The Romance of Old New England ChurchesL.C. Page, 1903 - 377 páginas |
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... person so capa- ble of advising you . I shall depend upon seeing you before you set out on your tour . " The " Mr. Dwight " so pleasantly referred to here was the honoured presi- dent of Yale , busy about this time in alter- ing Watts's ...
... person so capa- ble of advising you . I shall depend upon seeing you before you set out on your tour . " The " Mr. Dwight " so pleasantly referred to here was the honoured presi- dent of Yale , busy about this time in alter- ing Watts's ...
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... person on earth to delight in sentimental talk and to countenance the intrigues with which he is associated , is drawn an overbearing as well as an underbred prig . Just here it is interesting to learn of the fashion in which this so ...
... person on earth to delight in sentimental talk and to countenance the intrigues with which he is associated , is drawn an overbearing as well as an underbred prig . Just here it is interesting to learn of the fashion in which this so ...
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... persons above forty years of age , ten above ninety , nearly thirty between ten and fourteen , and one of four , became the subjects of the renew- ing grace of God . " Such large numbers of converts were duly received into the church ...
... persons above forty years of age , ten above ninety , nearly thirty between ten and fourteen , and one of four , became the subjects of the renew- ing grace of God . " Such large numbers of converts were duly received into the church ...
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... person to whom I purpose by Divine leave to make my ad- dresses . May the Lord direct me in so important an affair ! " What answer Mr. Emerson received to his letters the diary does not tell , but one fancies that it was not altogether ...
... person to whom I purpose by Divine leave to make my ad- dresses . May the Lord direct me in so important an affair ! " What answer Mr. Emerson received to his letters the diary does not tell , but one fancies that it was not altogether ...
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... persons . His grandfather had taught and this example was widely fol- lowed in the vicinity of Northampton that the Lord's Supper was a channel of - - converting grace . But this high sacra- mentarian view Edwards 68 OLD NEW ENGLAND ...
... persons . His grandfather had taught and this example was widely fol- lowed in the vicinity of Northampton that the Lord's Supper was a channel of - - converting grace . But this high sacra- mentarian view Edwards 68 OLD NEW ENGLAND ...
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Página 194 - I long to hear that you have declared an independency — and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
Página 237 - Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God ; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone ; in whom all the building, fitly framed together, groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord : in whom ye also are builded together, for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Página 184 - Trust in him at all times, ye people, pour out your hearts before him ; God is a refuge for us.
Página 47 - They say there is a young lady in New Haven who is beloved of that great Being who made and rules the world, and that there are certain seasons in which this great Being, in some way or other invisible, comes to her and fills her mind with exceeding sweet delight, and that she hardly cares for anything except to meditate on Him; that she expects after a while to be received up where he is, to be raised up out of the world and caught up into heaven; being assured that he loves her too well to let...
Página 89 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: " Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Página 143 - Thus saith the Lord GOD, Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Página 231 - Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lord, King GEORGE ; and so replenish him with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that he may alway incline to thy will, and walk in thy way...
Página 196 - ... were grown turbulent; that Indians slighted their guardians, and negroes grew insolent to their masters. But your letter was the first intimation that another tribe, more numerous and powerful than all the rest, were grown discontented. This is rather too coarse a compliment, but you are so saucy, I won't blot it out. Depend upon it, we know better than to repeal our masculine systems.
Página 104 - The servants tugged with might and main, but could not lift this enormous receptacle, and were finally obliged to drag it across the floor. Captain Hull then took a key from his girdle, unlocked the chest, and lifted its ponderous lid. Behold! it was full to the brim of bright...
Página 47 - ... wrong or sinful if you would give her all the world, lest she should offend this Great Being. She is of a wonderful sweetness, calmness, and universal benevolence of mind, especially after this Great God has manifested Himself to her mind.