Irenæus Letters: Second SeriesNew York Observer, 1885 - 388 pages |
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... died in Paterson , N. J. , a few days ago , whom I baptized . It is pleasant to me that Mr. Jabez Turner , who was an active member of the church when I was pastor , is and has long been an officer of the church in which I now statedly ...
... died in Paterson , N. J. , a few days ago , whom I baptized . It is pleasant to me that Mr. Jabez Turner , who was an active member of the church when I was pastor , is and has long been an officer of the church in which I now statedly ...
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... Died July 18 , 1885 . 66 An open Bible formed of white and yellow roses with the inscription in blue violets , Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord , " Rev. 14 : 13 , was the only ornament ; and this floral tribute came from those ...
... Died July 18 , 1885 . 66 An open Bible formed of white and yellow roses with the inscription in blue violets , Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord , " Rev. 14 : 13 , was the only ornament ; and this floral tribute came from those ...
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... dying . " Alas ! " said an old lady , " he was my best preacher these forty years . " His Letters were a staff to help me through every week , bringing comfort and strength every time , and shedding light upon one's way through this ...
... dying . " Alas ! " said an old lady , " he was my best preacher these forty years . " His Letters were a staff to help me through every week , bringing comfort and strength every time , and shedding light upon one's way through this ...
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... died since I began my pro- fessional life here , nearly thirty years ago . Slowly the list increased , as I recalled one loved face after another , until I had thirty names — brilliant and blessed names - with all of whom our departed ...
... died since I began my pro- fessional life here , nearly thirty years ago . Slowly the list increased , as I recalled one loved face after another , until I had thirty names — brilliant and blessed names - with all of whom our departed ...
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... died during the war . The son survived the war and died in 1791 . Rev. Nathaniel Scudder Prime , D.D. , a son of Dr. B. Y. Prime , was not buried here , and therefore I cannot speak of his grave as among the tombs of my ancestors ...
... died during the war . The son survived the war and died in 1791 . Rev. Nathaniel Scudder Prime , D.D. , a son of Dr. B. Y. Prime , was not buried here , and therefore I cannot speak of his grave as among the tombs of my ancestors ...
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Page 193 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Page 214 - O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil!
Page 145 - But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Page 82 - And with them the Being Beauteous Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me, And is now a saint in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes that messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits and gazes at me With those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saint-like, Looking downward from the skies.
Page 27 - My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the Earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies.
Page 214 - Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.
Page 84 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate!
Page 305 - O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end...
Page 185 - Thou dost conduct thy people Through torrents of temptation : Nor will we fear, While thou art near, The fire of tribulation : The world, with sin and Satan, In vain our march opposes ; By thee we shall Break through them all, And sing the song of Moses.
Page 66 - I am just going. Have me decently buried; and do not let my body be put into the vault in less than three days after I am dead.