The Centennial of the Association: Held in Portland, May 28 and 29, 1888 |
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... Freeport , for prayer . . . The following resolution was heartily adopted , viz . " Resolved , that the Rev. Messrs . Byington and Shirley be a committee to bear to our venerable and beloved brother , Dr. Carruthers , the cordial and ...
... Freeport , for prayer . . . The following resolution was heartily adopted , viz . " Resolved , that the Rev. Messrs . Byington and Shirley be a committee to bear to our venerable and beloved brother , Dr. Carruthers , the cordial and ...
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... Freeport , Cumberland , Pownal , North Yar- mouth , and Yarmouth . In 1769 , the Rev. Tristram Gilman was installed over this extensive parish , out of which , as early as 1821 , six townships and five churches had been formed . Mr ...
... Freeport , Cumberland , Pownal , North Yar- mouth , and Yarmouth . In 1769 , the Rev. Tristram Gilman was installed over this extensive parish , out of which , as early as 1821 , six townships and five churches had been formed . Mr ...
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... minister . 1 The Rev. Alfred Johnson , the first minister of the Freeport church , ordained eight days after its organization , Dec. 29 , 1789 . It was voted to consider him both able and orthodox CUMBERLAND ASSOCIATION . 25.
... minister . 1 The Rev. Alfred Johnson , the first minister of the Freeport church , ordained eight days after its organization , Dec. 29 , 1789 . It was voted to consider him both able and orthodox CUMBERLAND ASSOCIATION . 25.
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... Freeport , who remained there until 1805 ; Jacob Her- rick of Durham , who died there in 1833 ; Nathaniel Stone of Windham , who was pastor there from 1798 until 1805 , and Caleb Bradley of Westbrook , who was ordained over the ...
... Freeport , who remained there until 1805 ; Jacob Her- rick of Durham , who died there in 1833 ; Nathaniel Stone of Windham , who was pastor there from 1798 until 1805 , and Caleb Bradley of Westbrook , who was ordained over the ...
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... Freeport , with the Rev. Alfred Johnson , who had become a member . There was trouble in Freeport — trouble in the church . No com- mon case of heresy — something more high - sounding . The case required all the prudential wisdom the ...
... Freeport , with the Rev. Alfred Johnson , who had become a member . There was trouble in Freeport — trouble in the church . No com- mon case of heresy — something more high - sounding . The case required all the prudential wisdom the ...
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Popular passages
Page 50 - 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. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever.
Page 7 - Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect ? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Page 57 - But we all, with unveiled face reflecting as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
Page 10 - O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 62 - And as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Page 12 - He is the first begotten from the dead; the first fruits of them that sleep.
Page 14 - I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.
Page 58 - My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you...
Page 42 - ... to Dr. Dwight when he preached in a Cambridge pulpit, which for a time his son supplied, and he has still a vivid impression of the dignified personality of this eminent preacher, and of the mingled sweetness and power of his discourses. " He was, " says one of our Maine pastors, his contemporary, ''a man of mark, inheriting a great name and bearing it worthily and well.