 | George Patterson Donehoo - 1926 - 664 sider
...Congregationalists — and for fear of exciting prejudice or dissension. Samuel Adams arose however, said he was no bigot, and could hear a prayer from any gentleman of piety and virtue who was a friend to his country. He moved that the Rev. Mr. Duche be desired to read prayers to the Congress.... | |
 | Bennett L. Hecht, Rey Ramsey - 1927 - 648 sider
...same act of worship. Mr. Samuel Adams arose and said, 'he was no bigot, and could hear a prayer from a gentleman of piety and virtue, who was at the same time a friend to his country.' " The Rev. Mr. Duche was secured, who read the Thirty-fifth Psalm and made an extemporary prayer "which... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - 1927 - 1288 sider
...our battles alone, was no bigot, and could hear a prayer There is a just God who presides over from a gentleman of piety and virtue, who was at the same time a friend to I long to see my dear family. God his country. He was a stranger in bless, preserve, and prosper it.... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1888 - 832 sider
...Adams got up and said, with perfect sincerity, that "he was nooigot and could near a prayer from a gentleman of piety and virtue who was at the same...his country. He was a stranger in Philadelphia, but he had heard that Mr. Duché deserved that character, and therefore he moved that Mr. Duché, an Episcopal... | |
 | 1983 - 878 sider
...the same Act of Worship. Mr. S. Adams arose and said he was no Bigot, and could hear a Prayer from a Gentleman of Piety and Virtue, who was at the same Time a Friend to his Country. Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams (Sept. 16, 1774) reprinted in P. Smith, 1 Letters of Delegates... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1986 - 1316 sider
...US jection was met by Samuel Adams, who stated that "he was no bigot, and could hear a prayer from a gentleman of piety and virtue, who was at the same time a friend to his country." C. Adams, Familiar Letters of John Adams and his Wife, Abigail Adams, during the Revolution 37-38,... | |
 | 1993 - 842 sider
...some Presbyterians, and some Congregationalists, that we could not join in the same act of worship. Mr. Samuel Adams arose and said "that he was no bigot...a stranger in Philadelphia, but had heard that Mr. Duche (Duchay they pronounced it) deserved that character, and therefore he moved that "Mr. Duche,... | |
 | New England Historic Genealogical Society Staff - 1995 - 524 sider
...same act of worship. Mr. Samuel Adams arose and said ' he was no bigot, and could hear a prayer from a gentleman of piety and virtue, who was at the same...a stranger in Philadelphia, but had heard that Mr. Duch4 (Dushay they pronounce it) deserved that character, and therefore he moved that Mr. Duche", an... | |
 | Martha Finley - 1997 - 306 sider
...Quakers, Anabaptists, and Episcopalians, — that they could not join in the same act of worship. " Then Mr. Samuel Adams arose, and said that he was no bigot...a stranger in Philadelphia, but had heard that Mr. Duche" deserved that character ; so he moved that he — Mr. Duche", an Episcopal clergyman — be... | |
 | Timothy Hall, Timothy L. Hall - 1998 - 220 sider
...Congress with prayer, Adams apparently responded that "he was no bigot, and could hear a prayer from a gentleman of piety and virtue, who was at the same time a friend to his country."64 In an age where religious beliefs are still capable of fueling bloody violence, we cannot... | |
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Adams arose and said, he was no bigot, and could hear a prayer from a gentleman of piety and virtue, who was at the same time a friend to his country. 
