Genealogy of the Descendents of John Ferguson: A Native of Scotland, who Emigrated to America Before the Revolutionary War |
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... truths sometimes to awaken enmity and at other times to subdue it . It is easy for the worshiper of nature , in view of the glories of the visible world , to exclaim : Who would not adore the Author of so many wonderful works ? And so ...
... truths sometimes to awaken enmity and at other times to subdue it . It is easy for the worshiper of nature , in view of the glories of the visible world , to exclaim : Who would not adore the Author of so many wonderful works ? And so ...
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... truth . He was heartily interested and entered into all those movements that were for the up - building of the church and for the benefit of the community at large , enlisting the interest of his people as one of those far - seeing men ...
... truth . He was heartily interested and entered into all those movements that were for the up - building of the church and for the benefit of the community at large , enlisting the interest of his people as one of those far - seeing men ...
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... truth . His only fear was of coming short of his duty to God ; but even that was a filial fear . His wit was keen and often so unexpected . His friends will never forget his stories and his pithy sayings . There was never anything ...
... truth . His only fear was of coming short of his duty to God ; but even that was a filial fear . His wit was keen and often so unexpected . His friends will never forget his stories and his pithy sayings . There was never anything ...
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... truth and justice , and always go with the majority— not the ministers , whether of the church or of the State , who esteem pay and place more than principle , and bow down before might as if it were right - not the weather- cocks in ...
... truth and justice , and always go with the majority— not the ministers , whether of the church or of the State , who esteem pay and place more than principle , and bow down before might as if it were right - not the weather- cocks in ...
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... truth of God , perchance as more sacred than His truth , more binding than His law , and more sta- ble than His throne ; who pluck up the tares with the wheat , and turn up the very foundations of society with the plow - share of reform ...
... truth of God , perchance as more sacred than His truth , more binding than His law , and more sta- ble than His throne ; who pluck up the tares with the wheat , and turn up the very foundations of society with the plow - share of reform ...
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Page 91 - The pains of death are past; Labor and sorrow cease; And life's long warfare closed at last, His soul is found in peace. 5 Soldier of Christ, well done! Praise be thy new employ; And, while eternal ages run, Rest in thy Saviour's joy.
Page 57 - And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred ; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
Page 73 - God had sifted three kingdoms to find the wheat for this planting, Then had sifted the wheat, as the living seed of a nation...
Page 44 - Society representing the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and the American Institute of Mining...
Page 10 - Though much exalted in the Lord, My strength is not my own ; Then let me tremble at his word, And none shall cast me down.
Page 42 - Conn., where the earlier years of his life were spent and where he received his education in the public and high schools of that city ; taking a course of study preparatory to entering Yale Scientific School.
Page 97 - God alone might be exalted, and that the excellency of the power might be of God and not of man...
Page 4 - Dunkeld, and the distinctive badge of which was the little sunflower. In the Roll of 1587, they are named as among the septs of Mar and Athole, where their proper seat as a clan originally lay, having chiefs and captains of their own.
Page 45 - Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, and the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education.
Page 1 - Had our throne been void, and our voices sought for the filling of Fergus's chair, we would have died ere any other had sitten down on that fatal marble but Charles...