Report of the Proceedings Commemorating the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Organization of the Congregational Church in Castleton, VermontFrank W. Redfield, 1884 - 52 Seiten |
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 8 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Seite 47 - ... let us run with patience, the race set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith...
Seite 19 - Instructive in his visits and converse, Strives everywhere salvation to disperse ; Of a mild, humble, and obliging heart, Who with his all will to the needy part ; Distrustful of himself, in God confides, Daily himself among his flock divides ; Of virtue uniform, and cheerful air, Fixed meditation, and incessant prayer, Affections mortified...
Seite 41 - I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
Seite 46 - Ours is not a unity like that of the waters of a stagnant pool, over which the purifying breath of heaven sweeps in vain. Ours is not the unity of darkness, like the cloud-covered midnight sky, where neither moon nor star appears. Ours is not the unity of a forced conformity, such as is found in polar seas, where eternal winter has locked up the waves in fetters; but rather...
Seite 19 - A fisher's patience, and a labourer's toil, A guide's dexterity to disembroil, A prophet's inspiration from above, A teacher's knowledge, and a Saviour's love. Give me the priest, a light upon a hill, Whose rays his whole circumference can fill ; In God's own word and sacred learning versed, Deep in the study of the heart immersed ; Who in sick souls can the disease descry, And wisely for restoratives apply ; To beatific pastures leads his sheep, Watchful from hellish wolves his fold to keep ; Who...
Seite 14 - That if any single persons being boarders or sojourners, or any young persons whatsoever under the government of parents or masters within this Colony shall convene or meet together in company or companies in the street or elsewhere on the evening after the Sabbath, or any public day of Fast, or any lecture day...
Seite 46 - ... into one glorious arch of promise, spanning the heavens, like old ocean's unfettered flow, as its waves rush in all their majesty and might, "distinct as the billows, but one as the sea."24 Wisher pointed to racial needs as the primary reason for the unity of black Baptists.
Seite 8 - Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
Seite 46 - Very true, there are minor differences, but yet there is real unity. Ours is not a unity like that of the waters of a stagnant pool, over which the purifying breath of heaven sweeps in vain. Ours is not the unity of darkness, like the cloudcovered midnight sky, where neither moon nor star appears. Ours is not a unity...