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... fathers and a chosen instrument in the hand of the Lord , by which , especially in olden times , much good was effected in this country ; but , whilst we shall not try to hide our respect for the early Moravian fathers in this country ...
... fathers and a chosen instrument in the hand of the Lord , by which , especially in olden times , much good was effected in this country ; but , whilst we shall not try to hide our respect for the early Moravian fathers in this country ...
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... father , Sir William Penn , a distinguished Admiral , for money as well as ser- vices , amounting , with interest , to about £ 16,000 , in lieu of which , the government being unable or unwilling to settle with him in money , he ...
... father , Sir William Penn , a distinguished Admiral , for money as well as ser- vices , amounting , with interest , to about £ 16,000 , in lieu of which , the government being unable or unwilling to settle with him in money , he ...
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... father . The charter was dated March 4 , 1681 , and confirmed in April by royal proclamation . On April 5 Penn ' wrote to his friend , Robert Turner : 66 DEAR FRIEND . - My true love in the Lord salutes thee , and dear friends that love ...
... father . The charter was dated March 4 , 1681 , and confirmed in April by royal proclamation . On April 5 Penn ' wrote to his friend , Robert Turner : 66 DEAR FRIEND . - My true love in the Lord salutes thee , and dear friends that love ...
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... father of the well - known Indian interpreter , Conrad Weiser , was the first of the German deputies , and left his son Conrad , then seventeen years old , with an Indian chief to learn the Maqua language during the Winter . " In ...
... father of the well - known Indian interpreter , Conrad Weiser , was the first of the German deputies , and left his son Conrad , then seventeen years old , with an Indian chief to learn the Maqua language during the Winter . " In ...
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... ing a strict conscientiousness in the administration of the sacraments . 19 Kirchenbuch of Tulpehoken , in the Bethlehem Archives . Having refused to baptize a child , whose father was 28 RELIGIOUS AND MORAL CONDITION.
... ing a strict conscientiousness in the administration of the sacraments . 19 Kirchenbuch of Tulpehoken , in the Bethlehem Archives . Having refused to baptize a child , whose father was 28 RELIGIOUS AND MORAL CONDITION.
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Page 12 - The said land to extend westward five degrees in longitude, to be computed from the said eastern bounds, and the said lands to be bounded on the north by the beginning of the three and fortieth degree of northern latitude, and on the south by a circle drawn at twelve miles distance from New Castle, northward and westward unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of northern latitude, and then by a straight line westward to the limits of longitude above mentioned.
Page 11 - ... to vary the name; for I feared lest it should be looked on as a vanity in me, and not as a respect in the King, as it truly was, to my father, whom he often mentions with praise.
Page 165 - God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honor to that part which lacked : that there should be no schism in the body ; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it ; or one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it.
Page 75 - I asked Bohler, whether he thought I should leave it off, or not ? He answered, " By no means." I asked, "'But what can I preach?" He said, "Preach faith, till you have it, and then, because you have it, you will preach faith.
Page 13 - Pennsylvania and territories thereunto belonging to make and establish such laws as shall best preserve true christian and civil liberty in opposition to all unchristian, licentious, and unjust practices, whereby God may have his due, Caesar his due, and the people their due...
Page 11 - I have, and for my business here, know that after many waitings, watchings, solicitings and disputes in Council, this day my country was confirmed to me under the great seal of England...
Page 12 - It is a clear and just thing, and my God that has given it me through many difficulties, will, I believe, bless and make it the seed of a nation. I shall have a tender care to the government, that it be well laid at first.
Page 210 - ... further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to extend to...
Page 218 - Wherefore I have thought fit, by and with the Advice of his Majesty's Council, to issue this Proclamation, hereby Promising...