Centennial PapersPress of the Case, Lockwood, and Brainard Company, 1877 - 214 páginas |
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... John , said company mustered in his door - yard , when they all knelt down with him while he offered prayer for a blessing on their enterprise . He published a sermon , that I have read , from these words , as near as I remember : " For ...
... John , said company mustered in his door - yard , when they all knelt down with him while he offered prayer for a blessing on their enterprise . He published a sermon , that I have read , from these words , as near as I remember : " For ...
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... John , a schoolmaster of Norwalk , of which the following is the first stanza : " July the twenty - second day , The precise hour I will not say , In seventeen hundred and eighty - one , A horrid action was begun . " Mr. Mather was an ...
... John , a schoolmaster of Norwalk , of which the following is the first stanza : " July the twenty - second day , The precise hour I will not say , In seventeen hundred and eighty - one , A horrid action was begun . " Mr. Mather was an ...
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... John and Lydia ( Smith ) Avery , was born at Norwich , Conn . , April 5 , 1746. He was fitted for college in Dr. Wheelock's school , Lebanon ; entered Yale a year in advance , and was graduated in 1769. He studied theology under Dr ...
... John and Lydia ( Smith ) Avery , was born at Norwich , Conn . , April 5 , 1746. He was fitted for college in Dr. Wheelock's school , Lebanon ; entered Yale a year in advance , and was graduated in 1769. He studied theology under Dr ...
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... JOHN SMALLEY , D. D. , a famous divine , and cele- brated as a teacher of students in theology , was born at Co- lumbia , 1734. He was pastor of the church in New Britain from 1758 , when the church was first organized , and he or ...
... JOHN SMALLEY , D. D. , a famous divine , and cele- brated as a teacher of students in theology , was born at Co- lumbia , 1734. He was pastor of the church in New Britain from 1758 , when the church was first organized , and he or ...
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... JOHN EELLS was pastor of the first church in Glas- tonbury , during the Revolution . Another Mr. Eells was pastor of the East Society , called Eastbury ( now Buckingham ) , at the same time - the latter being a cousin of Rev. John Eells ...
... JOHN EELLS was pastor of the first church in Glas- tonbury , during the Revolution . Another Mr. Eells was pastor of the East Society , called Eastbury ( now Buckingham ) , at the same time - the latter being a cousin of Rev. John Eells ...
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Página 139 - 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 60 - We beseech thee, moreover, that thou do gird up the loins of these thy servants, who are going forth to fight thy battles. Make them strong men, that "one shall chase a thousand, and two shall put ten thousand to flight.
Página 139 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt, for all.
Página 114 - As some lone miser, visiting his store, Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er; Hoards after hoards his rising raptures fill, Yet still he sighs, for hoards are wanting still...
Página 88 - Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep ; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine : yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. 19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
Página 72 - Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world and the child of the skies...
Página 9 - And further, full power and authority are hereby given and granted to the said General Court, from time to time, to make, ordain, and establish, all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes, and ordinances, directions and instructions...
Página 139 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Página 120 - 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 10 - For Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are...