The History of Chelmsford: From Its Origin in 1653, to the Year 1820--together with an Historical Sketch of the Church, and Biographical Notices of the Four First Pastors. To which is Added a Memoir of the Pawtuckett Tribe of Indians. With a Large AppendixP.N. Green, 1820 - 192 páginas |
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... lived to see the wilderness blossom as the rose , and the desolate place filled with much people . His constitution , broken down by excessive labor and study , yielded at length to the force of various diseases which preyed upon it ...
... lived to see the wilderness blossom as the rose , and the desolate place filled with much people . His constitution , broken down by excessive labor and study , yielded at length to the force of various diseases which preyed upon it ...
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... lived in the Indian town . † which had never been annexed by act of court to Chelmsford , though the last purchase of the Indians was made in 1686. Mr. Pierce was re- fused a seat in the house as the representative of Chelmsfo d ...
... lived in the Indian town . † which had never been annexed by act of court to Chelmsford , though the last purchase of the Indians was made in 1686. Mr. Pierce was re- fused a seat in the house as the representative of Chelmsfo d ...
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... lived in the greatest harmony with- out avarice . They practiced justice and equity from principles of virtue , rather than from the re- straints of laws . " They contended with one another only in the cause of virtue . They were ...
... lived in the greatest harmony with- out avarice . They practiced justice and equity from principles of virtue , rather than from the re- straints of laws . " They contended with one another only in the cause of virtue . They were ...
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... lived peaceably with their ministers , who with one exception sleep quietly with their congregations in the peaceable mansions of the dead . They have exhibited a pattern of justice and moderation , piety and charity , worthy the ...
... lived peaceably with their ministers , who with one exception sleep quietly with their congregations in the peaceable mansions of the dead . They have exhibited a pattern of justice and moderation , piety and charity , worthy the ...
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... lived a short time at Cambridge , and from thence he removed to Salem , where he tarried a- bout three years . Here he was both a preacher to the church and a tutor to divers young men , of whom the well known Sir George Downing was one ...
... lived a short time at Cambridge , and from thence he removed to Salem , where he tarried a- bout three years . Here he was both a preacher to the church and a tutor to divers young men , of whom the well known Sir George Downing was one ...
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The History of Chelmsford, from Its Origin in 1653, to the Year 1820 ... Wilkes Allen Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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Página 103 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Página 132 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?
Página 135 - There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
Página 135 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Página 156 - Sirs, you have been pleased for four years last past, in your abundant love, to apply yourselves particularly unto me and my people, to exhort, press, and persuade us to pray to God.
Página 108 - We covenant with our Lord, and one with another ; and we do bind ourselves in the presence of God, to walk together in all his ways, according as he is pleased to reveal himself unto us in His blessed Word of Truth...
Página 103 - I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
Página 157 - Since that time, I hear this sachem doth persevere, and is a constant and diligent hearer of God's word, and sanctifieth the sabbath, though he doth travel to Wamesit meeting every sabbath, which is above two miles; and though sundry of his people have deserted him since he subjected to the gospel, yet he continues and persists.
Página 183 - Greeting: We, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct, do by these Presents Constitute and Appoint you to be an Officer in Our Land Forces from the twentieth day of February 1895.
Página 110 - Promising also unto our best ability to teach our children and servants the knowledge of God, and of His Will, that they may serve Him also; and all this not by any strength of our own, but by the Lord Christ : whose blood we desire may sprinkle this our Covenant made in his name.