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Title: Two sermons preached in the First Church in Plymouth, Mass.:
Sunday, July 4, 1847.Author: George W BriggsPublisher: Gale, Sabin
Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography,
Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a
collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the
Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s.
Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and
exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War
and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP03973700CollectionID:
CTRG02-B432PublicationDate: 18470101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Collation: 31 p.; 23 cm
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Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
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for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book:
ADDEESS TO THE CONGKEGATION BY EEV. GEORGE W. BRIGGS, D. D.
Christian Friends: I more than share the universal regret that the
older church of our faith in this city speaks to you in these glad
services of consecration through a transient occupant of its
pulpit. rather than from the lips of its own honored minister,
Could he be present now, with all the associations of years of
friendship stirring his heart, with all the inspirations of
Palestine enkindling his soul, how fitly would he speak the words
of fellowship and brotherhood, how glowingly would he utter words
of living faith and Christian cheer. Still, though representing his
congregation only for the hour I feel authorized to give you the
special congratulations of its members; congratulations expressed
with far greater emphasis by the names of its delegates, than by
any words of mine. I confidently give you, also, the
congratulations of our whole brotherhood of churches; of our
ministers and people, all of whom glory in your success, and
rejoice in your joy. It is always an occasion of true joy, indeed,
to see a new temple, enriched by art, by whatever may delight the
eye, or charm the taste, as well as speak to worshipping hearts to
quicken the religious sentiment and life, consecrated to Christian
worship. We would carry the Gospel to the poorest, and pour its
life-giving influences around them all, as freely as God sends the
air and the light to all alike. Let there be places whose doors
open so widely, that they seem to speak to men with the universal,
loving invitation of Jesus to the multitudes; places, halls,
theatres, groves, whatever they may be, yet made churches for the
hour, because living men stand in them to speak God's everlasting
truth to needy, suffering, sinning brother souls. God be thanked
for ev...
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