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... Church were devoutly observed . From the outset it was a toilsome and perilous enterprise ; but to the Spaniard of that time danger was a joy . The Indians were war- like , and generally hostile . De Soto had pitched battles to fight ...
... Church were devoutly observed . From the outset it was a toilsome and perilous enterprise ; but to the Spaniard of that time danger was a joy . The Indians were war- like , and generally hostile . De Soto had pitched battles to fight ...
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... church of Jamestown . Then he married her . After a time he took her home to England . Her appearance was pleasing ; her mind was acute ; her piety was sincere ; her manners bore picturesque evi- dence of her forest upbringing . The ...
... church of Jamestown . Then he married her . After a time he took her home to England . Her appearance was pleasing ; her mind was acute ; her piety was sincere ; her manners bore picturesque evi- dence of her forest upbringing . The ...
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... church cost the delinquent fifty pounds ; refusing to have his child baptized , two thousand pounds ; enter- taining a Quaker , five thousand pounds . When the stock of tobacco was unduly large , the currency was debased , and much ...
... church cost the delinquent fifty pounds ; refusing to have his child baptized , two thousand pounds ; enter- taining a Quaker , five thousand pounds . When the stock of tobacco was unduly large , the currency was debased , and much ...
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... Church , was at the peril of life . A change was near . John Hampden was farming his lands in Buckingham- shire . A ... church ought to guide the affairs of that church , waiting for the sanction of no patron , however noble and good ...
... Church , was at the peril of life . A change was near . John Hampden was farming his lands in Buckingham- shire . A ... church ought to guide the affairs of that church , waiting for the sanction of no patron , however noble and good ...
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... church . Their deportment there was not unsuitable to the manner of their inbringing . They audaciously clapped on their hats while the minister prayed , and made no secret that they deemed it sin to join in the services of those who ...
... church . Their deportment there was not unsuitable to the manner of their inbringing . They audaciously clapped on their hats while the minister prayed , and made no secret that they deemed it sin to join in the services of those who ...
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Page 32 - He sincerely hopes that your views and your action may so accord with his as to assure all faithful citizens who have been disturbed in their rights of a certain and speedy restoration to them, under the Constitution and the laws. And having thus chosen our course, without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear and with manly hearts.
Page 36 - I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel: "As ye deal with My contemners so with you My grace shall deal; Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel! Since God is marching on.
Page 36 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Page 30 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Page 36 - In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me; As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Page 33 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 30 - It is indeed in conformity with the ordinance of the Creator. It is not for us to inquire into the wisdom of His ordinances, or to question them. For His own purposes He has made one race to differ from another, as He has made "one star to differ from another star in glory.