Sketches of the Ecclesiastical History of the State of Maine: From the Earliest Settlement to the Present TimeH. Gray, 1821 - 370 sidor |
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... , the second under that of Mr. Richardson , and the third un- der that of Mr. White . The beginning of Mr. Jefferds ' ministry was prosperous , and a considerable number were admitted to full communion within a year after his WELLS . 23.
... , the second under that of Mr. Richardson , and the third un- der that of Mr. White . The beginning of Mr. Jefferds ' ministry was prosperous , and a considerable number were admitted to full communion within a year after his WELLS . 23.
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... considerable number were added to the Church . The Church was organized on evangelical principles , * and for any thing that appears to the contrary , was as pros- perous as is usual for any Church not visited with spe- cial revivals of ...
... considerable number were added to the Church . The Church was organized on evangelical principles , * and for any thing that appears to the contrary , was as pros- perous as is usual for any Church not visited with spe- cial revivals of ...
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... considerable , and in 1734 five breth- ren were dismissed from the Church in order to the gath- ering of a new Church " on Purpoodoc side of the riv- er . " Mr. Smith's labours were now confined to Port- land and Falmouth . But a ...
... considerable , and in 1734 five breth- ren were dismissed from the Church in order to the gath- ering of a new Church " on Purpoodoc side of the riv- er . " Mr. Smith's labours were now confined to Port- land and Falmouth . But a ...
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... considerably , and the people became anxious to have preaching constantly . To save expense the Selectmen of the town were empowered to hire a School Master for that part of the town , who should be a Preacher also . But it does not ...
... considerably , and the people became anxious to have preaching constantly . To save expense the Selectmen of the town were empowered to hire a School Master for that part of the town , who should be a Preacher also . But it does not ...
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... considerable settlement was made at what is now Saco village , and about ten years after the settlement of Mr. Morrill the old Meet- ing House at Saco was built . In 1762 , the town of Biddeford was divided , and the eastern part called ...
... considerable settlement was made at what is now Saco village , and about ten years after the settlement of Mr. Morrill the old Meet- ing House at Saco was built . In 1762 , the town of Biddeford was divided , and the eastern part called ...
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Sketches of the Ecclesiastical History of the State of Maine: From the ... Jonathan Greenleaf Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1821 |
Sketches of the Ecclesiastical History of the State of Maine: From the ... Jonathan Greenleaf Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1821 |
Sketches of the ecclesiastical history of the state of Maine Jonathan Greenleaf Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1821 |
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Sida 50 - London to ordain only one, but could not prevail: 2, If they consented, we know the slowness of their proceedings ; but the matter admits of no delay : 3. If they would ordain them now, they would likewise expect to govern them. And how grievously would this entangle us ? 4.
Sida 50 - But the case is widely different between England and North America. Here there are bishops who have a legal jurisdiction. In America there are none, neither any parish ministers.
Sida 59 - Essex ss. The Jurors for our sovereign Lord and Lady the King and Queen, present, that George Burroughs, late of Falmouth in the Province of Massachusetts bay, clerk, the ninth day of May, in the fourth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord and Lady William and Mary, by the grace of God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King and Queen, defenders of the faith, &c.
Sida 50 - If any one will point out a more rational and scriptural way of feeding and guiding those poor sheep in the wilderness, I will gladly embrace it. At present I cannot see any better method than that I have taken.
Sida 51 - They are now at full liberty simply to follow the Scriptures and the primitive church. And we judge it best that they should stand fast in that liberty wherewith God has so strangely made them free.
Sida 158 - For there is not a just man upon earth, who doeth good and sinneth not.
Sida 61 - about 7 or 8 years before that time he lived at Casco Bay. George Burroughs was then minister there, that having seen much of his great strength, and the said Burroughs coming to our house, we were in discourse about the same, and he then told me, he had put his fingers into a bung hole of a barrel of molasses, and lifted it up, and carried it round him and set it down again.
Sida 49 - Assemblies. But no one either exercises or claims any ecclesiastical authority at all. In this peculiar situation some thousands of the inhabitants of these States, desire my advice, and in compliance with their desire, I have drawn up a little sketch.
Sida 50 - I have accordingly appointed Dr. Coke and Mr. Francis Asbury to be joint superintendents over our brethren in North America, as also Richard Whatcoat and Thomas Vasey to act as elders among them, by baptizing and administering the Lord's supper.
Sida 49 - BY a very uncommon train of providences, many of the provinces of North America are totally disjoined from the mother country, and erected into independent states. The English government has no authority over them, either civil or ecclesiastical, any more than over the states of Holland. A civil authority is exercised over them, partly by the congress, partly by the provincial assemblies. But no one either...