History of the Parish of the Incarnation, New York City, 1852-1912

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Senior Warden, Frank B. Howard Press, 1912 - Church buildings - 293 pages

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Page 234 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Page 233 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee : but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down ; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Page 87 - The path of duty was the way to glory : He, that ever following her commands, On with toil of heart and knees and hands, Thro...
Page 248 - He received the honorary degree of doctor of divinity from the University of Vermont in 1839.
Page 65 - This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
Page 125 - Yet now be strong O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord, and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech the high priest, and be strong all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work ; for I am with you, saith the Lord of Hosts...
Page 130 - Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Page 8 - Vestrymen should annually thereafter cease, and their successors in office be chosen ; and that the said meeting determined and declared that the said Church and congregation should be known in law by the name of " the Rector, Church Wardens, and Vestrymen of St. John'i Church, in the town of Greenbush, in the county of Rensselaer.
Page 190 - Three for one year, three for two years, and three for three years, and members shall be eligible for reappointment.
Page 208 - God ; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;* in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto a holy temple in the Lord ; in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.

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