Memoir of the Life of the Rt. Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D. D., Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia |
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... Dear Crissy ; —Although but a few days have elapsed since I last wrote , still as I have since that period made an excursion to the Highlands , and have visited the site of my grandfather's country seat at West Point , at which I passed ...
... Dear Crissy ; —Although but a few days have elapsed since I last wrote , still as I have since that period made an excursion to the Highlands , and have visited the site of my grandfather's country seat at West Point , at which I passed ...
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... not be able to enter fully into your father's feelings on such a subject : unless you recur in recollection to that spot , in which you first drew the breath B of life ; and on which your dear departed mother LIFE OF BISHOP MOORE . 21.
... not be able to enter fully into your father's feelings on such a subject : unless you recur in recollection to that spot , in which you first drew the breath B of life ; and on which your dear departed mother LIFE OF BISHOP MOORE . 21.
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... Dear Daughter , —My former letters have been direct- ed to your sister Crissy , under the impression , that you as well as she , would peruse them , and with the confidence that it was a matter of no particular importance to whom ...
... Dear Daughter , —My former letters have been direct- ed to your sister Crissy , under the impression , that you as well as she , would peruse them , and with the confidence that it was a matter of no particular importance to whom ...
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... dear Ger- trude , and then bend my course to Richmond . Should anything occur to arrest me in my progress to the South , I shall apprize you of it ; so that you may not be disap- pointed on the subject of my return . Mr. Cook has re ...
... dear Ger- trude , and then bend my course to Richmond . Should anything occur to arrest me in my progress to the South , I shall apprize you of it ; so that you may not be disap- pointed on the subject of my return . Mr. Cook has re ...
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... dear friend Martha Chamberlayne ; but , as I am sensible her little girl is much better provided for , than she could have been in this world , I hope she will bend with resignation to the dispensation of Providence , and remember that ...
... dear friend Martha Chamberlayne ; but , as I am sensible her little girl is much better provided for , than she could have been in this world , I hope she will bend with resignation to the dispensation of Providence , and remember that ...
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Page 333 - David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear and took a lamb out of the flock ; and I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth : and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear ; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 353 - And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him.
Page 371 - 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.
Page viii - And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee ? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
Page 474 - Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines ; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 361 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 376 - Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: and I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Page 377 - So I prophesied as I was commanded : and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
Page 450 - For I have received of the LORD that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord JESUS, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread ; and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat ; this is my body, which is broken for you : this do in remembrance of me.
Page 326 - There stands the messenger of truth: there stands The legate of the skies! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace.