The Presbyterian Church Throughout the World: from the Earliest to the Present TimesGardiner Spring Plumley D.W.C. Lent, 1874 - 792 pages |
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... accepted the trust , and preached so earnestly that it was said of him : " Others hewed the branches of the papistry , but he struck at the root . " By the assistance of a fleet from France , the castle of St. Andrews was invested , and ...
... accepted the trust , and preached so earnestly that it was said of him : " Others hewed the branches of the papistry , but he struck at the root . " By the assistance of a fleet from France , the castle of St. Andrews was invested , and ...
Page 99
... acceptance of a nickname occurs in history than theirs , when they were sneeringly styled " Beggars , " by their Spanish foes . A number of Dutch nobles being gath- ered at a banquet , and having drank success to the Protestant cause in ...
... acceptance of a nickname occurs in history than theirs , when they were sneeringly styled " Beggars , " by their Spanish foes . A number of Dutch nobles being gath- ered at a banquet , and having drank success to the Protestant cause in ...
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... accepted their faith and practised their worship . Bohemia and Moravia , in very early times , received the Gospel from an Eastern source , for two Greek monks - Methodius and Constantine - are said to have visited these countries in ...
... accepted their faith and practised their worship . Bohemia and Moravia , in very early times , received the Gospel from an Eastern source , for two Greek monks - Methodius and Constantine - are said to have visited these countries in ...
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... accepted by the churches in Massachu- setts , and was also the constitution of the Connecticut churches for sixty years . It recognizes the office of ruling elder as distinct from that of pastor or bishop , and recommends synods much in ...
... accepted by the churches in Massachu- setts , and was also the constitution of the Connecticut churches for sixty years . It recognizes the office of ruling elder as distinct from that of pastor or bishop , and recommends synods much in ...
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... accepted the trust , establishing in New York City The Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions , to which the Synod of Pittsburg immediately made a surrender . This result greatly cheered those who had so long labored for it , and they ...
... accepted the trust , establishing in New York City The Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions , to which the Synod of Pittsburg immediately made a surrender . This result greatly cheered those who had so long labored for it , and they ...
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Page 644 - And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
Page 393 - But they constrained him saying, Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.
Page 764 - Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus : that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 460 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page 606 - Those that be planted in the house of the Lord: shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age: they shall be fat and flourishing; To show that the Lord is upright; he is my rock : and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Page 483 - That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
Page 606 - Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age ; They shall be fat and flourishing ; to shew that the LORD is upright : He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Page 145 - The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi...
Page 756 - He replied: I am neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I learnt this from experience.
Page 369 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people...