 Philadelphia alone has been saved by prophecy, or courage. At a distance from the sea, forgotten by the emperors, encompassed on all sides by the Turks, her valiant citizens defended their religion and freedom above fourscore years; and at length capitulated...  Missionary Register - Page 3241827Full view - About this book
 | Harvey Newcomb - Apologetics - 1842 - 324 pages
...threatenings. Philadelphia alone long withstood the power of the Turks, and, in the words of Gibbon, ' at length capitulated with the proudest of the Ottomans. Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia,' he adds, ' Philadelphia is still erect ; a collimn in a scene of ruins.' ' It is indeed an interesting... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1831 - 622 pages
...freedom above fourscore years, and at length capitulât ed with the proudest of the Ottomans in 1390. Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia is still erect — a column in a »cene of ruins." Part of the" Catoce-canmene" plain, and the ridges of Mount Messogis, intervene between... | |
 | William Goodhugh, William Cooke Taylor - 1843 - 734 pages
...encompassed on all sides by the Turks, her valiant citizens defended their religion and freedom about four-score years, and at length capitulated with the proudest of the Ottomans (Bajazet) in 1390. Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia is still erect: —... | |
 | 1844 - 558 pages
...this church, together with Smyrna and Thyatira (and this is also the case with Pergamos, which I ha^e not yet visited), still contain flourishing communities...— the circumstance that Philadelphia is now called Allah Shehr, " the City of God," when viewed in connexion with the promises made to that church, and... | |
 | Robert Benjamin Lewis - Black race - 1844 - 414 pages
...temples and worship. Her population is said to be the purest in Asia Minor. Even Gibbon says of her: "Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia...is still erect — a column in a scene of ruins." PISIDIA. (Acts xiii. 14.) A province of Asia Minor, north of Pamphylia. Antiocji, though within the... | |
 | Robert Sears - Bible - 1844 - 702 pages
...threatenings. Philadelphia alone long withstood the power of the Turks, and, in the words of Gibbon, "at length capitulated with the proudest of the Ottomans. Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia," he adds, " Philadelphia is still erect: a column in a scene of ruins." (Ch. 64.) " It is indeed an... | |
 | Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1844 - 372 pages
...emperors, encompassed on all sides by the Turks, her valiant citizens defended their religion and their freedom above fourscore years ; and at length capitulated with the proudest of the Ottomans." The American missionaries, Fisk and Parsons, when they visited the place in 1820, were informed by... | |
 | Robert Sears - Bible - 1845 - 688 pages
...threatenings. Philadelphia alone long withstood the power of the Turks, and, in the words of Gibbon, "at length capitulated with the proudest of the Ottomans. Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia," he adds, " Philadelphia is still erect: a column in a scene of ruins." (Ch. 64.) " It is indeed an... | |
 | Matthew Hale Smith - Universalism - 1847 - 422 pages
...threatenings. Philadelphia alone long withstood the power of the Turks, and, in the words of Gibbon, "at length capitulated with the proudest of the Ottomans. Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia," he adds, " Philadelphia is still erect : a column in a scene of ruins " Chap. 64. "It is indeed an... | |
 | Howard Malcolm - Bible - 1848 - 336 pages
...to Sardis on the west, and Laodicea on the east. The town contains about 3000 houses. Gibbon says, " Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia is still erect, — a column in a scene of rums." It is now called Allah Schyr, or the " Fair City." PHILE ' MON seems to have been some eminent... | |
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