History of the Mission of the Secession Church to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island: From Its Commencement in 1765 |
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... English , it was called Nova Scotia by Sir William Alexander , afterwards Earl of Stirling , who received from James I. a gift of the whole terri- tory lying between the River St. Croix and the Gulf of St. Lawrence . From this time till ...
... English , it was called Nova Scotia by Sir William Alexander , afterwards Earl of Stirling , who received from James I. a gift of the whole terri- tory lying between the River St. Croix and the Gulf of St. Lawrence . From this time till ...
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... English , the number of Acadians had been reduced , by the most unjustifiable and inhuman conduct , to 2,600 . The story of the expatriation of these men will for ever remain a foul stain on the provincial government of that period ...
... English , the number of Acadians had been reduced , by the most unjustifiable and inhuman conduct , to 2,600 . The story of the expatriation of these men will for ever remain a foul stain on the provincial government of that period ...
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... English , with a very small number of Scotch . We have up- wards of 100 licensed houses , and perhaps as many more which retail spirituous liquors without license ; so that the business of one - half of the town is to sell rum , and the ...
... English , with a very small number of Scotch . We have up- wards of 100 licensed houses , and perhaps as many more which retail spirituous liquors without license ; so that the business of one - half of the town is to sell rum , and the ...
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... English , and was beginning to be occu- pied by British settlers , while there were few French colonists remaining to offer opposition to the labours of Protestant ministers . However unjustifiable were the means employed for the ...
... English , and was beginning to be occu- pied by British settlers , while there were few French colonists remaining to offer opposition to the labours of Protestant ministers . However unjustifiable were the means employed for the ...
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... English miles almost every Sabbath in summer to hear the gospel . The two were commonly at the place of worship by nine o'clock of the morning , when James , having wrapped himself up in his Highland plaid and slept two hours , that he ...
... English miles almost every Sabbath in summer to hear the gospel . The two were commonly at the place of worship by nine o'clock of the morning , when James , having wrapped himself up in his Highland plaid and slept two hours , that he ...
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Page 271 - For ye shall go out with joy, And be led forth with peace: The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Page 32 - And the Lord said unto Satan, THE Lord rebuke thee, O Satan ; Even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
Page 67 - Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season ? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Page 208 - WHEN the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. The Lord hath done great things for us ; whereof we are glad.
Page 64 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Page 17 - I protest before God and your lordships, that I profess and allow with my heart the true religion presently professed within this realm, and .authorised by the laws thereof; I shall abide thereat and defend the same to my life's end, renouncing the Roman religion called papistry.
Page 115 - Thus saith the LORD ; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that v:as not sown.
Page 78 - Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Page 44 - The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation : he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation ; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Page 205 - ... hath authority, and it is his duty, to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed. For the better effecting whereof, he hath power to call synods, to be present at them, and to provide that whatsoever is transacted in them be according...