Proceedings of the Fitchburg Historical Society and Papers Relating to the History of the Town, Volume 3The Society, 1902 - Fitchburg (Mass.) |
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... asked his father for a gun , but was refused , the father probably thinking an imaginary gun more suitable for killing an imaginary bear . Nancy , hearing the refusal , finds a gun , arms Angier , and diverts the father's attention ...
... asked his father for a gun , but was refused , the father probably thinking an imaginary gun more suitable for killing an imaginary bear . Nancy , hearing the refusal , finds a gun , arms Angier , and diverts the father's attention ...
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... asked , Brandy would take a hat from the signpost . On a bet of $ 25 and the risk of a fine new hat , he was given the task . He jumped higher and higher , till many spectators gathered to watch the result . The second day , nearly ...
... asked , Brandy would take a hat from the signpost . On a bet of $ 25 and the risk of a fine new hat , he was given the task . He jumped higher and higher , till many spectators gathered to watch the result . The second day , nearly ...
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... asked about his brother , he said : " Asa will get well and be a missionary , but I shall not live long . " Mrs. Thurston nursed her son with a mother's care and devotion , and he recovered , but she was taken down with the same disease ...
... asked about his brother , he said : " Asa will get well and be a missionary , but I shall not live long . " Mrs. Thurston nursed her son with a mother's care and devotion , and he recovered , but she was taken down with the same disease ...
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... asked and promptly declined ; the other was his future wife , Miss Lucy Goodale , daughter of Abner Goodale of Marl- borough , Mass . Miss Goodale was teaching school in Marlborough . On September 17 , at her noon intermission , she was ...
... asked and promptly declined ; the other was his future wife , Miss Lucy Goodale , daughter of Abner Goodale of Marl- borough , Mass . Miss Goodale was teaching school in Marlborough . On September 17 , at her noon intermission , she was ...
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... asked her if she was willing to become the wife of a stranger and attach herself to that little missionary band . She finally consented to see Mr. Thurston on the evening of September 23 , at the house of her father . Meanwhile a ...
... asked her if she was willing to become the wife of a stranger and attach herself to that little missionary band . She finally consented to see Mr. Thurston on the evening of September 23 , at the house of her father . Meanwhile a ...
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Page 68 - Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. 29. And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, 30. But he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come, eternal life.
Page 44 - Go thy way for this time, when I have a more convenient season I will call for thee.
Page 322 - I heard the voice of JESUS say, ' Come unto me and rest ; Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon My breast.' I came to JESUS as I was — Weary, and worn, and sad ; I found in Him a resting-place, And He has made me glad. I heard the voice of JESUS say, ' Behold I freely give The living water — thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink, and live.
Page 105 - Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids start...
Page 314 - My flesh shall slumber in the ground, Till the last trumpet's joyful sound; Then burst the chains with sweet surprise, And in my Saviour's image rise.
Page 136 - IF WE HAD BUT A DAY. WE should fill the hours with the sweetest things, If we had but a day ; We should drink alone at the purest springs In our upward way ; We should love with a lifetime's love in an hour, If the hours were few ; We should rest, not for dreams, but for fresher power To be and to do.
Page 282 - As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Page 317 - As you are now so once was I; As I am now, so you must be Prepare for death and follow me.
Page 67 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 293 - So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore.