The Chaplains and Clergy of the RevolutionC. Scribner, 1864 - 402 páginas |
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Allen American amid appointed arms army battle became brave brigade British Caldwell called camp cannon cause chaplain CHAPTER church clergy Colonies command commenced committee of safety congregation Congress Connecticut Continental Congress courage death declared divine duty Dwight Elizabethtown eloquent enemy England excitement expedition faith fight fire FORT MONTGOMERY Gano hand heart heaven Hill honor horse Indians Jersey labors land letter Lexington liberty licensed to preach Lord militia minister morning mother country musket never night noble officers oppressed parish pastor patriotic peace prayed prayer Princeton College prisoners pulpit received regiment religious retreat returned Revolution river Sabbath SAMUEL WEST says scene sent sermon side soldiers solemn soon South Carolina spirit stood strong struggle suffered sword Ticonderoga Timothy Dwight tion took tories town troops turned victory volunteers Washington West Point wilderness William Tennent Yale College York young
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Página 390 - O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
Página 300 - NOT unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
Página 181 - Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Página 370 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth...
Página 51 - For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Página 371 - By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Página 181 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Página 59 - And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
Página 318 - one shall chase a thousand, and two shall put ten thousand to flight.
Página 184 - Whelm nations in blood, and wrap cities in fire; Thy heroes the rights of mankind shall defend, And triumph pursue them, and glory attend. A world is thy realm: for a world be thy laws, Enlarged as thine empire, and just as thy cause; On Freedom's broad basis, that empire shall rise, Extend with the main, and dissolve with the skies.