Memoir of the Life and Character of the Late Hon. Theo. Frelinghuysen, LL. D.Harper & Brothers, 1863 - 289 páginas |
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... desire was expressed , in many and various quarters , for some permanent memorial of his life . His long course of private worth and public usefulness , the eminent po- sitions he had occupied , his ability , his eloquence , his ...
... desire was expressed , in many and various quarters , for some permanent memorial of his life . His long course of private worth and public usefulness , the eminent po- sitions he had occupied , his ability , his eloquence , his ...
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... Desire to Depart . -The peaceful End ......... 253 CHAPTER XIV . CONCLUSION . The Gift of God.-Mr. Frelinghuysen's Completeness of Character .-- General Recognition of it . - Proven by Trial . - Theme of Gratitude to God ...
... Desire to Depart . -The peaceful End ......... 253 CHAPTER XIV . CONCLUSION . The Gift of God.-Mr. Frelinghuysen's Completeness of Character .-- General Recognition of it . - Proven by Trial . - Theme of Gratitude to God ...
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... desire that he should become , like his father and grandfather , a minister of the Gospel , and in this she was cordially seconded by her husband . But it was in vain . The young man did not feel him- self fitted or called to the sacred ...
... desire that he should become , like his father and grandfather , a minister of the Gospel , and in this she was cordially seconded by her husband . But it was in vain . The young man did not feel him- self fitted or called to the sacred ...
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... desire to escape his share of the public burdens , as appears by the following ex- tract from his letter of resignation , addressed to the Speaker of the House of Assembly of his native state : " It is needless for me to remind the ...
... desire to escape his share of the public burdens , as appears by the following ex- tract from his letter of resignation , addressed to the Speaker of the House of Assembly of his native state : " It is needless for me to remind the ...
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... showed great kindness . Having permitted me , though only a boy of fourteen summers , to enter the debating society , and observed my desire of improve- ment , he invited me to his office , furnished HIS YOUTH AND EDUCATION . 37.
... showed great kindness . Having permitted me , though only a boy of fourteen summers , to enter the debating society , and observed my desire of improve- ment , he invited me to his office , furnished HIS YOUTH AND EDUCATION . 37.
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Página 116 - The primal duties shine aloft, like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man, like flowers...
Página 164 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me : because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Página 117 - For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving : for it is sanctified by the word of God, and prayer.
Página 126 - And, when the stream Which overflowed the soul was passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left, Deposited upon the silent shore Of memory, images and precious thoughts, That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed.
Página 169 - Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way and published throughout the whole city, how great things Jesus had done unto him.
Página 155 - If he saw a cause was unjust, he for a great while would not meddle further in it, but to give his advice that it was so ; if the parties after that would go on, they were to seek another counsellor, for he would assist none in acts of injustice.
Página 249 - ... error, destructive in its effects to the life that now is, and to that which is to come. The next thing to be accomplished therefore, is, by the universal diffusion of information and the exertion of kind moral influence, to produce throughout the community, the conviction, that the laws which authorise the traffic in ardent spirit as a drink, by licensing men to pursue it, are morally wrong...
Página 65 - An act to provide for an exchange of lands, with the Indians' residing in any of the States or Territories, and for their removal west of the Mississippi...