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Seite 33 - By Nebo's lonely mountain, On this side Jordan's wave, In a vale in the land of Moab, There lies a lonely grave. And no man knows that sepulchre, And no man saw it e'er, For the angels of God upturned the sod, And laid the dead man there.
Seite 50 - With the incarnate Son of God. O lonely tomb in Moab's land! O dark Beth-peor's hill! Speak to these curious hearts of ours, And teach them to be still. God hath his mysteries of grace, Ways that we cannot tell; He hides them deep, like the secret sleep Of him he loved so well.
Seite 44 - ... all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Seite 55 - We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the word of God, and the only infallible rule of faith and practice, and — in accordance with the teachings of those Scriptures : — 2.
Seite 48 - Clay," has confessed his obligation. Every one acquainted with those years will allow that the North owes its earliest knowledge and first awakening on that subject to Mr. Lundy, who made long journeys and devoted years to the investigation. His...
Seite 67 - Unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devils; but if God be for you, who can be against you?
Seite 11 - An act to add a new section to an act entitled an act to establish the Illinois State Historical library and to provide for its care and maintenance, and to make appropriations therefor.
Seite 53 - Shortly afterward Mr. Barney's three sons-in-law with their wives and children also came. It is plain that this was a real Rooseveltian and patriotic family. Other settlers followed. Three forts for protection against the Indians in the locality were built. Seth Gard came into this settlement in 1813. In 1814 he was a representative in the third territorial legislature and in 1818 was a member of the convention that framed the Constitution for the State. Evidently Mr. Gard was one of the leading...
Seite 39 - As an introduction, while urging the inadequacy of stopping at the abolition of the African slave trade, when the seeds of the evil system had been sown in our soil and were springing up and producing increase, he proposed : First — That a society should be formed whenever a number of persons could be induced to join in them. Second- — -That a title should be adopted common to all the societies.. Third — They should all have a uniform constitution, "varying only on account of necessity arising...
Seite 39 - The first meeting was held at his home and consisted of six persons. In a few months it had grown to nearly five hundred persons, among whom were the most eminent divines, lawyers and citizens of that state. He also wrote a circular, dated Jan.