Annals of the American Pulpit: Episcopalian. 1859R. Carter and brothers, 1859 - Baptists |
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... College . With a view to this , he set on foot a subscription , which , being headed by the Governor and his Council , soon amounted to twenty - five hundred pounds sterling . In the first Assembly held by Nicholson , in 1691 , the ...
... College . With a view to this , he set on foot a subscription , which , being headed by the Governor and his Council , soon amounted to twenty - five hundred pounds sterling . In the first Assembly held by Nicholson , in 1691 , the ...
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... College in 1701. He was ordained and installed Pastor of the Congregational Church in Stratford , Conn . , on the 11th of January , 1710. Here he sustained a very high reputation , as a preacher , and was regarded as one of the most ...
... College in 1701. He was ordained and installed Pastor of the Congregational Church in Stratford , Conn . , on the 11th of January , 1710. Here he sustained a very high reputation , as a preacher , and was regarded as one of the most ...
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... College . He became a member of Yale College , then in its infancy , and situated at Saybrook , -in 1710 , at the early age of fourteen . His principal Tutor in College was Mr. ( afterwards the Rev. ) Phineas Fisk ; though he devo- ted ...
... College . He became a member of Yale College , then in its infancy , and situated at Saybrook , -in 1710 , at the early age of fourteen . His principal Tutor in College was Mr. ( afterwards the Rev. ) Phineas Fisk ; though he devo- ted ...
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... College ; and that meeting made way for others , the result of which had an important bearing on the interests of several of the parties . President Cutler , Tutor Browne , and Mr. Johnson , soon declared in favour of the Episcopal ...
... College ; and that meeting made way for others , the result of which had an important bearing on the interests of several of the parties . President Cutler , Tutor Browne , and Mr. Johnson , soon declared in favour of the Episcopal ...
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... College Library a large col- lection of valuable books , the cost of which was said to have been nearly five hundred pounds sterling . And about the same time he transmitted to Mr. Johnson a deed , in which he conveyed to the College ...
... College Library a large col- lection of valuable books , the cost of which was said to have been nearly five hundred pounds sterling . And about the same time he transmitted to Mr. Johnson a deed , in which he conveyed to the College ...
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Page 106 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper.
Page 549 - All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Page 689 - I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Page 574 - God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 27 - 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 106 - Georgia, and suspecting a collection might be intended, had by precaution emptied his pockets before he came from home. Towards the conclusion of the discourse, however, he felt a strong...
Page 136 - Charter of the Corporation for the Relief of the Widows and Children of Clergymen in the Communion of the Church of England, in America...
Page 333 - Write, blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them.
Page 630 - 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 xvi - I do believe the holy scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the word of God, and to contain all things necessary to salvation : and I do solemnly engage to conform to thfc doctrine and worship of the Protestant Episcopal Church in these United States.