Annual Obituary Notices of Eminent Persons who Have Died in the United States. For 1857[-1858]Phillips, Sampson, 1858 |
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... period of twenty years as the beginning of those experiences which were his support in life and in death . At a meeting of the members of the bar , held at the office of Caleb B. Drake , Esq . , in Ithaca , Feb. 25 , 1857 , Caleb B ...
... period of twenty years as the beginning of those experiences which were his support in life and in death . At a meeting of the members of the bar , held at the office of Caleb B. Drake , Esq . , in Ithaca , Feb. 25 , 1857 , Caleb B ...
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... period , an active and suc- cessful teacher in the Sabbath school , and ever anxious , and laboring in her sphere , for the prosperity of Zion . Her piety was peculiarly uniform , active , and free from fluctuation . Its foundation was ...
... period , an active and suc- cessful teacher in the Sabbath school , and ever anxious , and laboring in her sphere , for the prosperity of Zion . Her piety was peculiarly uniform , active , and free from fluctuation . Its foundation was ...
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... period of 30 years , Judge Brodnax was an infidel ; never till after he retired from public life did he pay any attention to the subject of religion . In the year 1832 , " after a long strug- gle with a very proud heart , " he ob ...
... period of 30 years , Judge Brodnax was an infidel ; never till after he retired from public life did he pay any attention to the subject of religion . In the year 1832 , " after a long strug- gle with a very proud heart , " he ob ...
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... period of 30 consecutive years . We knew him first in 1843 , as a member of the 28th Congress , from the Indianapolis district , and afterwards intimately as assistant postmaster gen- eral during Mr. Polk's administration , as a member ...
... period of 30 consecutive years . We knew him first in 1843 , as a member of the 28th Congress , from the Indianapolis district , and afterwards intimately as assistant postmaster gen- eral during Mr. Polk's administration , as a member ...
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... period was large- .ly engaged in various honorable pur- suits ; yet in his protracted and active life , spent for 80 years at the very place where it terminated , he did no act to fix a stain upon his name ; no act which , when dying ...
... period was large- .ly engaged in various honorable pur- suits ; yet in his protracted and active life , spent for 80 years at the very place where it terminated , he did no act to fix a stain upon his name ; no act which , when dying ...
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Page 361 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth...
Page 392 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy, and sell, and get gain : 14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow.
Page 392 - For what is your life ? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Page 71 - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord : Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours: and their works do follow them.
Page 64 - CLAY, be communicated to the family of the deceased by the Clerk. Resolved, That as a further mark of respect for the memory of the deceased, this House do now adjourn.
Page 302 - He knew whom he had believed, and was persuaded that He was able to keep that which he had committed unto Him against that day.
Page 361 - ... having the testimony of a good conscience; in the communion of the catholic Church ; in the confidence of a certain faith ; in the comfort of a reasonable, religious, and holy hope ; in favour with thee our God, and in perfect charity with the world.
Page 64 - Resolved, That as a testimony of respect for the memory of the deceased, the members and officers of this House will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. Resolved, That the proceedings of this House, in relation to the death of the Hon.
Page 398 - May our light afflictions, which are but for a moment, work out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory ; while we look not at the things which are seen and temporal, but at the things unseen and eternal.
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