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... President Fairchild always seemed to feel a peculiar satisfaction in recalling the fact that his immediate ancestors were farmers of the thrifty New England type . " My father's father , " he says , " was a farmer . He was first a ...
... President Fairchild always seemed to feel a peculiar satisfaction in recalling the fact that his immediate ancestors were farmers of the thrifty New England type . " My father's father , " he says , " was a farmer . He was first a ...
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... says President Fairchild , " had not attained to the dignity of a village and even Newburg was as much known in these parts . Lake Erie there were in 1817 no steamboats and few sailing vessels . It was not till the following year that ...
... says President Fairchild , " had not attained to the dignity of a village and even Newburg was as much known in these parts . Lake Erie there were in 1817 no steamboats and few sailing vessels . It was not till the following year that ...
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... President Fairchild's childhood . It is not easy to see how any hot - house forcing could have been less than a disaster , in comparison with this un- artificial taste of nature at first hand . IV RELIGIOUS LIFE ON THE RESERVE BEFORE ...
... President Fairchild's childhood . It is not easy to see how any hot - house forcing could have been less than a disaster , in comparison with this un- artificial taste of nature at first hand . IV RELIGIOUS LIFE ON THE RESERVE BEFORE ...
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... President Fairchild's father was chosen the clerk of the new church . The two ministers who officiated in its organization were missionaries of the Connecticut Missionary Society , 42 RELIGIOUS LIFE ON THE RESERVE BEFORE 1835 9 17 25.
... President Fairchild's father was chosen the clerk of the new church . The two ministers who officiated in its organization were missionaries of the Connecticut Missionary Society , 42 RELIGIOUS LIFE ON THE RESERVE BEFORE 1835 9 17 25.
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... says President Fairchild , " who spent a single night and held a prayer - meeting or preached a sermon . The first minister that I distinctly remember to have seen was Joseph Badger , one of the most noted of these because earliest on ...
... says President Fairchild , " who spent a single night and held a prayer - meeting or preached a sermon . The first minister that I distinctly remember to have seen was Joseph Badger , one of the most noted of these because earliest on ...
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Page 262 - Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit...
Page 273 - hath * no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : for the glory of God " doth * lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 267 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him,
Page 262 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 349 - We have not lost him all ; he is not gone To the dumb herd of them that wholly die ; The beauty of his better self lives on In minds he touched with fire, in many an eye He trained to Truth's exact severity ; He was a Teacher : why be grieved for him Whose living word still stimulates the air...
Page 295 - Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter; fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it is good, or whether it be evil.
Page 352 - Father's will, Such love, and meekness so divine, I would transcribe and make them mine. 3 Cold mountains and the midnight air Witnessed the fervor of Thy prayer : The desert Thy temptations knew, Thy conflict, and Thy victory too. 4 Be Thou my pattern ; make me bear More of Thy gracious image here. Then God the Judge shall own my name Among the followers of the Lamb.
Page 390 - Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common-sense, » And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime.
Page 113 - Then shall ye call upon Me, and ye shall go and pray unto Me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart.
Page 179 - Love your enemies ; bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you, that ye may be the children of your Father in heaven ; for he maketh his sun to rise upon the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.