Journal of the proceedings of the (annual) convention

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Page 205 - ... to take charge of the estate and property belonging thereto, and to transact all affairs relative to the temporalities thereof...
Page 15 - If those who have been wise to turn men to righteousness shall shine as the brightness of the firmament and as the stars forever and ever...
Page 95 - The first nine appointments shall be for terms of one member for one year, two for two years, two for three years, two for four years, and two for five years.
Page 101 - Geneva and its vicinity ; next in value was an annual allowance from the Protestant Episcopal Society for Promoting Religion and Learning in the State of New York.
Page 53 - Arise, O LORD, into thy rest : thou, and the ark of thy strength. Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness : and let thy saints shout for joy.
Page 15 - I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
Page 10 - Barnabus — and Jesus, who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision: these only are my fellow-workers unto the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort to me.
Page 205 - ... or may, in pursuance of the provisions of law relating to the disposition of real property by religious corporations, sell or dispose of the same and apply the proceeds thereof to any of the purposes to which the property of such governing religious body is devoted, and it shall not divert such property to any other object.
Page 69 - This Convention having, in their present session, set forth A Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, do hereby establish the said Book: And they declare it to be the Liturgy of this Church: And require that it be received as such by all the members of the same...
Page 69 - AD 1789 — set forth and established a Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, and thereby established the said book and declared it to be the Liturgy of this...

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