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... appears to have been a hasty and premature measure , though dictated by the best in- tentions . There were two obstacles to his immediate consecration . The Archbishops and Bishops of England could not consecrate foreigners without the ...
... appears to have been a hasty and premature measure , though dictated by the best in- tentions . There were two obstacles to his immediate consecration . The Archbishops and Bishops of England could not consecrate foreigners without the ...
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... appear sometimes to amount almost to coldness , allowance must be made for the peculiarity of his situation , while the American Church must acknowledge that a debt of gratitude is due to his memory for the judicious manner in which he ...
... appear sometimes to amount almost to coldness , allowance must be made for the peculiarity of his situation , while the American Church must acknowledge that a debt of gratitude is due to his memory for the judicious manner in which he ...
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... appears to have laboured under a similar irregularity or deficiency himself " . Only one observation further shall be made . While the North American Colonies were united to the mother country , numberless missionaries were sent out ...
... appears to have laboured under a similar irregularity or deficiency himself " . Only one observation further shall be made . While the North American Colonies were united to the mother country , numberless missionaries were sent out ...
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... appears to have been his own guide and instructer ; and if all this be found not in the recollections of partial friends , but in original documents which personal affec- tion has preserved , then may we fairly answer all such doubts as ...
... appears to have been his own guide and instructer ; and if all this be found not in the recollections of partial friends , but in original documents which personal affec- tion has preserved , then may we fairly answer all such doubts as ...
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... appear in his bestowing upon his new resting - place the title of his na- tive village ; the town of Hingham , Plymouth county , Massachusetts , deriving from him both its name and first settlement . Of colonies thus planted , the ...
... appear in his bestowing upon his new resting - place the title of his na- tive village ; the town of Hingham , Plymouth county , Massachusetts , deriving from him both its name and first settlement . Of colonies thus planted , the ...
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The Early Life and Professional Years of Bishop Hobart Walter Farquhar Hook,John McVickar No preview available - 2019 |
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Page 169 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 247 - Who out of darkness call'd up light. Air, and ye Elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our Great Maker still new praise.
Page 400 - I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Page 281 - O GOD, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee ; Mercifully grant, that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 496 - My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
Page 356 - But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Page 315 - ... those evils which the craft and subtlety of the devil or man worketh against us, be brought to nought ; and by the providence of thy goodness they may be dispersed...
Page 477 - Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: 5. To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page iv - HAIL to the crown by Freedom shaped — to gird An English Sovereign's brow ! and to the throne Whereon he sits ! Whose deep foundations lie In veneration and the people's love ; Whose steps are equity, whose seat is law.
Page 283 - The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.