Genealogy of the Descendents of John Ferguson: A Native of Scotland, who Emigrated to America Before the Revolutionary War |
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... wisdom in council , as well as power in the pulpit , enjoyed by the minister of Dunfermline , was inherited in the suc- ceeding century by the minister of Kilwinning and a goodly array of works upon religious subjects attest that the ...
... wisdom in council , as well as power in the pulpit , enjoyed by the minister of Dunfermline , was inherited in the suc- ceeding century by the minister of Kilwinning and a goodly array of works upon religious subjects attest that the ...
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... wisdom . Mr. Ferguson was a genius . He interested every one who went to him , and was ad- mired and loved by all , except those who feared him . I think he knew no fear of man or the devil . He dared always to speak the truth . His ...
... wisdom . Mr. Ferguson was a genius . He interested every one who went to him , and was ad- mired and loved by all , except those who feared him . I think he knew no fear of man or the devil . He dared always to speak the truth . His ...
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... wisdom and duty had changed with them . It was now the will of God that David should sit on the throne . And it was because the men of Issachar had an " understanding of the times " and of the will of God as indicated by them , that ...
... wisdom and duty had changed with them . It was now the will of God that David should sit on the throne . And it was because the men of Issachar had an " understanding of the times " and of the will of God as indicated by them , that ...
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... wisdom . The seeds of the future are already sown in the present , but few are clear - sighted enough to discover them . " Coming events cast their shadows before , " but only tall men and far - seeing men discern them on the dis- tant ...
... wisdom . The seeds of the future are already sown in the present , but few are clear - sighted enough to discover them . " Coming events cast their shadows before , " but only tall men and far - seeing men discern them on the dis- tant ...
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... wisdom , and refer their disputes to his arbitration . The town will listen respectfully to his advice . And if such men are not the chosen representatives of the people in the most important legislative , executive , and judicial ...
... wisdom , and refer their disputes to his arbitration . The town will listen respectfully to his advice . And if such men are not the chosen representatives of the people in the most important legislative , executive , and judicial ...
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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...
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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.
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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...