The Chaplains and Clergy of the RevolutionC. Scribner, 1864 - 402 páginas |
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Página 54
... seemed suddenly to be filled with prophetic fire , and rapt with the inspiring view that , far beyond the bloody battle - fields , rose on the future , he exclaimed : " To anticipate the future glory of America from our present hopes ...
... seemed suddenly to be filled with prophetic fire , and rapt with the inspiring view that , far beyond the bloody battle - fields , rose on the future , he exclaimed : " To anticipate the future glory of America from our present hopes ...
Página 55
... this vision of their country free and happy . It seemed as if God himself were calling on them to untiring exertion and firm trust by his promise of success . CHAPTER V. PERSONAL INFLUENCE OF THE CLERGY . - APPOINTMENT.
... this vision of their country free and happy . It seemed as if God himself were calling on them to untiring exertion and firm trust by his promise of success . CHAPTER V. PERSONAL INFLUENCE OF THE CLERGY . - APPOINTMENT.
Página 75
... seemed destined to flow on evenly , and un- noticed by the great world without , to its close . But when the trouble between the Colonies and the mother country commenced , he stepped at once from his ob- scurity , and became known ...
... seemed destined to flow on evenly , and un- noticed by the great world without , to its close . But when the trouble between the Colonies and the mother country commenced , he stepped at once from his ob- scurity , and became known ...
Página 84
... seemed as if Heaven had ordained that Psalm to be read on that morning . After this , Mr , Duchè , very unexpectedly to every body , struck out into an extemporary prayer , which filled the bosom of every man present . I must confess I ...
... seemed as if Heaven had ordained that Psalm to be read on that morning . After this , Mr , Duchè , very unexpectedly to every body , struck out into an extemporary prayer , which filled the bosom of every man present . I must confess I ...
Página 87
... seemed to fill him with dismay ; and when Philadelphia finally fell into the hands of the British , he lost all hope , and in a moment of weakness and timidity , presumed to address Washington a letter , in which he speaks with an ...
... seemed to fill him with dismay ; and when Philadelphia finally fell into the hands of the British , he lost all hope , and in a moment of weakness and timidity , presumed to address Washington a letter , in which he speaks with an ...
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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.