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... Faith became unsteady , and national sins obscured the spiritual power in which they had been accustomed to confide . From the example of sur- rounding nations , they were seized with an unconquerable desire for a human sovereign . Had ...
... Faith became unsteady , and national sins obscured the spiritual power in which they had been accustomed to confide . From the example of sur- rounding nations , they were seized with an unconquerable desire for a human sovereign . Had ...
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... faith , according to the Church of England . The virtuous Lord Delaware would not assume the duties of his high office in Virginia without a sermon from his chap- lain , and the most solemn public recognition of Providence ; and this ...
... faith , according to the Church of England . The virtuous Lord Delaware would not assume the duties of his high office in Virginia without a sermon from his chap- lain , and the most solemn public recognition of Providence ; and this ...
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... faith of Jesus . Christ , and was baptized . ' " Soon she is the bride of the zealous Rolfe ; a beautiful princess , " the first Christian ever of her nation . " Thus did God reveal the real humanity of the aboriginal American tribes ...
... faith of Jesus . Christ , and was baptized . ' " Soon she is the bride of the zealous Rolfe ; a beautiful princess , " the first Christian ever of her nation . " Thus did God reveal the real humanity of the aboriginal American tribes ...
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... faith in the Redeemer , it imparts liberty from the bondage of sin . The great preacher demonstrates the divinity and verity of his mission by thus proclaiming " liberty to the captive . " The world is long in coming to the ...
... faith in the Redeemer , it imparts liberty from the bondage of sin . The great preacher demonstrates the divinity and verity of his mission by thus proclaiming " liberty to the captive . " The world is long in coming to the ...
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... faith of Oglethorpe in the offers of peace , his noble mien , and sweetness of temper , conciliated the con- fidence of the red men ; and he in his turn was pleased with their simplicity , and sought for means to clear the glimmer- ing ...
... faith of Oglethorpe in the offers of peace , his noble mien , and sweetness of temper , conciliated the con- fidence of the red men ; and he in his turn was pleased with their simplicity , and sought for means to clear the glimmer- ing ...
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Page 589 - Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth. that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Page 668 - ... commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and...
Page 253 - MR. STRAHAN, You are a member of parliament, and one of that majority which has doomed my country to destruction. — You have begun to burn our towns, and murder our people. — Look upon your hands! — They are stained with the blood of your relations ! — You and I were long friends: — You are now my enemy, — and I am • Yours, B. FRANKLIN.
Page 94 - In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord, King' James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honour of our king and country...
Page 663 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said : " The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 322 - Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe; who presides in the councils of nations; and whose Providential aid can supply every human defect...
Page 668 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 16 - And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Page 258 - For abolishing the free system of English law in a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these colonies: For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our government: For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases...
Page 13 - And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed : and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.