 | Christianity - 1819 - 818 pages
...their sermons before the Society, was the only one calculated to produce any beneficial results, viz. " in the first place to settle the state of religion as well a* might be amongst our own people, and then to proceed in the best methods that could be devised towards... | |
 | 1844 - 766 pages
...first anniversary sermon, February 20, 1702, thus briefly explained the objects of the society : — " The design is, in the first place, to settle the state of religion, as well as may be, among our men people there, which, by all accounts we have, very much wants their pious care ; and then to proceed,... | |
 | Ernest Hawkins - 1845 - 480 pages
...first anniversary sermon, February 20, 1702, thus briefly explained the objects of the Society:—" The design is, in the first place, to settle the state...and then to proceed, in the best methods they can, toward the conversion of the natives" And among the demands on the Society's funds, he mentions the... | |
 | Ernest Hawkins - Church - 1845 - 494 pages
...first anniversary sermon, February 20, 1702, thus briefly explained the objects of the Society : — " The design is, in the first place, to settle the state of religion, as well as may be, among our men people there, which, by all accounts we have, very much wants their pious care ; and then to proceed,... | |
 | 1853 - 632 pages
...of this Society is thus stated by Dean Willis, in his sermon on the first anniversary in 1 702 : — "The design is, in the first place, to settle the state of religion, as well as may be, among oar own people there, which, by all accounts we hare, very much wants their pious care, and then to... | |
 | Missions - 1864 - 820 pages
...preached Wore the Society at St. Mary-le-Bow, February 20, 1702, by Dr. Willis, Dean of Lincoln, " The design is, in the first place, to settle the state...religion, as well as may be, among our own people, • • . . and then to proceed, in the best methods they can, towards the conversion of the natives.... | |
 | John Henry Overton - England - 1885 - 426 pages
...' or, as Dr. Willis, the preacher of the first anniversary sermon, in 1702, more fully states it: ' the design is, in the first place, to settle the state...of religion as well as may be among our own people in the foreign Plantations; and then to proceed, in the best methods they can, towards the conversion... | |
 | Charles Frederick Pascoe - Missionaries - 1893 - 1010 pages
...the Society was thus stated by the Dean of Lincoln, in the first anniversary sermon, Feb. 1702 : — "The- design is, in the first place, to settle the State of Beligion as well as may be among our own People there, which by all accounts we have, very much wants... | |
 | Biography & Autobiography - 1895 - 272 pages
...first meeting at Lambeth Palace, the Archbishop of Canterbury presiding. Its objects are thus declared: "To settle the State of Religion as well as may be among our own people which by all accounts very much needs their Pious care and then to proceed in the best methods they... | |
 | Biography & Autobiography - 1895 - 272 pages
...first meeting at Lambeth Palace, the Archbishop of Canterbury presiding. Its objects are thus declared: "To settle the State of Religion as well as may be among our own people which by all accounts very much needs their Pious care and then to proceed in the best methods they... | |
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The design is, in the first place, to settle the state of religion, as well as may be, among our own people there, which, by all accounts we have, very much wants their pious care, and then to proceed in the best methods they can toward the conversion... 
