The Christian Advocate, Volume 3A. Finley, 1825 - Presbyterian Church in the U.S. |
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... Committee thus speak : - " The improvement of all the schools has been greatly promoted by the active exertions of Mrs. Colman , whose late ap- pointment by the Committee to superin- tend their schools , with the steps which led to it ...
... Committee thus speak : - " The improvement of all the schools has been greatly promoted by the active exertions of Mrs. Colman , whose late ap- pointment by the Committee to superin- tend their schools , with the steps which led to it ...
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... committee , constituted of mem- bers of both houses of Congress , has waited on the General , to request his acceptance of our national offering ; and with that dignity and delicacy which characterizes his actions , he has accepted it ...
... committee , constituted of mem- bers of both houses of Congress , has waited on the General , to request his acceptance of our national offering ; and with that dignity and delicacy which characterizes his actions , he has accepted it ...
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... committee of merchants , appointed by the gover- nor without a jury ; with a right of appeal , however , to the governor , in cases above £ 500 . Exactly at sun- down , a gun is fired , when the gates are shut ; and until the morning ...
... committee of merchants , appointed by the gover- nor without a jury ; with a right of appeal , however , to the governor , in cases above £ 500 . Exactly at sun- down , a gun is fired , when the gates are shut ; and until the morning ...
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... committee of Congress that informed him of his election , distinctly re- cognised his dependance on Divine aid . His station is exceedingly arduous as well as important . Let those who know the value of prayer , offer it fervently to ...
... committee of Congress that informed him of his election , distinctly re- cognised his dependance on Divine aid . His station is exceedingly arduous as well as important . Let those who know the value of prayer , offer it fervently to ...
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... committee of the Ame- rican Board of Commissioners for Fo- reign Missions . We have some hope of seeing him in Philadelphia , before he leaves our country . By the ves- sel in which he came , two letters from Betsy Stockton have been re ...
... committee of the Ame- rican Board of Commissioners for Fo- reign Missions . We have some hope of seeing him in Philadelphia , before he leaves our country . By the ves- sel in which he came , two letters from Betsy Stockton have been re ...
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Page 338 - But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed then Eve. And Adam was not deceived ; but the woman, being deceived, was in the transgression ; notwithstanding she shall be saved in child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and charity, and holiness with sobriety.
Page 245 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
Page 104 - And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season.
Page 387 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 99 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God ; for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man; but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust and enticed.
Page 127 - O, how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, » And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, O, how canst thou renounce^ and hope to be forgiven ! These charms shall work thy soul's eternal health, And love, and gentleness, and joy,...
Page 389 - Lord's will" and did it not,• " shall be beaten with many stripes, but he that knew not and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes.
Page 559 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven ; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
Page 51 - Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Page 23 - Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them, which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.