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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... hold to the Church CHAP . VIII . - Foreign Missions of other Denom- inations 312 . 187 CHAP . V. - The Administration of Discipline CHAP . VI . Character of American Preaching CHAP . VII . - Revivals of Religion CHAP . VIII ...
... hold to the Church CHAP . VIII . - Foreign Missions of other Denom- inations 312 . 187 CHAP . V. - The Administration of Discipline CHAP . VI . Character of American Preaching CHAP . VII . - Revivals of Religion CHAP . VIII ...
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... hold at the present day , that there is not a city of twenty - five thousand inhabitants in all the five South- ern Atlantic States , with the exception of Baltimore , in Maryland , and Charleston , in South Carolina . Even at the ...
... hold at the present day , that there is not a city of twenty - five thousand inhabitants in all the five South- ern Atlantic States , with the exception of Baltimore , in Maryland , and Charleston , in South Carolina . Even at the ...
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... hold of the stretched out before those pioneers of civ - boughs of the trees which overhang the water , are ilization , like an ocean of living green . enabled to drag the boat along . It is an expedient Into the depths of that forest ...
... hold of the stretched out before those pioneers of civ - boughs of the trees which overhang the water , are ilization , like an ocean of living green . enabled to drag the boat along . It is an expedient Into the depths of that forest ...
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... hold work , she strives by the diligence of her fingers to avoid the necessity of going Next to the Anglo - Saxon race from the British shores , the Scotch make the best settlers in the great American forests . The Irish are not so good ...
... hold work , she strives by the diligence of her fingers to avoid the necessity of going Next to the Anglo - Saxon race from the British shores , the Scotch make the best settlers in the great American forests . The Irish are not so good ...
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... hold it to be our duty to avoid meddling with the governments of other countries ; and though we prefer our Generally speaking , the pronunciation own political forms , would by no means of well - educated Americans is precisely insist ...
... hold it to be our duty to avoid meddling with the governments of other countries ; and though we prefer our Generally speaking , the pronunciation own political forms , would by no means of well - educated Americans is precisely insist ...
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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...