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... tion of the peninsula . These French peasants , usually called Acadians , had brought under cultivation large tracts of land ; owned about sixty thousand head of cattle ; had built neat co tage homes , established peaceful hamlets , and ...
... tion of the peninsula . These French peasants , usually called Acadians , had brought under cultivation large tracts of land ; owned about sixty thousand head of cattle ; had built neat co tage homes , established peaceful hamlets , and ...
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... acts as these , we find no apologist among our historians . On every hand they meet with execra- tion . Such wanton cruelty - such palpable violations of human rights are stains upon the escutcheon of the nation that 14 INTRODUCTION .
... acts as these , we find no apologist among our historians . On every hand they meet with execra- tion . Such wanton cruelty - such palpable violations of human rights are stains upon the escutcheon of the nation that 14 INTRODUCTION .
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... tion was given to the exiles by the people of this section of Illinois , one very similar to that given to many of the same people by the inhabitants of Clay County , when a cruel perse- cution had driven some twelve hundred of them ...
... tion was given to the exiles by the people of this section of Illinois , one very similar to that given to many of the same people by the inhabitants of Clay County , when a cruel perse- cution had driven some twelve hundred of them ...
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... tion . It was decided by the conference that it was not advisable to locate lands at that time . Subsequently , however , on the ninth day of March , the Saints having received further offers of land in Illinois and Iowa , called ...
... tion . It was decided by the conference that it was not advisable to locate lands at that time . Subsequently , however , on the ninth day of March , the Saints having received further offers of land in Illinois and Iowa , called ...
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... tion of the conclusion of the former conference , and the appointment of a committee to examine the lands offered . But little or nothing was ever done by this committee . On the twenty - second of April , 1839 , the Prophet Joseph ...
... tion of the conclusion of the former conference , and the appointment of a committee to examine the lands offered . But little or nothing was ever done by this committee . On the twenty - second of April , 1839 , the Prophet Joseph ...
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Page 28 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Page 12 - Rose from a hundred hearths, the homes of peace and contentment. Thus dwelt together in love these simple Acadian farmers — Dwelt in the love of God and of man. Alike were they free from Fear, that reigns with the tyrant, and envy, the vice of republics.
Page 211 - By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he, being dead, yet speaketh.
Page 215 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 185 - And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people...
Page 203 - Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods ? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken; say ye of Him, Whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest ; because I said, I am the Son of God ? If I do not the works of My Father, believe Me not.
Page 168 - Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection ; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Page 198 - So likewise the Father is Almighty, the Son Almighty, and the Holy Ghost Almighty; And yet they are not three Almighties, but one Almighty.
Page 210 - And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.
Page 198 - Faith is this : that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one ; the glory equal, the- majesty coeternal.