An Appeal to the Public: On the Controversy Respecting the Revolution in Harvard College, and the Events which Have Followed It; Occasioned by the Use which Has Been Made of Certain Complaints and Accusations of Miss Hannah Adams, Against the Authorauthor, 1814 - 190 sider |
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Side iv
... conduct , are among ourselves at this day the proudest of men . Even when they attempt to be humble , the power of pride breaks forth , and bears down all before it . They feel sufficient for any thing ; no subject of religion is too ...
... conduct , are among ourselves at this day the proudest of men . Even when they attempt to be humble , the power of pride breaks forth , and bears down all before it . They feel sufficient for any thing ; no subject of religion is too ...
Side vi
... conduct of those who dare to expose error , to unworthy motives . Such is the precise nature of the present controversy . To clear away the extraneous matter , which has been ingeniously mingled in it , for the purpose of disguising its ...
... conduct of those who dare to expose error , to unworthy motives . Such is the precise nature of the present controversy . To clear away the extraneous matter , which has been ingeniously mingled in it , for the purpose of disguising its ...
Side vii
... conduct , I have good reason to believe , from what they have already done in this way . * Whether they will choose to pursue this course in future , remains to be known . If they should ; though I will never sanction with my consent ...
... conduct , I have good reason to believe , from what they have already done in this way . * Whether they will choose to pursue this course in future , remains to be known . If they should ; though I will never sanction with my consent ...
Side viii
... conducting this arduous , delicate , and perplexing controver- sy , involving such a variety of interests and characters , I have been governed by a maxim of one of the wisest of our living statesmen . " Do your duty , and LEAVE TO GOD ...
... conducting this arduous , delicate , and perplexing controver- sy , involving such a variety of interests and characters , I have been governed by a maxim of one of the wisest of our living statesmen . " Do your duty , and LEAVE TO GOD ...
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... conduct toward her on this , or any other account . I know I have never intentionally given her the slightest occasion of offence . I think her complaints altogether groundless , and that she herself would have long ago been of the same ...
... conduct toward her on this , or any other account . I know I have never intentionally given her the slightest occasion of offence . I think her complaints altogether groundless , and that she herself would have long ago been of the same ...
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An Appeal to the Public: On the Controversy Respecting the Revolution in ... Jedidiah Morse Ingen forhåndsvisning - 1814 |
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abridgment admitted alluded amicably answer appear April 28 Arian Arminian Athanasius Award Boston Calvinist cause character charges CHARLESTOWN Christ Christian circulated circumstances claim Compendious History complaints conduct consider controversy declaration edition effect evidence exhibited expressed facts faith feelings friends gentlemen give ground Harvard College HIGGINSON History of New-England Hollis honourable influence informed injury intended interference interview JEDIDIAH MORSE Judge DAVIS letter to Miss manner meaning mentioned mind Miss ADAMS Miss ADAMS's Miss HANNAH ADAMS MORSE and PARISH nature never object obligations offers of compromise opinion pamphlet particular parties pecuniary person principles Professor of Divinity proposal published reader reasonable offers received Referees religious Remarks reply reputation request respect SAMUEL DEXTER Sept SHAW spect spirit statement STEPHEN HIGGINSON story suffered Summary History supposed thing THOMAS DAWES tion transaction truth undefined wish wound written
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Side 87 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed...
Side 101 - And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity; so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Side 49 - Hollis, by providing that the only declaration required of his professor should be ' his belief that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are the only perfect rule of faith and manners...
Side 47 - But is not your heart itself sinful, and have you power over yourself to repent of sin, and to trust in Christ, and obey him ? A. We have sinful hearts, and cannot do these duties of ourselves, but God has promised his own Holy Spirit, if we pray for it, to renew our hearts to holiness, and help us to do his will.
Side 51 - President and Fellows of Harvard College, or to the said college by some other description, under several charters successively ; it is declared, that all the said gifts, grants, devises, legacies, and conveyances, are hereby forever confirmed...
Side 49 - That he repeat his oaths to the civil government, that he declare it as his belief that the Scriptures of the old and new testament are the only perfect rule of faith and manners, and that he promise to explain and open the Scriptures to his pupils with integrity and faithfulness, according to the best light that God shall give him.
Side 45 - It was bequeathed and accepted on the express condition, that " the person in that office shall profess and teach the principles of the Christian religion, according to the well known Confession of Faith drawn up by the synod of the churches of New England ; — which confession is strictly Calvinistic.
Side 40 - That the person chosen from time to time to be a Professor, be a man of solid learning in Divinity, of sound or orthodox principles, one who is well gifted to teach, of a sober and pioua life, and of a good conversation.
Side 49 - I will endeavor to promote true Piety and Godliness ; that I will consult the good of this Institution, and the peace of the Churches of our Lord Jesus Christ on all occasions ; and that I will religiously conform to the Constitution and Laws of this Seminary, and to the Statutes of this Foundation.
Side 35 - Every one shall so exercise himself in reading the Scriptures twice a day, that they be ready to give an account of their proficiency therein, both in theoretical...