Volume No. 1 of Palmer Records: Proceedings, Or Memorial Volume of the First Palmer Family Re-union Held at Stonington, Conn., August 10 & 11, 1881, the Ancestral Home of Walter Palmer, the Pilgrim of 1629. Being Also a Part of the Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical Records of the Family, as Contained in the Several Addresses, Etc. Delivered on the Occasion of the Re-unionNoyes Fink Palmer Brooklyn Union-Argus, 1881 - 295 pages |
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Page 111 - Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Page 282 - ... shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of the person to whom such information relates, or his duly authorized agent or attorney.
Page 259 - The Council established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, ruling, ordering and Governing of New England in America" and to them and their Successors grants all the lands, &c., Viz.
Page 111 - I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples...
Page 207 - And a rudder of palm it steereth with. Branches of palm are its spars and rails, Fibres of palm are its woven sails, And the rope is of palm that idly trails ! What does the good ship bear so well ? The cocoa-nut with its stony shell, And the milky sap of its inner cell.
Page 235 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 176 - And she anchored her hopes to this perishing earth, By the chain which her tenderness wove. But I saw when those heart-strings were bleeding and torn, And the chain had been...
Page 177 - Healer was there who had stricken her heart And taken her treasure away; To allure her to heaven He has placed it on high, And the mourner will sweetly obey: There had whispered a voice — 'twas the voice of her God: " I love thee ! I love thee ! Pass under the rod...
Page 176 - And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
Page 177 - Where their hearts' dearest hope had been laid ; And the star had gone down in the darkness of night, And the joy from their bosoms had fled. But the Healer was there, and His arms were around, And He led them with tenderest care; And He showed them a star in the bright upper world, 'Twas their star shining brilliantly there ! They had each heard a voice, — 'twas the voice of their God : "I love thee — I love thee — pass under the rod!