The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 1Historical Society of Pennsylvania., 1877 - Pennsylvania |
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Page 140 - Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning : And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Page 176 - Kalb's Oath of Allegiance I, John Baron de Kalb, Major General, do acknowledge the United States of America to be Free, Independent and Sovereign States, and declare that the people thereof owe no allegiance or obedience to George the Third, King of Great Britain...
Page 137 - In that day sing ye unto her, "A vineyard of red wine." I the Lord do keep it ; I will water it every moment : lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
Page 267 - LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN, AND OUR FATHERS THAT BEgat us. The Lord hath wrought great glory by them through his great power from the beginning. Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, men renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding, and declaring prophecies...
Page 268 - Jesus Christ our Lord ; grant us grace so to follow Thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys which Thou hast prepared for them that unfeignedly love Thee ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 147 - I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth : I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Page 268 - F'ORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God, in his wise providence, to take out of this world the soul of our deceased brother, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust...
Page 373 - Heavens ! grant us one great soul ! One leading mind would extricate the best cause from that ruin which seems to await it for the want of it. We have as good a cause as ever was fought for ; we have great resources ; the people are well tempered ; one active, masterly capacity would bring order out of this confusion, and save this country.
Page 268 - ... delivered from the miseries of this wretched world, from the body of death, and all temptation ; and, as we trust, hast brought his soul, which he committed into thy holy hands, into sure consolation and rest. Grant, we beseech thee, that at the day of judgment his soul, and all the souls of thy elect, departed out of this life, may with us, and we with them, fully receive thy promises, and be made perfect altogether ; through the glorious resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 254 - It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.