Religion in America: Or an Account of the Origin, Relation to the State, and Present Condition of the Evangelical Churches in the United States : with Notices of the Unevangelical DenominationsHarper & brothers, 1844 - Počet stran: 343 |
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Strana vii
... native land , the author visited the Continent of Europe for the prosecution of certain religious and philanthropic objects , and in this pursuit he has been employed during the eight years that have since elapsed . He has had occasion ...
... native land , the author visited the Continent of Europe for the prosecution of certain religious and philanthropic objects , and in this pursuit he has been employed during the eight years that have since elapsed . He has had occasion ...
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... native country - their nature , their origin , their action , and their effects . His first desire has been to satisfy the reasonable curiosity of those at whose request he writes ; his second and most strenuous endeavour has been to ...
... native country - their nature , their origin , their action , and their effects . His first desire has been to satisfy the reasonable curiosity of those at whose request he writes ; his second and most strenuous endeavour has been to ...
Strana ix
... native country last year , and so abundantly was he supplied with what he needed , that , in the actual execution of his task , he found himself in want of only one or two books and documents , and these of no essential im- portance ...
... native country last year , and so abundantly was he supplied with what he needed , that , in the actual execution of his task , he found himself in want of only one or two books and documents , and these of no essential im- portance ...
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... native of that country , and the for- mer a merchant adventurer from Venice , but at the time residing in England , and engaged in the service of Henry VII . By this event , a very large and important part of the coast of North America ...
... native of that country , and the for- mer a merchant adventurer from Venice , but at the time residing in England , and engaged in the service of Henry VII . By this event , a very large and important part of the coast of North America ...
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... native tribes , particularly the Tuscaroras , which , as it was the most powerful , was for a long time also the most hostile . Last of all the original thirteen provin- ces , in the order of time , came Georgia , which was settled as ...
... native tribes , particularly the Tuscaroras , which , as it was the most powerful , was for a long time also the most hostile . Last of all the original thirteen provin- ces , in the order of time , came Georgia , which was settled as ...
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Strana 69 - ... liberty, because he being of course judge of that tendency will make his opinions the rule of judgment, and approve or condemn the sentiments of others only as they shall square with or differ from his own ; that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order...
Strana 69 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence...
Strana 36 - Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the llth of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini 1620.
Strana 69 - ... the institution of the public worship of God, and of public instructions in piety, religion and morality: Therefore, to promote their happiness, and to secure the good order and preservation of their government, the people of this Commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the legislature shall, from time to time, authorize and require, the several towns, parishes...
Strana 69 - A frequent recurrence to the fundamental principles of the Constitution, and a constant adherence to those of piety, justice, moderation, temperance, industry, and frugality, are absolutely necessary to preserve the advantages of liberty, and to maintain a free government...
Strana 69 - ... to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical...
Strana 69 - As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend upon piety, religion and morality; and as these cannot be generally diffused through a community, but by the institution of the public worship of GOD, and of public instructions in piety, religion and morality...
Strana 242 - Come, then, and, added to thy many crowns, . Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth, Thou who alone art worthy ! It was thine By ancient covenant ere nature's birth ; And thou hast made it thine by purchase since, And overpaid its value with thy blood.
Strana 36 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Strana 19 - Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and...