Thirteen Historical Discourses, on the Completion of Two Hundred Years, from the Beginning of the First Church in New Haven, with an AppendixDurrie & Peck, 1839 - 400 pages |
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... labors so much has been done to illustrate the early history of New England . But why should I speak of the many occasional discourses which have treated of the his- tory of particular towns or Churches , or of the more stately and ...
... labors so much has been done to illustrate the early history of New England . But why should I speak of the many occasional discourses which have treated of the his- tory of particular towns or Churches , or of the more stately and ...
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... labors and domestic cares . And now in dismissing the last page of a work which with all the fatigues and midnight vigils it has cost me , has been continually pleasant , I desire to record my thanks to the divine providence which has ...
... labors and domestic cares . And now in dismissing the last page of a work which with all the fatigues and midnight vigils it has cost me , has been continually pleasant , I desire to record my thanks to the divine providence which has ...
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... labored under many disadvantages , especially in regard to the education of their children , and moved also by " a great hope and inward zeal they had of laying some good foundation , or at least to make some way thereunto , for the ...
... labored under many disadvantages , especially in regard to the education of their children , and moved also by " a great hope and inward zeal they had of laying some good foundation , or at least to make some way thereunto , for the ...
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... labor or bu- siness ; for it is the Sabbath . By and by the stillness is bro- ken by the beating of a drum ; and from the tents and from the vessels , a congregation comes gathering around a spread- ing oak . The aged and the honored ...
... labor or bu- siness ; for it is the Sabbath . By and by the stillness is bro- ken by the beating of a drum ; and from the tents and from the vessels , a congregation comes gathering around a spread- ing oak . The aged and the honored ...
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... labors and disabilities , no privileged classes . The aim of those laws was " equal and ex- act justice ; " and equal and exact justice is the only freedom . Equal and exact justice in the laws , and in the administra- tion of the laws ...
... labors and disabilities , no privileged classes . The aim of those laws was " equal and ex- act justice ; " and equal and exact justice is the only freedom . Equal and exact justice in the laws , and in the administra- tion of the laws ...
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