History of the Town of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: From Its First Settlement, in 1630, to the Present Time, 1855 |
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... sermons from Phil . i . 21. The first person in Medford who seemed to have any true regard for posterity , in making his records , was Mr. Thomas Seccomb , who , for twenty - two years , recorded with admirable particu- larity the facts ...
... sermons from Phil . i . 21. The first person in Medford who seemed to have any true regard for posterity , in making his records , was Mr. Thomas Seccomb , who , for twenty - two years , recorded with admirable particu- larity the facts ...
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... sermon . My informer ( one of my own people , you'll sup- pose ) could not tell the text ; but added , that , in his opinion , the most suitable one would have been these words : And the devils entered the herd of swine , and the whole ...
... sermon . My informer ( one of my own people , you'll sup- pose ) could not tell the text ; but added , that , in his opinion , the most suitable one would have been these words : And the devils entered the herd of swine , and the whole ...
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... sermon . His favorite moral writer was Paley ; and he used to speak of his Hora Pauline as an " unanswerable book . " When the controversy between the Calvinists and Unitarians arose in 1820 , he took side with the latter , but never ...
... sermon . His favorite moral writer was Paley ; and he used to speak of his Hora Pauline as an " unanswerable book . " When the controversy between the Calvinists and Unitarians arose in 1820 , he took side with the latter , but never ...
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... sermon to his people on the great subject ; the town voted to print it , and to append to it Washington's " Farewell Address , ' and then to give a copy to each family in town . When February 22 arrived , the meeting - house in Medford ...
... sermon to his people on the great subject ; the town voted to print it , and to append to it Washington's " Farewell Address , ' and then to give a copy to each family in town . When February 22 arrived , the meeting - house in Medford ...
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... died in 1770. Funeral sermon by Rev. Mr. Turell . We have shown above how the virtues and hospitality of his character secured his estates from confiscation , when those of his sons - in - law , Mr. George 178 HISTORY OF MEDFORD .
... died in 1770. Funeral sermon by Rev. Mr. Turell . We have shown above how the virtues and hospitality of his character secured his estates from confiscation , when those of his sons - in - law , Mr. George 178 HISTORY OF MEDFORD .
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Page 498 - Advance, then, ye future generations ! We would hail you, as you rise in your long succession, to fill the places which we now fill, and to taste the blessings of existence, where we are passing, and soon shall have passed, our own human duration. We bid you welcome to this pleasant land of the Fathers.
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Page 274 - That there is one living and true God, the Creator and Governor of the universe.
Page 466 - She looked well to the ways of her household, and ate not the bread of idleness.
Page 201 - It had been as unnatural for a right New England man to live without an able ministry, as for a smith to work his iron without a fire.
Page 433 - Court, and testifie unto them, that their Son is Stubborn and Rebellious, and will not obey their voice and chastisement, but lives in sundry notorious Crimes, such a Son shall be put to death, Deut.
Page 431 - Ratcliff, a servant of Mr. Cradock, being convict, ore tenus, of most foul, scandalous invectives against our churches and government, was censured to be whipped, lose his ears, and be banished the plantation, which was presently executed.