History of the Newark Baptist City Mission: From Its Origin in 1851 to Its Seventeenth Anniversary in 1868

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Hurd and Houghton, 1869 - History - 142 pages

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Page 5 - A nameless man amid a crowd that thronged the daily mart, Let fall a word of hope and love, unstudied, from the heart; A whisper on the tumult thrown, — a transitory breath, — It raised a brother from the dust; it saved a soul from death. O germ! O fount! O word of love! O thought at random cast! Ye were but little at the first, but mighty at the last.
Page 17 - BEHOLD, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's 116 beard : that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Page 93 - The chairman stated that the object of the meeting was to take into consideration the proceedings of an association, under the title of the ' New- York Colonization Society.
Page 17 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even AARON'S beard ; that went down to the skirts of his garment ; as the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion ; for there the LORD commanded a blessing, even life for evermore.
Page 120 - Ye abound in everything, in faith, in utterance, in knowledge, in all diligence (iraaij oxovir;). 608. The injunctions not to return evil for evil, and rather (1 Cor. vi., 7), to take wrong, and to submit to revilings and blows, do not prohibit Christians from protecting themselves by the aid of laws against violence and contumely. The Magistrate is described by St. Paul as a...
Page 142 - They trust their whole salvation here, Nor shall they suffer shame. 3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest, Reject it with disdain , Yet on this Rock the church shall rest, And envy rage in vain. 4 What though the gates of hell withstood, Yet must this building rise ; 'Tis thine own work, almighty God, And wondrous in our eyes.
Page 10 - ... business transacted, and who shall cause the same to be delivered to the clerk of the county which embraces the place of its location, thereupon, together with all who may afterwards become members, their successors and assigns, shall be a body corporate and politic in law, with all the powers mentioned in the first section of the act entitled •' An act concerning corporations.
Page 121 - Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week, let every one of you lay by him in store as GOD has prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
Page 11 - The corporate concerns of said academy shall be managed by five trustees, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business ; they shall be elected annually on the.
Page 10 - State, and its immediate vicinity. 3. And be it enacted, That the management of the affairs and concerns of said corporation shall be and is vested in eleven or more trustees, as the by-laws may direct, who shall be citizens of the said city of Newark, or its vicinity, and members of the said denomination of Christians (the persons...

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