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Page 15
... young metropolis of the mighty west . About the month of August , in the year 1840 , at Plattville , in Wisconsin , I met a Methodist missionary , named Cavanaugh , who had been for years employed among the Indians up near the mouth of ...
... young metropolis of the mighty west . About the month of August , in the year 1840 , at Plattville , in Wisconsin , I met a Methodist missionary , named Cavanaugh , who had been for years employed among the Indians up near the mouth of ...
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... young , was far more influenced by Europe than she is now . The year 1728 is memorable as the great era of infidelity in Europe . Voltaire formed , about this period , his great plan for destroying the Christian religion . I quote the ...
... young , was far more influenced by Europe than she is now . The year 1728 is memorable as the great era of infidelity in Europe . Voltaire formed , about this period , his great plan for destroying the Christian religion . I quote the ...
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... young with awe and reverence in view of God and his holy gospel . I remember , with a distinctness that is marvellous to myself , the unparalleled impression in our neighbor- hood . We had assembled in the house of worship THE GREAT ...
... young with awe and reverence in view of God and his holy gospel . I remember , with a distinctness that is marvellous to myself , the unparalleled impression in our neighbor- hood . We had assembled in the house of worship THE GREAT ...
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... young men of respectable families , well known in the congre- gation , began to tremble in their seats ; they were perfectly silent , but their trembling was visible to all that were in the house ; the people felt that the great Master ...
... young men of respectable families , well known in the congre- gation , began to tremble in their seats ; they were perfectly silent , but their trembling was visible to all that were in the house ; the people felt that the great Master ...
Page 40
... young people would be in tears . On my way to Kentucky , I was 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 ...
... young people would be in tears . On my way to Kentucky , I was 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 ...
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