Sermons Preached at the Annual Election1820 |
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... Providence , to address , on our most distinguished civil anniversary , the Con- stituted Authorities of that Commonwealth , which enjoys peculiarly the result of antient sufferings and labors in the cause of freedom ; the Preacher will ...
... Providence , to address , on our most distinguished civil anniversary , the Con- stituted Authorities of that Commonwealth , which enjoys peculiarly the result of antient sufferings and labors in the cause of freedom ; the Preacher will ...
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... providence of God , or human institutions have laid the foundation , in the conditions of men of the same community ; between the rich man and the poor , the learned and the ignorant , the master and the ser- vant , the parent and the ...
... providence of God , or human institutions have laid the foundation , in the conditions of men of the same community ; between the rich man and the poor , the learned and the ignorant , the master and the ser- vant , the parent and the ...
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... providence to distinction . One of the first efforts of patriotism will be , to ascertain and urge the adoption of a course , which will lead to the highest national honor and happiness . The attention of this respected auditory is ...
... providence to distinction . One of the first efforts of patriotism will be , to ascertain and urge the adoption of a course , which will lead to the highest national honor and happiness . The attention of this respected auditory is ...
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... providence . Is it to be licentious in charity to believe , that this address is made to an assembly , who , without ex- ception , are ready to admit , that in the Gospel of Jesus alone is embodied such a system of morals and reli- gion ...
... providence . Is it to be licentious in charity to believe , that this address is made to an assembly , who , without ex- ception , are ready to admit , that in the Gospel of Jesus alone is embodied such a system of morals and reli- gion ...
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... Providence to our Country , and the excellent nature of our Civil Institutions , have special claims on our gratitude . It would be impossible in one discourse , to enu- merate all the blessings of our social and political condition . I ...
... Providence to our Country , and the excellent nature of our Civil Institutions , have special claims on our gratitude . It would be impossible in one discourse , to enu- merate all the blessings of our social and political condition . I ...
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Page 21 - O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Page 23 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Page 10 - The voluntary outpouring of the public feeling, made to-day, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, proves this sentiment to be both just and natural.
Page 6 - ... and It is further ordered, That where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders, they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university...
Page 6 - If it were a matter of wrong, or ' wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should ' bear with you : but if it be a question of words and ' names, and of your law, look ye to it ; for I will be no
Page 1 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the LORD'S sake, whether it be to the King as supreme, or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 6 - Wherefore that here we may briefly end : of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world...
Page 6 - ... that learning may not be buried in the grave of our fathers in the church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors — It is therefore ordered, that every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Page 6 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made ;w But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Page 1 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.