The New Hampshire Book: Being Specimens of the Literature of the Granite State ...D. Marshall, 1842 - 391 pages |
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... . SPRING IN NEW ENGLAND . MYSTERY , REASON , FAITH . THE ARMY OF THE CROSS . 223 EPHRAIM PEABODY , CARLOS WILCOX , .. MRS . SUSAN R. A. BARNES ,, 226 229 232 CONTENTS . ix THE TREASURED HARP . JAMES T. FIELDS viii CONTENTS .
... . SPRING IN NEW ENGLAND . MYSTERY , REASON , FAITH . THE ARMY OF THE CROSS . 223 EPHRAIM PEABODY , CARLOS WILCOX , .. MRS . SUSAN R. A. BARNES ,, 226 229 232 CONTENTS . ix THE TREASURED HARP . JAMES T. FIELDS viii CONTENTS .
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... spirit of our stern old sires Is with their children still . And pure to heaven our altars rise , Upon a bloodless sod , Where man with free unfettered faith Bows down and worships God . SONG OF THE HUSBANDMAN . No midnight revel wastes ...
... spirit of our stern old sires Is with their children still . And pure to heaven our altars rise , Upon a bloodless sod , Where man with free unfettered faith Bows down and worships God . SONG OF THE HUSBANDMAN . No midnight revel wastes ...
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... faith were not to be presumed , the tones of indignation with which he denounced them were the consequence of a deep love of justice , and desire that the right should prevail . But while he was thus firm in resisting whatever seemed to ...
... faith were not to be presumed , the tones of indignation with which he denounced them were the consequence of a deep love of justice , and desire that the right should prevail . But while he was thus firm in resisting whatever seemed to ...
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... ! blessed age ! if then heaven's light Dawns on the closing eye ; And faith unto the call of God , Can answer , Here am I ! THE FATHER'S CHOICE . * BY MRS . SARAH J. WEST'S PICTURE OF THE INFANT SAMUEL ISAAC HILL, EPHRAIM PEABODY,
... ! blessed age ! if then heaven's light Dawns on the closing eye ; And faith unto the call of God , Can answer , Here am I ! THE FATHER'S CHOICE . * BY MRS . SARAH J. WEST'S PICTURE OF THE INFANT SAMUEL ISAAC HILL, EPHRAIM PEABODY,
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... , sad necessity , that a race of doubters should arise , that a whole nation should cut itself loose from religion , in order that men might feel that faith is better than skepticism , that government cannot safely divorce.
... , sad necessity , that a race of doubters should arise , that a whole nation should cut itself loose from religion , in order that men might feel that faith is better than skepticism , that government cannot safely divorce.
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Page 309 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 23 - It is to that Union we owe our safety at home and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country. That Union we reached only by the discipline of our virtues in the severe school of adversity. It had its origin in the necessities of disordered finance, prostrate commerce, and ruined credit.
Page 318 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Page 22 - I profess, sir, in my career hitherto to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country, and the preservation of our federal Union. It is to that Union we owe our safety at home, and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country.
Page 23 - ... of adversity. It had its origin in the necessities of disordered finance, prostrate commerce, and ruined credit. Under its benign influences these great interests immediately awoke, as from the dead, and sprang forth with newness of life. Every year of its duration has teemed with fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings ; and although our territory has stretched out wider and wider, and our population spread farther and farther, they have not outrun its protection or its benefits. It has...
Page 21 - And, sir, where American liberty raised its first voice, and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives, in the strength of its manhood and full of its original spirit.
Page 324 - ... their religious zeal, but which were, in fact, the necessary effects of it. The intensity of their feelings on one subject made them tranquil on every other. One overpowering sentiment had subjected to itself pity and hatred, ambition and fear. Death had lost its terrors, and pleasure its charms. They had their smiles and their tears, their raptures and their sorrows, but not for the things of this world.
Page 210 - Whose lonely columns stand sublime, Flinging their shadows from on high, Like dials, which the wizard, Time, Had raised to count his ages by...
Page 253 - But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole ; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
Page 20 - I shall not acknowledge that the honorable member goes before me in regard for whatever of distinguished talent, or distinguished character, South Carolina has produced. I claim part of the honor, I partake in the pride, of her great names. I claim them for countrymen, one...