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Page 8
... Lord . ” But this infant The west is , as yet , only an infant . possesses the elements of a fearful and stupendous growth . Ere long , the inhabitants of the world will open their eyes , and with astonishment behold a giant standing ...
... Lord . ” But this infant The west is , as yet , only an infant . possesses the elements of a fearful and stupendous growth . Ere long , the inhabitants of the world will open their eyes , and with astonishment behold a giant standing ...
Page 17
... Lord have abundant reason to say that his mercy endureth forever . There are persons now living in Illinois , in Missouri , in Iowa , and in Wisconsin , who arrived there before there was a quail in all that country . But soon after the ...
... Lord have abundant reason to say that his mercy endureth forever . There are persons now living in Illinois , in Missouri , in Iowa , and in Wisconsin , who arrived there before there was a quail in all that country . But soon after the ...
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... Lord . " It is now my purpose to sketch some of the scenes in the early history of the church of God in the west . Before the close of the revolutionary war , large bodies of emigrants had settled in Tennessee and in Kentucky , Many of ...
... Lord . " It is now my purpose to sketch some of the scenes in the early history of the church of God in the west . Before the close of the revolutionary war , large bodies of emigrants had settled in Tennessee and in Kentucky , Many of ...
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... Lord is in this place . " Rev. Mr. Dobbins , then of North Carolina , afterwards well known in Ohio , preached a sermon . The atten- tion was profound . During the sermon , two young men of respectable families , well known in the ...
... Lord is in this place . " Rev. Mr. Dobbins , then of North Carolina , afterwards well known in Ohio , preached a sermon . The atten- tion was profound . During the sermon , two young men of respectable families , well known in the ...
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... Lord Lyttleton , in his letter on the conversion of St. Paul , observes , ( I think justly , ) that enthusiasm is a vain , self - righteous spirit , swelled with self- sufficiency , and disposed to glory in its religious attain- ments ...
... Lord Lyttleton , in his letter on the conversion of St. Paul , observes , ( I think justly , ) that enthusiasm is a vain , self - righteous spirit , swelled with self- sufficiency , and disposed to glory in its religious attain- ments ...
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