History of the Philadelphia Bible-Christian Church for the First Century of Its Existence: From 1817-1917 |
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... CHRISTIAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY ( 1ST AND 2ND REPORT ) X. THE LADIES ' AID SOCIETY .. 143 144 XI . THE VEGETARIAN SOCIETY , PEACE SOCIETY . 158 MISCELLANEOUS . 191 ILLUSTRATIONS First Church Edifice , Third Street above Girard Avenue vii.
... CHRISTIAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY ( 1ST AND 2ND REPORT ) X. THE LADIES ' AID SOCIETY .. 143 144 XI . THE VEGETARIAN SOCIETY , PEACE SOCIETY . 158 MISCELLANEOUS . 191 ILLUSTRATIONS First Church Edifice , Third Street above Girard Avenue vii.
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... vegetarian life without meeting with the opposition of those whom he respected and loved . In a letter des- cribing ... society ; but their efforts proved ineffectual . Some predicted my death in three or four months , and others , on ...
... vegetarian life without meeting with the opposition of those whom he respected and loved . In a letter des- cribing ... society ; but their efforts proved ineffectual . Some predicted my death in three or four months , and others , on ...
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... Vegetarian Society of Great Britain . Mr. Metcalfe immediately proposed the forma- tion of a similar society here . He corresponded with Drs . Graham , Alcott , Mussey , and others , and finally an American Vegetarian Convention ...
... Vegetarian Society of Great Britain . Mr. Metcalfe immediately proposed the forma- tion of a similar society here . He corresponded with Drs . Graham , Alcott , Mussey , and others , and finally an American Vegetarian Convention ...
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... Society was organ- ized by electing Dr. Wм . A. ALCOTT , President , Rev. WILLIAM METCALFE , Corresponding Secretary , and Dr. R. T. TRALL , Recording Secretary . The project of publishing a Vegetarian magazine was canvassed ; and it ...
... Society was organ- ized by electing Dr. Wм . A. ALCOTT , President , Rev. WILLIAM METCALFE , Corresponding Secretary , and Dr. R. T. TRALL , Recording Secretary . The project of publishing a Vegetarian magazine was canvassed ; and it ...
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... Vegetarian Society , which convened in the Chinese Lecture - room , Philadelphia , on the 10th of September . In 1853 , Mr. Metcalfe was called upon to suffer a severe affliction , in the death of his wife . Mrs. SUSAN METCALFE died on ...
... Vegetarian Society , which convened in the Chinese Lecture - room , Philadelphia , on the 10th of September . In 1853 , Mr. Metcalfe was called upon to suffer a severe affliction , in the death of his wife . Mrs. SUSAN METCALFE died on ...
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Page 163 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 6 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn: Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them...
Page 188 - ... such as these hang over the farm. Death is natural, I own, and without it this world would be cursed with life, but when it comes at the edge of the cold and sharpened steel, at the behest of man's perverted appetite and cruel will, and strikes the young and lusty and vigorous, — when death is made the chief end of life, and life becomes the handmaid of death, and nature is prostituted to the express manufacture of fattened corpses, then is death hideous indeed...
Page 35 - The principles of the Christian religion as professed by the Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, are recognized as teaching men to do good, and to do to others as they would have others do to them.