Religion in America, Or, An Account of the Origin, Progress, Relation to the State, and Present Condition of the Evangelical Churches in the United States: With Notices of the Unevangelical DenominationsHarper, 1844 - 343 páginas |
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... south , its coasts , in advancing northward , recede from each other with considerable regularity of proportion and correspondence , until , from being separa- ted by only sixty miles at the Isthmus of Darien , they diverge to the ...
... south , its coasts , in advancing northward , recede from each other with considerable regularity of proportion and correspondence , until , from being separa- ted by only sixty miles at the Isthmus of Darien , they diverge to the ...
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... south , by Mexico ; | many a fold , through more than 4000 miles . But , though exceeded by the Mississippi in length , the St. Lawrence clearly has the advantage in depth and noble expansion towards its mouth , being navigable for the ...
... south , by Mexico ; | many a fold , through more than 4000 miles . But , though exceeded by the Mississippi in length , the St. Lawrence clearly has the advantage in depth and noble expansion towards its mouth , being navigable for the ...
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... south of the St. Lawrence and the lakes . 2. The SIOUX , or DACOTAs , liv- ing between Lake Superior and the Missis- sippi . These were a small branch of the great tribe of the same name , to be found about the higher streams of that ...
... south of the St. Lawrence and the lakes . 2. The SIOUX , or DACOTAs , liv- ing between Lake Superior and the Missis- sippi . These were a small branch of the great tribe of the same name , to be found about the higher streams of that ...
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... south of the St. Lawrence , comprising very nearly what may be called the settled portion of the United States ; and from which the Indian race has disappeared , in consequence of emigration or other causes . But I am in- clined to ...
... south of the St. Lawrence , comprising very nearly what may be called the settled portion of the United States ; and from which the Indian race has disappeared , in consequence of emigration or other causes . But I am in- clined to ...
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... South under so intelligent and ambitious a mon- Carolina , and seems at once to have failed . arch as Francis I. , to remain an inactive The second , which was on the River St. spectator of maritime discoveries made by John's in Florida ...
... South under so intelligent and ambitious a mon- Carolina , and seems at once to have failed . arch as Francis I. , to remain an inactive The second , which was on the River St. spectator of maritime discoveries made by John's in Florida ...
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Página 225 - THE condition of man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith and calling upon God : Wherefore we have no power to do good works, pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God, by Christ, preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Página 105 - 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...
Página 99 - ... 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...
Página 105 - ... 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...
Página 184 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Página 111 - 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...
Página 98 - ... that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor whose morals he would make his pattern...
Página 105 - 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...
Página 38 - 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...
Página 128 - ... and it is further ordered, that where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university...