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... sides of the Atlantic . Dr. John Brown is one of the best known and most honored of English Nonconformist ministers , and one of the most trusted authorities on the important historical topics he has treated . His broad sympathies with ...
... sides of the Atlantic . Dr. John Brown is one of the best known and most honored of English Nonconformist ministers , and one of the most trusted authorities on the important historical topics he has treated . His broad sympathies with ...
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... side of the ocean . The story of the Pilgrims has all the elements of a fasci- nating romance . When it is read in the light of what they have produced and in the spirit of sympathy which appre- ciates and enjoys the religious and civil ...
... side of the ocean . The story of the Pilgrims has all the elements of a fasci- nating romance . When it is read in the light of what they have produced and in the spirit of sympathy which appre- ciates and enjoys the religious and civil ...
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... side of the Atlantic , was given to the public . Therefore , as might be expected , since the appear- ance of Mr. Bartlett's book in 1853 , important contributions have been made to the literature of the subject , which have had the ...
... side of the Atlantic , was given to the public . Therefore , as might be expected , since the appear- ance of Mr. Bartlett's book in 1853 , important contributions have been made to the literature of the subject , which have had the ...
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... sides of the sea . For the time in which they lived was , in a special sense , a time of transition . In the Tudor days , only recently ended , England had been under the personal government of monarchs who , though not un- influenced ...
... sides of the sea . For the time in which they lived was , in a special sense , a time of transition . In the Tudor days , only recently ended , England had been under the personal government of monarchs who , though not un- influenced ...
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... sides of the river and at varied times , to avoid detection . They addressed each other as ' brother , ' read together , talked together , and elected their own officers . Towards the end of 1557 PRECURSORS OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS . 23.
... sides of the river and at varied times , to avoid detection . They addressed each other as ' brother , ' read together , talked together , and elected their own officers . Towards the end of 1557 PRECURSORS OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS . 23.
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Page 94 - Jeremiah did, because of the reproach and derision he met with daily, "and all his familiar friends watched for his halting," to be revenged on him for speaking the truth, he would be forced to confess as he confessed; "his word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones; I was weary with forbearing, and could not stay.
Page 37 - Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne, — Yet that scaffold sways the future, and, behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own.
Page 261 - The houses are constructed of hewn planks, with gardens also inclosed behind and at the sides with hewn planks, so that their houses and courtyards are arranged in very good order, with a stockade, against a sudden attack ; and at the ends of the streets there are three wooden gates.
Page 199 - God, and advancemente of ye Christian faith, and honour of our king and countrie, a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly...
Page 181 - And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Page 319 - They who have power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in their power, also, to set the bounds and limitations of the...
Page 200 - ... ends aforesaid; and by vertue hearof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just and equall lawes, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete and convenient for the generall good of the Colonie, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 158 - Lastly, (and which was not least), a great hope and inward zeal they had of laying some good foundation, or at least to make some way thereunto, for the propagations and advancing the gospel of the kingdom of Christ in those remote parts of the world; yea, though they should be but even as stepping-stones unto others for the performing of so great a work.
Page 28 - Harrison, preaching against bishops, ceremonies, ecclesiastical courts, ordaining of ministers, &c. for which $ as he afterwards boasted, he had been committed to thirty-two prisons, in some of which he could not see his hand at noon-day.
Page 117 - She honoured her place and was an ornament to the congregation. She usually sat in a convenient place in the congregation, with a little birchen rod in her hand, and kept little children in great awe from disturbing the congregation.