History of the Mission of the Secession Church to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island: From Its Commencement in 1765 |
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... cloth , much cleaner than I could have expected when it was laid down . It made very good and agreeable bread . It seems this was the way of baking bread in the days of Abra- ham . ( Gen. xviii . 6. ) It is a speedy way ; and , though ...
... cloth , much cleaner than I could have expected when it was laid down . It made very good and agreeable bread . It seems this was the way of baking bread in the days of Abra- ham . ( Gen. xviii . 6. ) It is a speedy way ; and , though ...
Page 96
... clothes of all kinds when they came there , he had to part with every article of them that could possibly be spared for provision . Soon after he came to Pictou , he lost a most amiable consort , and for some time had a great struggle ...
... clothes of all kinds when they came there , he had to part with every article of them that could possibly be spared for provision . Soon after he came to Pictou , he lost a most amiable consort , and for some time had a great struggle ...
Page 121
... clothes and would not speak . I asked her many questions , but got no answer . At last I said some outlandish thing , which made her pop out her head and speak . She was pale and emaciated , and her countenance the picture of despair ...
... clothes and would not speak . I asked her many questions , but got no answer . At last I said some outlandish thing , which made her pop out her head and speak . She was pale and emaciated , and her countenance the picture of despair ...
Page 135
... clothes of both in a bundle upon the top of his head , and swim over with them , and then return to assist Mr. Keir across . In this manner they crossed over and proceeded on their way . thing about the gospel . But I had one great ...
... clothes of both in a bundle upon the top of his head , and swim over with them , and then return to assist Mr. Keir across . In this manner they crossed over and proceeded on their way . thing about the gospel . But I had one great ...
Page 156
... clothes became a heavy burden , and the stream was pretty strong . I mounted and rode off , thankful for God's goodness . " " 1794. This year petitions for sermon were pre- sented before the session from St. John's Island , Cape Breton ...
... clothes became a heavy burden , and the stream was pretty strong . I mounted and rode off , thankful for God's goodness . " " 1794. This year petitions for sermon were pre- sented before the session from St. John's Island , Cape Breton ...
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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...