The Centennial of the Association: Held in Portland, May 28 and 29, 1888 |
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... ordained in 1765 , and dying suddenly while engaged in his ministry in 1799 , aged sixty - four . Mr. Williams was the first appointed preacher of the association ; but no report remains of the sermon which he delivered at Cape ...
... ordained in 1765 , and dying suddenly while engaged in his ministry in 1799 , aged sixty - four . Mr. Williams was the first appointed preacher of the association ; but no report remains of the sermon which he delivered at Cape ...
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... ordained in 1775 as its seventh pastor ; over the second church the Rev. Benjamin Chadwick was ordained in 1776 as its second pastor . These men are the sixth and seventh named on the list of our founders . Mr. Lancaster was a minister ...
... ordained in 1775 as its seventh pastor ; over the second church the Rev. Benjamin Chadwick was ordained in 1776 as its second pastor . These men are the sixth and seventh named on the list of our founders . Mr. Lancaster was a minister ...
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... ordained , as the first pastor of the church 1 The Rev. Isaac Weston speaks of Dr. Deane , " as a scribe well instructed , in pen- manship especially , " and compliments the good doctor's chirography , " so precise , leg- ible , and ...
... ordained , as the first pastor of the church 1 The Rev. Isaac Weston speaks of Dr. Deane , " as a scribe well instructed , in pen- manship especially , " and compliments the good doctor's chirography , " so precise , leg- ible , and ...
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... ordained at New Gloucester ; a jolly ordination ; we lost sight of decorum . " Mr. Foxcroft's pas- torate was far from being a jolly one , but it does not appear that amid his long - continued troubles he ever lost sight of decorum ...
... ordained at New Gloucester ; a jolly ordination ; we lost sight of decorum . " Mr. Foxcroft's pas- torate was far from being a jolly one , but it does not appear that amid his long - continued troubles he ever lost sight of decorum ...
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... ordained the first pastor of the Second Congregational church of Portland . Books , it seems , were not abundant among our ministers in those days . November 3 , 1790 , it was voted : That the moderator take charge of " Dr. Leland's ...
... ordained the first pastor of the Second Congregational church of Portland . Books , it seems , were not abundant among our ministers in those days . November 3 , 1790 , it was voted : That the moderator take charge of " Dr. Leland's ...
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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.