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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Page 5
... organization was completed by the election of Richard C. Humphreys as clerk . After a discussion of considerable length , it was Voted , That it is inexpedient for the First Parish to take any initia- tory steps towards a celebration by ...
... organization was completed by the election of Richard C. Humphreys as clerk . After a discussion of considerable length , it was Voted , That it is inexpedient for the First Parish to take any initia- tory steps towards a celebration by ...
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... under- taken by the general committee , enlarged and organized into various sub - committees , a list of which is furnished in the Appendix . Two Hundred and Fittieth Anniversary of The Gathering in England 6 First Parish , Dorchester .
... under- taken by the general committee , enlarged and organized into various sub - committees , a list of which is furnished in the Appendix . Two Hundred and Fittieth Anniversary of The Gathering in England 6 First Parish , Dorchester .
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... and prayerful devotion , elect their ministers and perfect their organization , before launch- ing the nascent church upon the billows of the great deep , with a ship for a meeting - house , and Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary . 19.
... and prayerful devotion , elect their ministers and perfect their organization , before launch- ing the nascent church upon the billows of the great deep , with a ship for a meeting - house , and Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary . 19.
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... organization , government , and worship , they were strenuously opposed to both . Basing , like the Presbyterians , their argument for church government wholly on the Scriptures , their interpretation was materially differ- ent . They ...
... organization , government , and worship , they were strenuously opposed to both . Basing , like the Presbyterians , their argument for church government wholly on the Scriptures , their interpretation was materially differ- ent . They ...
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... organized themselves into a Christian church , and chose their pastors before leaving England . Your fathers believed that Genesis should pre- cede Exodus . This church was not built of drift - wood gathered on the American shores : it ...
... organized themselves into a Christian church , and chose their pastors before leaving England . Your fathers believed that Genesis should pre- cede Exodus . This church was not built of drift - wood gathered on the American shores : it ...
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Popular passages
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.