An Address Delivered on Christmas Day, at the Funeral of Rev. Benjamin Tappan: Together with a Sermon Preached the Following Sabbath, December 27, 1863Kennebec Journal, 1863 - 22 pages |
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... friend shall scrape the moss from the stone at our grave , it will matter little whether he reads that we died in 1873 or 1863. We take no note of time when we have slipped into eternity . But it will matter something , to him at least ...
... friend shall scrape the moss from the stone at our grave , it will matter little whether he reads that we died in 1873 or 1863. We take no note of time when we have slipped into eternity . But it will matter something , to him at least ...
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... friends , -we who are gathered here , that we have been permitted to share in the toils and the glories of these times . Let us be thankful that on many a well - fought field we have been honorably represented . And , chiefly , that one ...
... friends , -we who are gathered here , that we have been permitted to share in the toils and the glories of these times . Let us be thankful that on many a well - fought field we have been honorably represented . And , chiefly , that one ...
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... friend and minister , John Means , Esq . , Hon . J. W. Bradbury , J. McArthur , Esq . , Cyrus Briggs , M. D . , - and others . ALEXANDER MCKENZIE . NOTE . BENJAMIN TAPPAN was born November 7 , 1788 AUGUSTA, January 18, 1864. ...
... friend and minister , John Means , Esq . , Hon . J. W. Bradbury , J. McArthur , Esq . , Cyrus Briggs , M. D . , - and others . ALEXANDER MCKENZIE . NOTE . BENJAMIN TAPPAN was born November 7 , 1788 AUGUSTA, January 18, 1864. ...
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... friend , - was the servant of the Lord . This wise man bowed at the babe's cradle with his gold and frankincense and myrrh ; then went out owning him " Emmanuel , God with us , " and Jesus , Savior , and asking ever after , " Lord what ...
... friend , - was the servant of the Lord . This wise man bowed at the babe's cradle with his gold and frankincense and myrrh ; then went out owning him " Emmanuel , God with us , " and Jesus , Savior , and asking ever after , " Lord what ...
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... friends , then it was blessed We are not captives , nor desolate and persecuted in the world . Yet it is blessed to depart , when the Lord shall call us , for heaven is better than earth . The parting of disciples here is only for the ...
... friends , then it was blessed We are not captives , nor desolate and persecuted in the world . Yet it is blessed to depart , when the Lord shall call us , for heaven is better than earth . The parting of disciples here is only for the ...
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Page 9 - No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Page 18 - Let him that stole, steal no more, but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Page 13 - STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have not seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove; Thine are these orbs of light and shade; Thou madest Life in man and brute ; Thou madest Death; and lo, thy foot Is on the skull which thou hast made. Thou wilt not leave us in the dust: Thou madest man, he knows not why, He thinks he was not made to die; And thou hast made him: thou art just. Thou...
Page 4 - ... it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: a land which the Lord thy God careth for : the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
Page 3 - And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. And the people murmured against Moses, saying. What shall we drink ? And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet...
Page 5 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Page 5 - To me remains nor place nor time ; My country is in every clime ; I can be calm, and free from care, On any shore, since God is there.