Our country churches & chapels: antiquarian, historical, ecclesiastical, and critical sketchesA. Hewitson, 1872 - 592 pages |
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Page 336 - And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. And there came a fear on all : and they glorified God, saying. That a great prophet is risen up among us ; and. That God hath visited his people. And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judea, and throughout all the region round about.
Page 75 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Page 52 - PRESERVATIVE (a) against Popery in several select discourses upon the principal heads of controversy, between Protestants and Papists, written and published by the most eminent divines of the Church of England, chiefly in the reign of James II.
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Page 120 - ... carved with great elegance, and the compartments of the roof painted with figures of saints, while the outsides of the building are adorned with profile heads of wood, cut in bold relief, within huge medallions, it is curious to observe that the inner doors are without a pannel or a lock, and have always been opened, like those of modern cottages, with a latch and string.
Page 250 - Requiescat in Pace The tender Wife, and Friend the most sincere Need no Mechanic help to swell the Tear. In heart felt numbers never meant to shine They'll flow resistless o'er a Hearse like thine. She was, but I want words to tell you what, Think what a Wife should be, and she was that, Belov'd by her Servants, as a tender Mother, But oh ! she is gone and not left such another. She's gone to the Celestial mansion her blest abode To Sing with the Saints the Praises of her God. (7) Marble. North wall...
Page 581 - A little while and ye shall see me, and again a little while, and ye shall not see me, and because I go to iny Father.
Page 34 - An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign, and there shall no sign be given unto it but the sign of Jonah.
Page 215 - Amongst his discoveries are — the nearest approximation to the Sun's parallax, the correct theory of the Moon, and the transit of Venus. But the love of God in redemption was to him a yet nobler theme ; the preaching of Christ crucified a yet higher duty; loving science much, he loved religion more, and turning from the wonders of creation to the glories of the Cross, he expressed the rule of his life in these memorable words — -'Ad majora avocatns...
Page 121 - ... cut in bold relief, within huge medallions, it is curious to observe that the inner doors are without a pannel or a lock, and have always been opened, like those of modern cottages, with a latch and string. I am not sure that pannelling in wainscot was introduced before the reign of Queen Elizabeth. It is also remarkable, that in this house the boards of the upper floors, which are indeed massy planks, instead of crossing, lie parallel to the joists, as if disdaining to be indebted to the other...