Sketches of Church Life in the Counties of Essex and Hertfordshire: Forming the Diocese of St. Albans |
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Abbey Church Abbot altar amongst appointed Archbishop Archdeacon Bede benefices Bishop of Lincoln Bishop of London Bishop of Rochester bishopric of Saint bishopric of Winchester Bonner Book Canon Canterbury Cathedral Church Cedd Celtic centres Chad Chapel Christian Classis Claughton clergy Colchester consecrated county of Essex county of Hertford Dean and Chapter Deanery death diocesan Diocese of Lincoln diocese of Rochester diocese of Saint ecclesiastical endowment English episcopal Essex faith founded friars Hertfordshire Herts History holy hundred John jurisdiction King King's Leicester Lichfield Lollards Lord Mellitus Mercia Ministers mission monastery monastic monks parish church Parliament Paul's persons Pope prayer preach preachers present priests Priory Puritan received record Reformation reign restoration revival Roman rule Saint Albans Saxon sermon spirit story succeeded successor Suffragan Sunday surplice Thomas Thomas Legh Claughton tion unto Vicar Vide visitation Walden Waltham Wesley Wicliffe William Winchester
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Page 28 - Onward we go, for still we hear them singing, Come, weary souls, for Jesus bids you come : And through the dark, its echoes sweetly ringing, The music of the Gospel leads us home.
Page 309 - Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee ; how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings and ye would not...
Page 233 - Sabbath-day, or walk in his garden or elsewhere, except reverently to and from meeting. "No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep house, cut hair, or shave, on the Sabbath-day. " No woman shall kiss her child on the Sabbath or fastingday. " The Sabbath shall begin at sunset on Saturday.
Page 391 - He that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good seed : shall doubtless come again with joy, and bring his sheaves with him.
Page 340 - In flat opposition to these, I declare once more, that I live and die a member of the Church of England: and that none who regard my judgment or advice will ever separate from it.
Page 347 - It was, I believe, in October, 1790, and not long before his death, that I heard John Wesley in the great round Meeting-house at Colchester. He stood in a wide pulpit, and on each side of him stood a minister, and the two held him up, having their hands under his armpits. His feeble voice was barely audible. But his reverend countenance, especially his long white locks, formed a picture never to be forgotten.
Page 322 - Thrice blest is he to whom is given The instinct that can tell That God is on the field when He Is most invisible.
Page 165 - The sacred tapers' lights are gone, Grey moss has clad the altar stone, The holy image is o'erthrown, The bell has ceased to toll. The long ribb'd aisles are burst and sunk, The holy shrines to ruin sunk, Departed is the pious monk, God's blessing on his soul.
Page 43 - Chad, being thus consecrated bishop, began immediately to devote himself to ecclesiastical truth and to chastity ; to apply himself to humility, continence, and study ; to travel about, not on horseback, but after the manner of the apostles, on foot, to preach the Gospel in towns, the open country, cottages, villages, and castles...
Page 276 - And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.