Historical Notices of the Missions of the Church of England in the North American Colonies: Previous to the Independence of the United States : Chiefly from the Ms. Documents of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign PartsB. Fellowes, 1845 - 447 pages |
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... laboured single - handed amid manifold diffi- culties , and did all that men so situated could accom- plish . In later times , the Church in the Colonies has obtained a more perfect organization , while the resources of PREFACE . ix.
... laboured single - handed amid manifold diffi- culties , and did all that men so situated could accom- plish . In later times , the Church in the Colonies has obtained a more perfect organization , while the resources of PREFACE . ix.
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... call she is becoming daily more awake ; and the following " Notices " have been compiled , not without the hope that the record of what was done in one department of Missionary labour by our forefathers , may help to X PREFACE .
... call she is becoming daily more awake ; and the following " Notices " have been compiled , not without the hope that the record of what was done in one department of Missionary labour by our forefathers , may help to X PREFACE .
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... labour by our forefathers , may help to arouse us to more zealous and combined efforts . It is right to say , that a large portion of the present Volume has already appeared in the pages of the " British Magazine , " from which it was ...
... labour by our forefathers , may help to arouse us to more zealous and combined efforts . It is right to say , that a large portion of the present Volume has already appeared in the pages of the " British Magazine , " from which it was ...
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... labour which the Volume has cost him , if , by diffusing more accurate information on the subject of our earlier Mis- sions , it shall tend , in any degree , to awaken a livelier sense of our obligation , as a Church and nation , not ...
... labour which the Volume has cost him , if , by diffusing more accurate information on the subject of our earlier Mis- sions , it shall tend , in any degree , to awaken a livelier sense of our obligation , as a Church and nation , not ...
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... Labours and Success - Rev . Alex . Stewart - Want of a Bishop - Rev . N. Christian . 64 CHAPTER V. GEORGIA . Foundation of the Colony - The Saltzburg Emigrants - Rev . John Wesley - His strict Observances - Catechising - Expenses for ...
... Labours and Success - Rev . Alex . Stewart - Want of a Bishop - Rev . N. Christian . 64 CHAPTER V. GEORGIA . Foundation of the Colony - The Saltzburg Emigrants - Rev . John Wesley - His strict Observances - Catechising - Expenses for ...
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