Country Clergy of PennsylvaniaP. W. Ziegler, 1890 - 305 pages |
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... afterwards Bishop of Vermont . From that visit the Church in Western Pennsylvania renewed its hope for the future . " With the consecration of Bishop Onderdonk in 1827 , a vigorous policy took its rise ; and ' heroic feet ' were those ...
... afterwards Bishop of Vermont . From that visit the Church in Western Pennsylvania renewed its hope for the future . " With the consecration of Bishop Onderdonk in 1827 , a vigorous policy took its rise ; and ' heroic feet ' were those ...
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... afterward moved to Jersey Shore , and took the Academy ; and thence , with Rev. Caleb Hopkins , he went to Philadelphia to study theology with Bishop White . He studied under the disadvantage of poverty , and walked 160 miles and back ...
... afterward moved to Jersey Shore , and took the Academy ; and thence , with Rev. Caleb Hopkins , he went to Philadelphia to study theology with Bishop White . He studied under the disadvantage of poverty , and walked 160 miles and back ...
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... no other food could be had , he ate some berries , thanked God , and rested a short time , and proceeded in the darkness of the night ; and when the muddy roads forced walking , or afterward a narrow REV . WILLIAM ELDRED . 21.
... no other food could be had , he ate some berries , thanked God , and rested a short time , and proceeded in the darkness of the night ; and when the muddy roads forced walking , or afterward a narrow REV . WILLIAM ELDRED . 21.
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Samuel Fitch Hotchkin. the muddy roads forced walking , or afterward a narrow mountain pass , near a precipice with a waterfall beneath , gave fear of danger , he strove to encourage his friends . by stirring the echoes of the forest ...
Samuel Fitch Hotchkin. the muddy roads forced walking , or afterward a narrow mountain pass , near a precipice with a waterfall beneath , gave fear of danger , he strove to encourage his friends . by stirring the echoes of the forest ...
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... afterward on the Bishop's visit offered him pecuniary aid , but he wished his schools to be aided . The lady was the daughter of the Bishop of Inverness , and her father had received the letter , and her dying friend , John Bowdler ...
... afterward on the Bishop's visit offered him pecuniary aid , but he wished his schools to be aided . The lady was the daughter of the Bishop of Inverness , and her father had received the letter , and her dying friend , John Bowdler ...
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Page 235 - One family we dwell in Him, One Church above, beneath, Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream, of death : One army of the living God, To His command we bow ; Part of His host have crossed the flood, And part are crossing now.
Page 288 - Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and yc shall find rest for your souls.
Page 260 - That, when we shall have served thee in our generation, we may be gathered unto our fathers, having the testimony of a good conscience ; in the communion of the catholic Church ; in the confidence of a certain faith ; in the comfort of a reasonable, religious, and holy hope ; in favour with thee our God, and in perfect charity with the world.
Page 240 - For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ and him crucified.
Page 232 - WHAT an image of peace and rest Is this little church among its graves ! All is so quiet ; the troubled breast, The wounded spirit, the heart oppressed, Here may find the repose it craves. See, how the ivy climbs and expands Over this humble hermitage, And seems to caress with its little hands The rough, gray stones, as a child that stands Caressing the wrinkled cheeks of age...
Page 25 - So Jesus slept ; God's dying Son Passed through the grave, and bless'd the bed : Rest here, blest saint, till from His throne The morning break, and pierce the shade.
Page 44 - Society ; the degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by the University of Glasgow in 1806; and in 1808 he was elected a member of the French Institute.
Page 141 - Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia ; how that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
Page 85 - England in those wild countries." p. 144 to 151. The people of Chester county showed a very early zeal to have the Church of England worship settled among them. This county is so called because most of the first inhabitants of it came from Cheshire in England. Chester the chief town of the county, is finely situate on the river Delaware...
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