The Chaplains and Clergy of the RevolutionC. Scribner, 1864 - 402 páginas |
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Allen American amid appointed arms army battle became boats brave brigade British Caldwell called camp cannon cause chaplain CHAPTER church clergy College Colonies command commenced committee of safety congregation Congress Connecticut Continental Congress courage death declared divine duty Dwight Elizabethtown eloquence enemy England excitement expedition faith fearful fight fire FORT MONTGOMERY Gano hand heart heaven Hill honor Indians Jersey labors land letter liberty Lord militia minister morning mother country musket never night noble officers oppressed parish passed pastor patriotic peace pray prayer Princeton College prisoners pulpit received regiment religious retreat returned Revolution river Sabbath SAMUEL WEST says scene sent sermon settled side soldiers solemn soon spirit stood strong struggle suffered sword Ticonderoga Timothy Dwight tion took tories town troops turned victory volunteers Washington West Point White Plains wilderness William Tennent Yale College York
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Página 183 - Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand...
Página 302 - NOT unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
Página 302 - O SING unto the LORD a new song ; for he hath done marvellous things : His right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
Página 183 - Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Página 23 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Página 51 - For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem which is above is free; which is the mother of us all.
Página 46 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord, against the mighty.
Página 183 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Página 186 - To conquest and slaughter let Europe aspire; Whelm nations in blood, and wrap cities in fire; Thy heroes the rights of mankind shall defend, And triumph pursue them, and glory attend. A world is thy realm: for a world be thy laws, Enlarged as thine empire, and just as thy cause; On Freedom's broad basis, that empire shall rise, Extend with the main, and dissolve with the skies.
Página 72 - Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.