Memorial: Rev. Isaac P. Langworthy, D.D. 1806-1888Beacon Press, 1889 - 24 pages |
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... character . There is a sense of grandeur in regarding such a man , with strength and force of character to sustain him through all the sufferings and temptations of life . If there is one thing that is to be admired in these days , it ...
... character . There is a sense of grandeur in regarding such a man , with strength and force of character to sustain him through all the sufferings and temptations of life . If there is one thing that is to be admired in these days , it ...
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... character we today assemble to honor , whose departure from us we are here gathered to deplore . " Great peace have they which love thy law , and nothing shall offend them . " In my farewell interview with him , when the seal of death ...
... character we today assemble to honor , whose departure from us we are here gathered to deplore . " Great peace have they which love thy law , and nothing shall offend them . " In my farewell interview with him , when the seal of death ...
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... character and services we are now to pass in review . Isaac Pendleton Langworthy was born in Stonington , Con- necticut , in that part of the old town now called North Stonington , January 19 , 1806. He was the son of John Langworthy ...
... character and services we are now to pass in review . Isaac Pendleton Langworthy was born in Stonington , Con- necticut , in that part of the old town now called North Stonington , January 19 , 1806. He was the son of John Langworthy ...
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... character on the thought and life of the place . Every one knew him , every one honored him . Especially upon the relig- ious life of this people , and of the three churches of our order here , he has exerted an important influence ...
... character on the thought and life of the place . Every one knew him , every one honored him . Especially upon the relig- ious life of this people , and of the three churches of our order here , he has exerted an important influence ...
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... character , and to look on the promise as they think of years of growing usefulness . Then to see them falter in their course , and turning back from all earthly plans and hopes , slowly sink away into death , leaving them childless and ...
... character , and to look on the promise as they think of years of growing usefulness . Then to see them falter in their course , and turning back from all earthly plans and hopes , slowly sink away into death , leaving them childless and ...
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Page 23 - The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. 7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God : whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
Page 6 - Great peace have they which love thy law : and nothing shall offend them.
Page 19 - Our Light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." These were the truths this minister of Christ had often proclaimed ; they were the truths he was enabled to illustrate in his life. God's law bade him bow in meekness and patience, in resignation and submission, to God's appointment...
Page 15 - So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.
Page 13 - Association places on record for perpetual preservation its appreciation of the signal ability and steadfast devotion with which he has given himself to this work during his long and honorable time of service ; of his self-denying efforts in securing funds in trying times of our history, which, with the generosity of others, have placed this institution upon permanent and useful ground ; of his devotion to the Library, which has thus grown from 3,638 volumes to 33,473, and...
Page 13 - Library, which has thus grown from 3,638 volumes to 33,473, and from 20,000 pamphlets to 140,000, without cost to the treasury ; and of his jealous care for all the interests of this House, and of his love for the great cause of the Master which inspired all these works.
Page 8 - ... sensible, discreet, and of uncommon executive force. When he resigned his pastorate here some of his people asked him what kind of a man they should choose as his successor. "I do not wish to interfere," he said; "suit yourselves, only I do hope you will get somebody who has some snap aM&getojf'm him.
Page 10 - ... Just before graduating from the Theological Seminary at New Haven, he was invited to Chelsea, Mass., as a candidate for the pastorate of a church not yet formed. He preached his first sermons here August 29, 1841, and commenced visiting with a view of organizing a Congregational church. On the...