITCHCOCK . 29 tempests of feeling and indignation that 28 ELECTION SERMONS .
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... river was so broken into rapids that it was necessary to carry all the boats and baggage and artillery a mile and a quarter through the woods . First the bushes had to be hewn away , and the trees cut down , to make a passage ; then the ...
... river was so broken into rapids that it was necessary to carry all the boats and baggage and artillery a mile and a quarter through the woods . First the bushes had to be hewn away , and the trees cut down , to make a passage ; then the ...
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... River . Only three small ponds occurred the whole distance , on which the boats could be launched . The rest of the way they and the provisions , ammunitions , etc. , had to be carried on men's shoulders . This was a terrific strain on ...
... River . Only three small ponds occurred the whole distance , on which the boats could be launched . The rest of the way they and the provisions , ammunitions , etc. , had to be carried on men's shoulders . This was a terrific strain on ...
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... river rose steadily the whole time , till the sluggish current at length swept down with such velocity and power that the boats could with difficulty stem it . On the third night , just as the soldiers had lain down to rest , after ...
... river rose steadily the whole time , till the sluggish current at length swept down with such velocity and power that the boats could with difficulty stem it . On the third night , just as the soldiers had lain down to rest , after ...
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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.