Presbyterians and the RevolutionPresbyterian Board of Publication, 1876 - 205 頁 |
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第 17 頁
... never control opinion , " and whose biography has been faithfully recorded by a Presbyte- rian pen . " And John Wesley , " writes Mr. Bancroft , " on getting the tidings of the bat- tles of Lexington and Concord , thought that silence ...
... never control opinion , " and whose biography has been faithfully recorded by a Presbyte- rian pen . " And John Wesley , " writes Mr. Bancroft , " on getting the tidings of the bat- tles of Lexington and Concord , thought that silence ...
第 54 頁
... never expelled to make room for idolaters and slaves . The land we possess is the gift of Heaven to our fathers , and divine Providence seems to have decreed it to our latest pos- terity . " " The day dawns when the foundations of this ...
... never expelled to make room for idolaters and slaves . The land we possess is the gift of Heaven to our fathers , and divine Providence seems to have decreed it to our latest pos- terity . " " The day dawns when the foundations of this ...
第 55 頁
... in our power , if applied constitutionally , but we cannot think of sub- mitting our liberty or property to a venal British parliament or a corrupt ministry . " We are deliberately and resolutely de- termined never to THE REVOLUTION . 55.
... in our power , if applied constitutionally , but we cannot think of sub- mitting our liberty or property to a venal British parliament or a corrupt ministry . " We are deliberately and resolutely de- termined never to THE REVOLUTION . 55.
第 56 頁
... never can be paid . ' 99 " The rigid Presbyterians , " writes Mr. Bancroft , " proved in America the sup- porters of religious freedom . They were true to the spirit of the great English dis- senter who hated all laws that were formed ...
... never can be paid . ' 99 " The rigid Presbyterians , " writes Mr. Bancroft , " proved in America the sup- porters of religious freedom . They were true to the spirit of the great English dis- senter who hated all laws that were formed ...
第 70 頁
... never take place , till the British parliament should resign its arbitrary pretensions with respect to America . At the same time , the militia companies were directed to provide themselves with arms , and Thomas Polk and Joseph Kenedy ...
... never take place , till the British parliament should resign its arbitrary pretensions with respect to America . At the same time , the militia companies were directed to provide themselves with arms , and Thomas Polk and Joseph Kenedy ...
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第 196 頁 - God, give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking...
第 123 頁 - For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
第 13 頁 - the precious things of heaven, the dew and the deep that coucheth beneath, the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, the precious things put forth by the moon, the chief things of the ancient mountains and the precious things of the lasting hills...
第 74 頁 - ... to issue process, hear and determine all matters of controversy according to said adopted laws and to preserve peace, union and harmony in said county, and to use every exertion to spread the love of Country and fire of freedom throughout America, until a more general and organized government be established in this Province.
第 73 頁 - That it is further decreed that all, each and every military officer in this county is hereby reinstated in his former command and authority, he acting conformably to these regulations, and that every member present, of this delegation, shall henceforth be a civil officer, viz., a justice of the peace in the character of a
第 119 頁 - Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The LORD is with you while ye be with him: and if ye seek him, he will be found of you: but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
第 7 頁 - I must declare and avow that in all my reading and observation — and it has been my favorite study — I have read Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master-states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the General Congress of Philadelphia.
第 51 頁 - the first voice publicly raised in America to dissolve all connection with Great Britain came not from the Puritans of New England, nor the Dutch of New York, nor from the planters of Virginia, but from the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians.
第 188 頁 - And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry : and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few ; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
第 77 頁 - I am sincerely one of those, and would rather be in dependence on Great Britain, properly limited, than on any nation on earth, or than on no nation. But I am one of those, too, who, rather than submit to the rights of legislating for us, assumed by the British Parliament, and which late experience has shown they will so cruelly exercise, would lend my hand to sink the whole Island in the ocean.