History of the Mission of the Secession Church to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island: From Its Commencement in 1765 |
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... sessions , or , as they termed it in those days , in a meeting of the general session . On being applied to , each took his turn in preaching to vacant congrega- tions ; and in this way , during the course of their ministry , the two ...
... sessions , or , as they termed it in those days , in a meeting of the general session . On being applied to , each took his turn in preaching to vacant congrega- tions ; and in this way , during the course of their ministry , the two ...
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... session . After a considerable time spent in free conversation and serious delibera- tion respecting the matter , it was agreed that the ministers then present , together with representatives C from the eldership in each congregation ...
... session . After a considerable time spent in free conversation and serious delibera- tion respecting the matter , it was agreed that the ministers then present , together with representatives C from the eldership in each congregation ...
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... session of Truro , and John Barmhill from the session of Londonderry ; whose names being called , and all present , they took their seats accordingly . " The moderator declared from the chair the pres- bytery to be constitute precisely ...
... session of Truro , and John Barmhill from the session of Londonderry ; whose names being called , and all present , they took their seats accordingly . " The moderator declared from the chair the pres- bytery to be constitute precisely ...
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... session of Nottingham , where he had officiated some time as their minister . " E mained only four or five years in the above place MISSION TO NOVA SCOTIA , 57 Biographical Sketches of Ministers who joined the Presbytery of Truro before ...
... session of Nottingham , where he had officiated some time as their minister . " E mained only four or five years in the above place MISSION TO NOVA SCOTIA , 57 Biographical Sketches of Ministers who joined the Presbytery of Truro before ...
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... session . It was , therefore , a great happiness to me , that I now heard of three on the East River , who had been ordained in Scotland , viz . , Thomas Fraser , and Simon Fraser , who had officiated in the parish of Kirkhill with my ...
... session . It was , therefore , a great happiness to me , that I now heard of three on the East River , who had been ordained in Scotland , viz . , Thomas Fraser , and Simon Fraser , who had officiated in the parish of Kirkhill with my ...
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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...