Proceedings of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of ... the First Church and Parish of Dorchester, Mass., Coincident with the Settlement of the Town: Observed March 28 and June 17, 1880Geo. H. Ellis, 1880 - 176 pages |
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... Mary and John and her future anchorage , but to the power which unmoored her and the breeze which filled her sails . In other words , why was this church formed , and what were the forces which formed it ? The First Church of Dorchester ...
... Mary and John and her future anchorage , but to the power which unmoored her and the breeze which filled her sails . In other words , why was this church formed , and what were the forces which formed it ? The First Church of Dorchester ...
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... Mary and John were unconscious echoes to the blows of Martin Luther when he nailed his theses to the church - door in Wittenberg . That scene at Plymouth , England , which this day brings before your imagination , recalls a scene at ...
... Mary and John were unconscious echoes to the blows of Martin Luther when he nailed his theses to the church - door in Wittenberg . That scene at Plymouth , England , which this day brings before your imagination , recalls a scene at ...
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... John Hooper , one of its bishops , boldly protests against the use of the surplice , the cope , and the tippet ... Mary had come to the throne . History has protested against the desecration of a beauti- ful name a name which on this ...
... John Hooper , one of its bishops , boldly protests against the use of the surplice , the cope , and the tippet ... Mary had come to the throne . History has protested against the desecration of a beauti- ful name a name which on this ...
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... Mary and John ? So thought your fathers , and so thought John White of Dorchester . We have seen how ecclesiastic and civil oppression caused the emigration to Germany and Switz- erland 32 First Parish , Dorchester .
... Mary and John ? So thought your fathers , and so thought John White of Dorchester . We have seen how ecclesiastic and civil oppression caused the emigration to Germany and Switz- erland 32 First Parish , Dorchester .
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... Mary . The same influences under Elizabeth and James sent the Separatists to ... John White was a prominent member , to establish a settlement at Cape Ann ... John White of Dorchester was the spiritual progenitor of our church ; but he ...
... Mary . The same influences under Elizabeth and James sent the Separatists to ... John White was a prominent member , to establish a settlement at Cape Ann ... John White of Dorchester was the spiritual progenitor of our church ; but he ...
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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 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 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 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.