Historical Sketch of Bruton Church, Williamsburg, VirginiaFranklin Press Company, 1903 - 183 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 82 - You are to enquire whether there be any Minister within your Government who Preaches and administers the Sacrament in any Orthodox Church or Chapel, without being in due Orders, and to give an account thereof to the said Lord Bishop of London.
الصفحة 82 - Government, be one of the Vestry in his respective Parish, and that no Vestry be held without him, except in Case of Sickness, or that after Notice of a Vestry Summoned, he omit to come.
الصفحة 54 - ... Church was perfectly compatible with the most animated social worship in the houses of his parishioners and friends. His private meetings — formed, in his opinion, the nursery of the Church, and were blessed to the edification and comfort of his congregation. He was always ready to discharge his duty. Like the apostle Paul, he not only taught his people publicly, but went from house to house, exhorting them to prepare to meet their God. His fidelity in the discharge of his duty met my...
الصفحة 53 - ... his Redeemer. In touching on the subject of the bereavement we have experienced in the death of our beloved Wilmer, it is impossible for me to find language sufficiently strong to express that sense of his loss which fills my mind.
الصفحة 24 - These are usually the most discreet farmers, so distributed through their parish, that every part of it may be under the immediate eye of some one of them. They are well acquainted with the details and economy of private life, and they find sufficient inducements to execute their charge well, in their philanthropy, in the approbation of their neighbors, and the distinction which that gives them.
الصفحة 53 - Diocese — to his usefulness all must subscribe. lie was a man of business and of piety. He loved his God, and the interest of the Church was near his heart. As a preacher, he was faithful, energetic, eloquent. He was the friend of evangelical religion, and considered that the strictest regard to the public order of the Church was perfectly compatible with the most animated social worship in the houses of his parishioners and friends. His...
الصفحة 81 - Province, without a Certificate from the Right Reverend Father in GOD the LORD Bishop of London, of his being conformable to the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England, and of a good Life and Conversation : And if any Person...
الصفحة 21 - And rudely sighs the wandering wind, Where oft, in years gone by, Prayer rose from many hearts to Him, The highest of the high. The tramp of many a busy foot Which sought thy aisles is o'er, And many a weary heart around Is still'd for evermore.
الصفحة 22 - Oh ! could we call the many back, Who've gathered here in vain...
الصفحة 21 - Thou art crumbling to the dust, old pile, Thou art hastening to thy fall ; And 'round thee in thy loneliness Clings the ivy to thy wall. The worshippers are scattered now Who knelt before thy shrine, And silence reigns where anthems rose In days of