The Chaplains and Clergy of the RevolutionC. Scribner, 1864 - 402 páginas |
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Página 19
... turned from the home he might never see again . The young man buckled on his knapsack , and amid sobs and tears shut the little farm gate behind him , the fire in his eye dry- ing up the tears as fast as they welled to the surface ...
... turned from the home he might never see again . The young man buckled on his knapsack , and amid sobs and tears shut the little farm gate behind him , the fire in his eye dry- ing up the tears as fast as they welled to the surface ...
Página 47
... turned in fierce wrath on the enemies of his country ; and , prophet - like , hurled the vengeance of God against all who , in this hour of trial and gloom , stood aloof from its holy cause . The very slowness with which the storm had ...
... turned in fierce wrath on the enemies of his country ; and , prophet - like , hurled the vengeance of God against all who , in this hour of trial and gloom , stood aloof from its holy cause . The very slowness with which the storm had ...
Página 50
... turning them into houses of merchandise and re- ceptacles of beasts , and some of them they have torn in pieces and burned with fire . Therefore we humbly pray that thou wilt hedge up their way , and not suffer them to proceed and ...
... turning them into houses of merchandise and re- ceptacles of beasts , and some of them they have torn in pieces and burned with fire . Therefore we humbly pray that thou wilt hedge up their way , and not suffer them to proceed and ...
Página 51
... turning point of the struggle , directly after Burgoyne's overthrow , and while the land was still rocking to the enthusiastic rejoicings of the people , who believed they saw in it the first gleam of the coming dawn , PHILIP PAYSON ...
... turning point of the struggle , directly after Burgoyne's overthrow , and while the land was still rocking to the enthusiastic rejoicings of the people , who believed they saw in it the first gleam of the coming dawn , PHILIP PAYSON ...
Página 65
... turned ever to the arm and protection of Him , without whose favor human exertion is in vain . Congress immediately adopted his views , and Wash- ington having received a dispatch to that effect , eight days after issued the following ...
... turned ever to the arm and protection of Him , without whose favor human exertion is in vain . Congress immediately adopted his views , and Wash- ington having received a dispatch to that effect , eight days after issued the following ...
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Allen American appointed arms army battle became brave brigade British Caldwell called camp cannon cause chaplain CHAPTER church clergy College Colonies command commenced committee of safety congregation Congress Connecticut Continental Congress courage death declared divine duty Dwight earnest Elizabethtown eloquence enemy England excitement expedition faith fearful fight fire FORT MONTGOMERY Gano hand heart heaven Hill honor Indians Jersey labors land latter Lexington liberty Lord militia minister morning mother country musket never night noble officers oppressed parish passed pastor patriotic peace pray prayer Princeton College prisoners pulpit received regiment religious retreat returned Revolution river Sabbath SAMUEL WEST says scene sent sermon settled side soldiers solemn soon spirit stood strong struggle suffered sword Ticonderoga Timothy Dwight tion took tories town troops turned victory volunteers Washington West Point White Plains wilderness William Tennent Yale College York
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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.