The Chapin Gathering: Proceedings of the Meeting of the Chapin Family, in Springfield, Mass., September 17, 1862, Volume 101S. Bowles and Company, 1862 - 97 pages |
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Agawam Allen ancestor Belchertown Bernardston blessed born Boston Burt Catharine Chapin blood Chapin Charles Chapin family Chapin George Chapin Harriet Chapin Henry Chapin John Chapin Julia Chapin Mary Chapin Miss Chapin Sarah Chapin William Chas Chicopee Falls church Colton committee Court daughter Davis Deacon Samuel Chapin descendant of Japhet died East Windsor Emma Enfield England faith father Granby Greenfield Hannah Hartford HENRY CHAPIN Hitchcock Holyoke honor J. G. HOLLAND Josiah Chapin kindred land Longmeadow Lucy Ludlow married Mass Massachusetts meeting Mendon Monson Morris Moses N. Y. Chapin Nathaniel Bliss Nathaniel Foote Pease persons Pynchon record resided Robinson Rochester Selectmen Seth Chapin Smith Somers South Hadley South Hadley Falls South Wilbraham Stafford Stafford Springs Stebbins Suffield Taylor Thee Thompsonville Thou to-day town Warren West Springfield West Stafford Westfield William Pynchon Willimansett Worcester York
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Page 18 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; And in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed ; Her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Page 69 - Home again, home again, from a foreign shore, And oh ! it fills my soul with joy, To meet my friends once more.
Page 66 - Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Page 67 - ... the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are written in heaven...
Page 57 - I cannot sufficiently bewail the condition of the reformed Churches, who are come to a period in religion, and will go at present no further than the instruments of their reformation.
Page 24 - God sifted a whole nation, that He might send choice grain into the wilderness.
Page 10 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel ; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you: therefore thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
Page 25 - Mr. Holyoke and Henry Burt, £12 for their past services in the Lord's work on the Sabbath, to be distributed by the selectmen; and that in future they would allow at the rate of £50 a year, till at such time as they shall have a settled minister, to be distributed and ordered by the selectmen.
Page 69 - Happy hearts, happy hearts, With mine have laughed in glee ; But oh ! the friends I loved in youth, Seem happier to me ; And if my guide should be the fate, Which bids me longer roam ; But death alone can break the tie ; That binds my heart to home.
Page 9 - Thy good time, in peace. 0 Thou who art the God of all the families of the earth, we beseech Thee to bless all our friends and kindred, and to grant that we may ever be knit together in the bonds of mutual love, and, above all, that we may be members together of the mystical body of Christ. And...