History of the Church in Burlington, New Jersey: Comprising the Facts and Incidents of Nearly Two Hundred Years, from Original, Contemporaneous Sources |
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Page 536 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 708 - For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
Page 631 - GLORY be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.
Page 485 - How that in a great trial of affliction, the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, abounded unto the riches of their liberality. 3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power, they were willing of themselves...
Page 707 - Except the Lord build the house, their labour is but lost that build it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Page 368 - For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord) make his paths straight.
Page 707 - WHEN the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them. The Lord hath done great things for us ; whereof we are glad.
Page 465 - Office, where provision is so made, to search for the sick, poor, and impotent people of the Parish, to intimate their estates, names, and places where they dwell, unto the Curate, that by his exhortation they may be relieved with the alms of the Parishioners, or others.
Page 708 - For your shame ye shall have double ; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
Page 599 - Write, blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them.