History of the Philadelphia Bible-Christian Church for the First Century of Its Existence: From 1817-1917 |
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Page 62
... refers to the " death of our venerable and senior Deacon , Jonathan Wright , " and also con- tains a copy of a Preamble and Resolution expressing the feelings of our Church " at the appalling calamity by which the whole nation has ...
... refers to the " death of our venerable and senior Deacon , Jonathan Wright , " and also con- tains a copy of a Preamble and Resolution expressing the feelings of our Church " at the appalling calamity by which the whole nation has ...
Page 91
... refers to the death of one male member seventy years of age and the addi- tion of two female members , and written reports for 1848 and 1849 refer to the death of two adult members and the admission of one new member . A revision of the ...
... refers to the death of one male member seventy years of age and the addi- tion of two female members , and written reports for 1848 and 1849 refer to the death of two adult members and the admission of one new member . A revision of the ...
Page 92
... refer to a great " falling off " in attend- ance at the Church services , only about one - half the average number for a period of several years past being present . The regular minister , Rev. Wm . Metcalfe , was temporarily ...
... refer to a great " falling off " in attend- ance at the Church services , only about one - half the average number for a period of several years past being present . The regular minister , Rev. Wm . Metcalfe , was temporarily ...
Page 95
... refers to the death of John Galt , " an old friend and regular attendant at Church services for many years . ' Average attendance at Communion was eighteen adults and eleven children . 99 The report for 1887 refers to the great loss to ...
... refers to the death of John Galt , " an old friend and regular attendant at Church services for many years . ' Average attendance at Communion was eighteen adults and eleven children . 99 The report for 1887 refers to the great loss to ...
Page 96
... Chauncey Giles ( Sweden- borgian ) that the church should be the home , the place of refuge , the sanctuary for the weary and heavy laden . " The report for 1892 refers to the death of Emanuel 96 BIBLE - CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
... Chauncey Giles ( Sweden- borgian ) that the church should be the home , the place of refuge , the sanctuary for the weary and heavy laden . " The report for 1892 refers to the death of Emanuel 96 BIBLE - CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
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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.