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Page 13
... told of that memorable mustering of the bees at Nashville , which has since been so care- fully recorded in Hon . Judge Haywood's " History of Tennessee . " The period was about the year 1800 or 1801. Nashville was then a very small ...
... told of that memorable mustering of the bees at Nashville , which has since been so care- fully recorded in Hon . Judge Haywood's " History of Tennessee . " The period was about the year 1800 or 1801. Nashville was then a very small ...
Page 15
... told me that the progress of the bees , moving as a " pillar of cloud " in front of the white settlements , was then an object of troubled apprehension and dread among the Indians where he labored . " Old Indian chiefs , " said he ...
... told me that the progress of the bees , moving as a " pillar of cloud " in front of the white settlements , was then an object of troubled apprehension and dread among the Indians where he labored . " Old Indian chiefs , " said he ...
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... told to children , and to children's children . In relation to this matter , I have often thought that the church of God in the west has reason to adopt the language of the Psalmist , " Come and hear , all ye that fear God , and I will ...
... told to children , and to children's children . In relation to this matter , I have often thought that the church of God in the west has reason to adopt the language of the Psalmist , " Come and hear , all ye that fear God , and I will ...
Page 39
... told by those who had been there , that their religious assemblies were more solemn , and the appear- ance of the work much greater , than what had been in Kentucky : any enthusiastic symptoms which might at first have attended the ...
... told by those who had been there , that their religious assemblies were more solemn , and the appear- ance of the work much greater , than what had been in Kentucky : any enthusiastic symptoms which might at first have attended the ...
Page 40
... told by settlers ( on the road , that the character of Kentucky travellers was entirely changed , and that they were now as distinguished for sobriety as they had formerly been for dissoluteness ; and , indeed , I found Kentucky the ...
... told by settlers ( on the road , that the character of Kentucky travellers was entirely changed , and that they were now as distinguished for sobriety as they had formerly been for dissoluteness ; and , indeed , I found Kentucky the ...
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