Memoir of the Rev. Pliny Fisk, etc. [With a portrait.]Crocker & Brewster, 1828 - 437 pages |
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Page iii
... sent men to search out the land , whose report has been , - " Let us go up at once and possess it : for we are well able to overcome it . " The same object soon arrested the attention of in- dividuals in this country , and information ...
... sent men to search out the land , whose report has been , - " Let us go up at once and possess it : for we are well able to overcome it . " The same object soon arrested the attention of in- dividuals in this country , and information ...
Page v
... sent , did not encourage the expectation , that a long life would be given them as the period of their labor . It was foreseen that they , who should first engage in a mission to Palestine , would have to prepare their minds for ...
... sent , did not encourage the expectation , that a long life would be given them as the period of their labor . It was foreseen that they , who should first engage in a mission to Palestine , would have to prepare their minds for ...
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... sent to make his first ministerial efforts , did not promise much success . But as he was a stranger , he deter- mined to know no party , and take no interest in the controversy which had been in agitation . He went directly about his ...
... sent to make his first ministerial efforts , did not promise much success . But as he was a stranger , he deter- mined to know no party , and take no interest in the controversy which had been in agitation . He went directly about his ...
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... gave them no reason to expect he would con- sent to remain long with them . Towards the close of Mr. Fisk's first engagement with the peeple of W. , his services were so accept . able , and so highly useful , that a renewed 30 MEMOIR OF.
... gave them no reason to expect he would con- sent to remain long with them . Towards the close of Mr. Fisk's first engagement with the peeple of W. , his services were so accept . able , and so highly useful , that a renewed 30 MEMOIR OF.
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... sent to such a proposal , together with a growing mutual attachment , might lead some still to cherish the hope that he would be prevailed on to settle with them in the ministry , he made it a condition , that such expectations should ...
... sent to such a proposal , together with a growing mutual attachment , might lead some still to cherish the hope that he would be prevailed on to settle with them in the ministry , he made it a condition , that such expectations should ...
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