Proceedings of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Gathering in England, Departure for America, and Final Settlement in New England, of the First Church and Parish of Dorchester, Mass., Coincident with the Settlement of the Town: Observed March 28 and June 17, 1880G. H. Ellis, 1880 - 176 pages |
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... learned that this church is two hundred and fifty years old . The gratification I have experienced lies in the fact that they had not discov- ered it themselves . They had detected no antiquity in the church feature , no decrepitude in ...
... learned that this church is two hundred and fifty years old . The gratification I have experienced lies in the fact that they had not discov- ered it themselves . They had detected no antiquity in the church feature , no decrepitude in ...
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... learned men , your ministers , who with Higginson , father and son , Williams and Peters , of our own church , established these religious societies in this Western World , and laid the foundations of the State with such great reverence ...
... learned men , your ministers , who with Higginson , father and son , Williams and Peters , of our own church , established these religious societies in this Western World , and laid the foundations of the State with such great reverence ...
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... learned of the apostles confesseth he knew in part and saw but darkly as through a glass . Oh , that all those who are brethren , though they cannot think and speak the same things , might be of one accord in the Lord . Now , the God of ...
... learned of the apostles confesseth he knew in part and saw but darkly as through a glass . Oh , that all those who are brethren , though they cannot think and speak the same things , might be of one accord in the Lord . Now , the God of ...
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... learned that the earth itself is rushing through space with an inconceivable velocity . Though Copernicus had been dead eighty - seven years , it is not probable that one of your fathers , as he looked skyward on that Sabbath day ...
... learned that the earth itself is rushing through space with an inconceivable velocity . Though Copernicus had been dead eighty - seven years , it is not probable that one of your fathers , as he looked skyward on that Sabbath day ...
Page 112
... learned of the defeat of Charles at Marston Moor and Newberry , and the battle of Naseby , which prac- tically ended the first civil war . The death of Charles I. is passed over in silence by these annals ; but , when Oliver Cromwell ...
... learned of the defeat of Charles at Marston Moor and Newberry , and the battle of Naseby , which prac- tically ended the first civil war . The death of Charles I. is passed over in silence by these annals ; but , when Oliver Cromwell ...
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Page 82 - My native country, thee, land of the noble free, Thy name I love: I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills like that above.
Page 88 - And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Page 16 - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Page 13 - ALL people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice ; Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell, Come ye before Him and rejoice.
Page 42 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 15 - When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
Page 22 - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over.
Page 15 - O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker. For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
Page 16 - Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peace-makers, for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Page 17 - For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned ; but now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly. Wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God ; for he hath prepared for them a city.