Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume 14The Society., 1897 |
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Abbot ancient April born Boston Boyden Brimfield brook Brookfield building Burbank Caleb Capt celebrate Charles Church Clark committee daughter Davidson Davis death Deerfield Dickinson died dies in Worcester E. B. Crane Edward friends George Hobbs George Maynard Gould Grafton H. G. Otis Hall Harvard street Henry hill Historical Society Hosmer Indian interest J. L. Estey James Jerome Marble Jillson John Joseph June Leicester Library M. A. Maynard Mary Mass Mechanics hall meeting memory Messrs Millbury Miss mortar Museum native Nipmuc North Brookfield Oxford Papers path pond present President Quinebaug river record relics Rice Samuel Sept Shrewsbury Smith Society of Antiquity stone Sturbridge Sumner Sutton Tantousque Thomas town Uxbridge VERMILLE WALTER DAVIDSON West Brookfield widow wife Willard William Wood Worcester County Worcester Society
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Page 136 - Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; 11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: 12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
Page 136 - Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men : For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Page 136 - O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
Page 42 - This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall : Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 136 - And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them ; remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses.
Page 136 - And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not ; behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
Page 136 - We dropped the seed o'er hill and plain, Beneath the sun of May, And frightened from our sprouting grain The robber crows away. All through the long, bright days of June Its leaves grew green and fair, And waved in hot midsummer's noon Its soft and yellow hair. And now, with autumn's moonlit eves, Its harvest time has come, We pluck away the frosted leaves, And bear the treasure home.
Page 136 - O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
Page 136 - And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another. In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
Page 139 - Formed on the good old plan, A true and brave and downright honest man ! He blew no trumpet in the market-place, Nor in the church with hypocritic face Supplied with cant the lack of Christian grace ; Loathing pretence, he did with cheerful will What others talked of while their hands were still...