Memoirs of John Frederic Oberlin: Pastor of Waldbach, in the Ban de la Roche |
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Page 39
... villages . He was informed that the young people belonging to it had determined to seize him the following Sunday , on his leaving their place of worship , and duck him in a cis- tern . He consequently took occasion to speak , in his ...
... villages . He was informed that the young people belonging to it had determined to seize him the following Sunday , on his leaving their place of worship , and duck him in a cis- tern . He consequently took occasion to speak , in his ...
Page 55
... villages nine months out of the twelve , you will be enabled to keep up an intercourse with the inhabitants of the neighbouring districts . You will have the opportunity of procuring a number of things of which you have long stood in ...
... villages nine months out of the twelve , you will be enabled to keep up an intercourse with the inhabitants of the neighbouring districts . You will have the opportunity of procuring a number of things of which you have long stood in ...
Page 57
... villages , still more practicable . It seemed as though nothing could daunt their ardor ; and the pastor , who , on the Sabbath , had directed their attention with that earnestness and warmth , by which his own soul was animated , to ...
... villages , still more practicable . It seemed as though nothing could daunt their ardor ; and the pastor , who , on the Sabbath , had directed their attention with that earnestness and warmth , by which his own soul was animated , to ...
Page 63
... orchards and gardens ; and , in the place of indigence and misery , the villages , and their inhabitants , gradually assumed an air of rural happiness . So barbarous , before Oberlin's time , had been the AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENTS . 63.
... orchards and gardens ; and , in the place of indigence and misery , the villages , and their inhabitants , gradually assumed an air of rural happiness . So barbarous , before Oberlin's time , had been the AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENTS . 63.
Page 72
... villages , was Stouber's hut , which , having been constructed of unseasoned wood , was in a most miserable and ruinous con- dition . His parishioners were , however , very averse to his proposition of erecting a more con- venient one ...
... villages , was Stouber's hut , which , having been constructed of unseasoned wood , was in a most miserable and ruinous con- dition . His parishioners were , however , very averse to his proposition of erecting a more con- venient one ...
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Page 129 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 263 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is : For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 210 - For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord : whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Page 238 - And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?
Page 130 - At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, when all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
Page 211 - The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Page 203 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Page 284 - Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Page 129 - And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's: it is holy unto the Lord.
Page 277 - BLESS the LORD, O my soul : And all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, 0 my soul, And forget not all his benefits : Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies ; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.