Recollections of a Long LifeJoseph Packard, Thomas Jones Packard |
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... Minister's Black Veil ) . In early life he had accidentally killed a beloved friend and from that day till death he hid his face from men . The Boston Chronicle of Nov. 20th , 1769 , says " that one Lindsay stood in the pillory at ...
... Minister's Black Veil ) . In early life he had accidentally killed a beloved friend and from that day till death he hid his face from men . The Boston Chronicle of Nov. 20th , 1769 , says " that one Lindsay stood in the pillory at ...
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... a salary of $ 700 a year . At that time and for many years after , Wiscasset was a place of great commercial enterprise and large trade with the West Indies , with about 2,000 inhabitants . 16 MINISTER AND TEACHER . But the schools , the.
... a salary of $ 700 a year . At that time and for many years after , Wiscasset was a place of great commercial enterprise and large trade with the West Indies , with about 2,000 inhabitants . 16 MINISTER AND TEACHER . But the schools , the.
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Joseph Packard, Thomas Jones Packard. 16 MINISTER AND TEACHER . But the schools , the morals and the institutions of ... ministry alone . The Academy , of which he was head , made an era in the history of Wiscasset . Its teaching was ...
Joseph Packard, Thomas Jones Packard. 16 MINISTER AND TEACHER . But the schools , the morals and the institutions of ... ministry alone . The Academy , of which he was head , made an era in the history of Wiscasset . Its teaching was ...
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... minister , Jamaica rum , or whiskey , when he called , and it was thought impossible for him to refuse it . A decanter of wine or spirits stood on every side- board . When as a boy I went around with my father , who never drank much ...
... minister , Jamaica rum , or whiskey , when he called , and it was thought impossible for him to refuse it . A decanter of wine or spirits stood on every side- board . When as a boy I went around with my father , who never drank much ...
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... ministry , of whose importance I stand in no doubt , but it was its Liturgy and its ways that drew me into the ... minister , says in sub- stance that the Congregational view assumes that all the moral quality of the act must lie in the ...
... ministry , of whose importance I stand in no doubt , but it was its Liturgy and its ways that drew me into the ... minister , says in sub- stance that the Congregational view assumes that all the moral quality of the act must lie in the ...
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Page 229 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all : And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 204 - Let not conscience make you linger, Nor of fitness fondly dream ; All the fitness he requireth, Is to feel your need of him ; This he gives you ; 'Tis the Spirit's rising beam.
Page 292 - And I am sure that when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
Page 30 - I'LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 312 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an Article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 31 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there.
Page 182 - shine as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever.
Page 7 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise,— The son of parents passed into the skies!
Page 123 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
Page 208 - Glory be to God on high, on earth peace, good will towards men...