Annals of the American Episcopal PulpitRobert Carter & Brothers, 1859 - 822 pages |
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... present , the latter being detained by sickness . One of the principal subjects that occupied the Convention was the importance of taking measures to perpetuate the Episcopal succession . Dr. Griffith , who had been prevented from going ...
... present , the latter being detained by sickness . One of the principal subjects that occupied the Convention was the importance of taking measures to perpetuate the Episcopal succession . Dr. Griffith , who had been prevented from going ...
Page xv
... present state : - In 1792 , the number of its Bishops was five ; of its Clergy , one hundred and seventy - eight , exclusive of New Hampshire and Massachusetts . In 1832 , there had been twenty - nine consecrated to the Episcopate , of ...
... present state : - In 1792 , the number of its Bishops was five ; of its Clergy , one hundred and seventy - eight , exclusive of New Hampshire and Massachusetts . In 1832 , there had been twenty - nine consecrated to the Episcopate , of ...
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... present at Annapolis , was requested by the Governor to have a clergyman charged with bigamy before them , and to examine into the case . And this they accordingly did . He remained at Annapolis for some time , and on the 25th preached ...
... present at Annapolis , was requested by the Governor to have a clergyman charged with bigamy before them , and to examine into the case . And this they accordingly did . He remained at Annapolis for some time , and on the 25th preached ...
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... present state of Religion on the Continent of North America , and the Acts of his Visita- tion held at Annapolis . In 1706 , he had the donative of St. Botolph with- out Aldgate offered him again , worth a hundred and fifty pounds per ...
... present state of Religion on the Continent of North America , and the Acts of his Visita- tion held at Annapolis . In 1706 , he had the donative of St. Botolph with- out Aldgate offered him again , worth a hundred and fifty pounds per ...
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... present of a noble silver set of Communion plate ; and that plate is in use in old Christ Church still . In 1711 , such had been the increase of his congregation that it was found necessary to enlarge the church edifice . Mr. Evans ...
... present of a noble silver set of Communion plate ; and that plate is in use in old Christ Church still . In 1711 , such had been the increase of his congregation that it was found necessary to enlarge the church edifice . Mr. Evans ...
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Page 502 - I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture; much impressed 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.
Page 434 - I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air ; but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection ; lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast-away.
Page 559 - I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Page 555 - Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils : for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Page 199 - And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians ; and there was a great cry in Egypt ; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
Page 606 - Albeit that Good Works, which are the fruits of Faith, and follow after Justification, cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity of God's judgment; yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively Faith; insomuch that by them a lively Faith may be as evidently known as a tree discerned by the fruit.
Page 526 - Behold, here I am : witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed : whose ox have I taken ? or whose ass have I taken ? or whom have I defrauded ? whom have I oppressed ? or of whose hand have I received any bribe* to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
Page 19 - But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, — is therefore Christ the minister of sin ? God forbid ! 18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
Page 80 - I did not disapprove of the design, but, as Georgia was then destitute of materials and workmen, and it was proposed to send them from Philadelphia at a great expense, I thought it would have been better to have built the house here, and brought the children to it.
Page 588 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.