The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., of the World, Volume 17Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines Scientific American compiling department, 1912 |
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The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts ..., Volume 17 Frederick Converse Beach,George Edwin Rines Affichage du livre entier - 1911 |
The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts ..., Volume 17 Frederick Converse Beach,George Edwin Rines Affichage du livre entier - 1911 |
The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts ..., Volume 17 Frederick Converse Beach,George Edwin Rines Affichage du livre entier - 1922 |
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Page 52 - In which it will also appear, that this Church is far from intending to depart from the Church of England in any essential point of doctrine, discipline, or worship ; or further than local circumstances require.
Page 11 - Consider what effects, that might conceivably have practical bearings, we conceive the object of our conception to have. Then, our conception of these effects is the whole of our conception of the object.
Page 52 - The two sacraments ordained by Christ himself - Baptism and the Supper of the Lord - ministered with unfailing use of Christ's words of Institution, and of the elements ordained by Him.
Page 52 - ... facie inexplicable on any generally recognized hypothesis, and which, if incontestably established, would be of the highest possible value. The task of examining such residual phenomena has often been undertaken by individual effort, but never hitherto by a scientific society organized on a sufficiently broad basis.
Page 39 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Page 40 - Son was this day presented in the temple in substance of our flesh, so we may be presented unto thee with pure and clean hearts, by the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 38 - ... and it is further ordered, that where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university...
Page 52 - These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
Page 12 - State, or if there be none, or in case of his removal, death, resignation or inability, then the Secretary of the Treasury...
Page 38 - It is therefore ordered, That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read, whose wages shall be paid either by the parents or masters of such children, or by the inhabitants in general...