| 1815 - 604 pages
...desolations in this State: socieiies miglit be named, where the cliurch is eitintt and the house nf Coil in ruins: The blasts of winter rave through it, the flocks of summer find a »heller in it. The S.iMi ili is a holiday. The authority of revelación has ceased wUh many, and,... | |
| 1816 - 304 pages
...calamities have come upon us. But they have come. — There are grievous desolations in this State : ' societies might be named, where the church is extinct...and the house of God in ruins : The blasts of winter rare through it, the flocks of summer find a shelter in it. The Sabbath is a holiday. The authority... | |
| Lyman Beecher - 1828 - 380 pages
...calamities have corne upon us. But they have come. — There are grievous desolations in this State : societies might be named, where the church is extinct,...doctrines not less destructive than atheism. Preachers are patronised, whose object is to keep the audience laughing, by ridiculing the ministers and the doctrines... | |
| General Association of Connecticut - 1856 - 818 pages
...Rev. Drs. McEweu, Beccher nnd Humphrey. tions. Says the Appeal to which we have already alluded, " Societies might be named, where the church is extinct,...summer find a shelter in it. The Sabbath is a holiday. Preachers are patronized, whose object it is to keep the audience laughing, by ridiculing the ministers,... | |
| 1834 - 514 pages
...year to year, the enjoyment of divine institutions ; — while some have Jong since fallen, and are lying, now, in utter desolation." "Societies might...church is extinct, and the house of God in ruins. The blnsts of winter rave through it, the flocks of summer find a shelter in it. The Sabbath is a holiday.... | |
| 1840 - 902 pages
...long since fallen, and are lying, now, in utter desolation." "Societies might be named, where thî church is extinct, and the house of God in ruins....and by others, is employed to sanction doctrines not lees destructive than atheism. Preachers arc patronized, whose object it is to keep the audience laughing... | |
| Lyman Beecher - 1852 - 462 pages
...such calamities have come upon us. But they have come. There are grievous desolations in this State : societies might be named where the church is extinct,...than atheism. Preachers are patronized whose object is to * Church'* Fast Sermon, page 14. keep the audience laughing, by ridiculing the ministers and... | |
| Lyman Beecher - 1852 - 456 pages
...such calamities have come upon us. But they have come. There are grievous desolations in this State : societies might be named where the church is extinct,...with many, and, by others, is employed to sanction doctnnes not less destructive than atheism. Preachers are patronized whose object is to keep the audience... | |
| Lewis Bayles Paton - 1909 - 636 pages
...generally." Here are sample passages from the sermon: "There are grievous desolations in this state, societies might be named where the church is extinct...blasts of winter rave through it, the flocks of summer shelter in it, the Sabbath is a holiday. . . . There are districts as far from heaven, and, without... | |
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