The Quaker in the Forum

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John C. Winston, 1910 - 327 pages

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Page 266 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: But I say unto you, Swear not at all...
Page 315 - The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance. We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible war long before this; but God knows best, and has ruled otherwise.
Page 52 - To the end the body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it was ordered and agreed, that, for the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this body politic, but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of the same.
Page 266 - But I say unto you swear not at all, but let your yea be yea, and your nay nay.
Page 196 - And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors.
Page 235 - Johnson advised him not to allow his commercial pursuits to divert his attention from his studies. " A mere literary man," said the Doctor, " is a dull man ; a man who is solely a man of business is a selfish man ; but when literature and commerce are united, they make a respectable man.
Page 85 - We whose names are hereunder, desirous to inhabit in the town of Providence, do promise to subject ourselves in active or passive obedience to all such orders or agreements as shall be made for public good of the body, in an orderly way, by the major assent of the present inhabitants, masters of families, incorporated together into a town fellowship, and such others whom they shall admit unto them, only in civil things.
Page 305 - Indian court" means any Indian tribal court or court of Indian offense. INDIAN RIGHTS SEC. 202. No Indian tribe in exercising powers of self-government shall — (1) make or enforce any law prohibiting the free exercise of religion...
Page 132 - That all differences between the Planters and the natives, shall also be ended by Twelve men, that is, by Six planters and Six natives...

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