A Sermon, Delivered Before His Excellency Caleb Strong, Esq., Governor, the Honorable the Council, Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, May 26, 1802: Being the Day of General ElectionYoung & Minns, state printers, 1802 - 36 pages |
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... whole body , upon any emergency , can easily be collected to a single point . In this union only individual and perfonal fafety can be enjoyed . It will hence follow , that where the rights and privileges of all are secured , and equal ...
... whole body , upon any emergency , can easily be collected to a single point . In this union only individual and perfonal fafety can be enjoyed . It will hence follow , that where the rights and privileges of all are secured , and equal ...
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... sufficient energy given to the whole , to support order and tranquility at home , honor and good faith with all nations with whom we were connected a- broad . Delegates Delegates were accordingly appointed by the different States who met.
... sufficient energy given to the whole , to support order and tranquility at home , honor and good faith with all nations with whom we were connected a- broad . Delegates Delegates were accordingly appointed by the different States who met.
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... whole , and making fuch mutual concef fions as local circumstances required , they unani mously agreed in the effential articles of our pre- fent excellent Conftitution . It was then fubmitted again to the several States , and by them ...
... whole , and making fuch mutual concef fions as local circumstances required , they unani mously agreed in the effential articles of our pre- fent excellent Conftitution . It was then fubmitted again to the several States , and by them ...
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... - ducted with intelligence and ability , and like a wit- ness under oath , that they fhould " tell the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth . " Pub- lic . lic opinion , which often controuls the most impor tant 15.
... - ducted with intelligence and ability , and like a wit- ness under oath , that they fhould " tell the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth . " Pub- lic . lic opinion , which often controuls the most impor tant 15.
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... ciples and example , like a contagious leaven , would feem to run through the whole lump . The peo- ple would relapfe again into idolatry , and vice and irreligion triumph . Perhaps Perhaps it may be asked , whether this people might.
... ciples and example , like a contagious leaven , would feem to run through the whole lump . The peo- ple would relapfe again into idolatry , and vice and irreligion triumph . Perhaps Perhaps it may be asked , whether this people might.
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Page 3 - And their nobles shall be of themselves, And their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; And I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: For who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the Lord. And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Page 7 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Page 23 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Page 11 - The voluntary outpouring of the public feeling, made to-day, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, proves this sentiment to be both just and natural.
Page 24 - Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Page 28 - But as it is easy to foresee, that from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed, to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth; as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively (though often covertly and insidiously) directed...
Page 24 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise. Do good in Thy good pleasure unto Zion : Build Thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Page 21 - And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. 6 And nation was "destroyed of nation, and city of city : for God did vex them with all adversity.
Page 5 - The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) 12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Page 10 - ... remain after the manner thereof. And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.