Memoir of the Rev. Pliny Fisk, etc. [With a portrait.]Crocker & Brewster, 1828 - 437 pages |
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Page 16
... religion . I endeavored carefully to keep my mind on religious subjects , I read much , prayed often , and frequently attended religious meetings . I began to conclude that I was a subject of genuine conviction and should soon be ...
... religion . I endeavored carefully to keep my mind on religious subjects , I read much , prayed often , and frequently attended religious meetings . I began to conclude that I was a subject of genuine conviction and should soon be ...
Page 18
... religion , and was received to the church in his native town , under the pastoral care of the Rev. Theophilus ... religious meetings of this kind he was always partial ; and such was his facility of communication , his earnestness ...
... religion , and was received to the church in his native town , under the pastoral care of the Rev. Theophilus ... religious meetings of this kind he was always partial ; and such was his facility of communication , his earnestness ...
Page 22
... religious affections . There can be but little if any doubt , that on this subject he erred . He became , at last , convinced of this , when subjected to the dis- advantages occasioned by his early neglect of clas- sical studies . It ...
... religious affections . There can be but little if any doubt , that on this subject he erred . He became , at last , convinced of this , when subjected to the dis- advantages occasioned by his early neglect of clas- sical studies . It ...
Page 23
... religious character of inestimable value . His piety was of no ordinary stamp . It was strikingly operative . It ... religion in the college . It was not so powerful as has , at some other times , been experienced , still it was enough ...
... religious character of inestimable value . His piety was of no ordinary stamp . It was strikingly operative . It ... religion in the college . It was not so powerful as has , at some other times , been experienced , still it was enough ...
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... religious subjects . Party jealou- sies and strife were forgotten , while religion became the topic of general inquiry and interest . Meetings for prayer and conference were frequent , and well attended throughout the town ; and it was ...
... religious subjects . Party jealou- sies and strife were forgotten , while religion became the topic of general inquiry and interest . Meetings for prayer and conference were frequent , and well attended throughout the town ; and it was ...
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