History of the Christian Church, Volume 4T. Y. Crowell & Company, 1894 - Church history |
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... Indians ; but in this he was disappointed . His sojourn was confined to the colony , and was none too pleasant at that . Like most new settlements , the Georgian , while it contained some excellent elements , included others of an ...
... Indians ; but in this he was disappointed . His sojourn was confined to the colony , and was none too pleasant at that . Like most new settlements , the Georgian , while it contained some excellent elements , included others of an ...
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... self - satisfaction . " It is upwards of two years , " he wrote . " since I left my native country , in order to teach the Georgia Indians the nature of Chris- tianity ; but what have I learned myself in the 44 THE MODERN CHURCH .
... self - satisfaction . " It is upwards of two years , " he wrote . " since I left my native country , in order to teach the Georgia Indians the nature of Chris- tianity ; but what have I learned myself in the 44 THE MODERN CHURCH .
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... Indians exhibited , if not so advanced a civilization as that of the Mexicans and Peruvians , still a state noticeably above sheer barbarism . The first regular expedition into New Mexico , which occurred . under Coronado in 1540 , did ...
... Indians exhibited , if not so advanced a civilization as that of the Mexicans and Peruvians , still a state noticeably above sheer barbarism . The first regular expedition into New Mexico , which occurred . under Coronado in 1540 , did ...
Page 137
... Indians from being infected with Calvi- nistic heresy ; but the ultimate result of the intolerant policy was not so happy , since thereby the country was made a ready prey to the Protestant rule of Great Brit- ain . Thus have judged ...
... Indians from being infected with Calvi- nistic heresy ; but the ultimate result of the intolerant policy was not so happy , since thereby the country was made a ready prey to the Protestant rule of Great Brit- ain . Thus have judged ...
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... Indian tribes . Their missionaries were continually utilized to this end . Considerable success rewarded their pains ; but it was a kind of success which worked toward future overthrow . The undisguised way in which the French colonists ...
... Indian tribes . Their missionaries were continually utilized to this end . Considerable success rewarded their pains ; but it was a kind of success which worked toward future overthrow . The undisguised way in which the French colonists ...
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Page 216 - England, said. *We will not say, as the Separatists were wont to say at their leaving of England, Farewell, Babylon ! Farewell, Rome ! But we will say Farewell, dear England ! Farewell, the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there.
Page 267 - That all persons living in this province who confess and acknowledge the one almighty and eternal God to be the creator, upholder, and ruler of the world...
Page 201 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Page 27 - The much greater part of those who come to be ordained are ignorant to a degree not to be apprehended by those who are not obliged to know it.
Page 229 - It is the will and command of God that, since the coming of his Son the Lord Jesus, a permission of the most Paganish, Jewish, Turkish, or anti-Christian consciences and worships be granted to all men in all nations and countries...
Page 29 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted, by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry ; but that it is, now at length, discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it, as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point, among all people of discernment...
Page 56 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers.
Page 145 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 240 - ... the town seemed to be full of the presence of God : it never was so full of love, nor so full of joy, and yet so full of distress as it was then.
Page 120 - Has the Pope, or Cardinals, or any body of men, or any individual of the Church of Rome, any civil authority, power, jurisdiction, or pre-eminence, whatsoever, within the realm of England ? 2.