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... faith may be propagated among the western Indians to the glory of God . " The founding of this col- lege , though without influence upon literature during the First Colonial Period , supplied in the next century a num- ber of men who ...
... faith may be propagated among the western Indians to the glory of God . " The founding of this col- lege , though without influence upon literature during the First Colonial Period , supplied in the next century a num- ber of men who ...
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... faith and order of the churches ; " the sixth speaks of " many illustrious discov eries and demonstrations of the divine providence in remark- able mercies and judgments " the book in which , it is said , his soul most delighted ; and ...
... faith and order of the churches ; " the sixth speaks of " many illustrious discov eries and demonstrations of the divine providence in remark- able mercies and judgments " the book in which , it is said , his soul most delighted ; and ...
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... faith , are associated with profoundly earnest natures . But at last his spiritual struggles issued in a sweet " sense of the glorious majesty and grace of God " a feeling that added a strange charm to ex- ternal nature . " The ...
... faith , are associated with profoundly earnest natures . But at last his spiritual struggles issued in a sweet " sense of the glorious majesty and grace of God " a feeling that added a strange charm to ex- ternal nature . " The ...
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... faith ; and in his treatment of them there is a Miltonic grasp of thought and vigor of language . He was not eloquent in manner or expression ; his voice was weak , and he kept his eyes closely fixed on his manuscript ; but such was his ...
... faith ; and in his treatment of them there is a Miltonic grasp of thought and vigor of language . He was not eloquent in manner or expression ; his voice was weak , and he kept his eyes closely fixed on his manuscript ; but such was his ...
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... faith and resignation that had characterized his active life . Shortly before he expired , some friends , not thinking that he heard them , were lamenting the loss that his death would bring to the college and the church . Interrupting ...
... faith and resignation that had characterized his active life . Shortly before he expired , some friends , not thinking that he heard them , were lamenting the loss that his death would bring to the college and the church . Interrupting ...
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