1804-1904: The Record of a Century of Church Life of the Reformed Church, Warwick, N.Y.

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Press of the Warwick Valley Dispatch, 1904 - Warwick (N.Y.) - 129 pages
 

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Page 16 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page 20 - I LOVE thy kingdom, Lord,— The house of thine abode, — The Church our blest Redeemer saved With his own precious blood. 2 I love thy Church, O God ! Her walls before thee stand, Dear as the apple of thine eye, And graven on thy hand. 3 For her my tears shall fall ; For her my prayers ascend ; To her my cares and toils be given, Till toils and cares shall end.
Page 96 - Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress, and their Might : Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight ; Thou, in the darkness drear, the one true Light.
Page 96 - O may Thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold, Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old, And win with them the victor's crown of gold. Alleluia! 4 O blest communion, fellowship Divine ! We feebly struggle, they in glory shine; Yet all are one in Thee, for all are Thine.
Page 9 - April triennially, to be computed from the first day of January last, exhibit upon oath to the chancellor, or to one of the justices of the supreme court, or any of the judges of the court of common pleas in the county where such church, congregation or society shall be situated, an account and inventory of all the estate, both real and personal, belonging at the time of making such oath to the church, congregation or society, for which they respectively are trustees or managers as aforesaid, together...
Page 120 - Fair, lovely vale ! to thee my heart Turns, like a song-bird to her nest ; For many days my home has been, Upon thy quiet, sheltering breast ; And thou hast lured me with sweet tones, From every glade and tree and flower ; That, like dear memories in my heart. Shall brighten many a future hour.
Page 120 - We met as strangers, lovely vale ! Far may the day of parting be; And time make strong and bright the chain Whose love-links bind my soul to thee; And when these quiet, peaceful hours Have fled on time's unresting sea, Their tender memory shall come back, In light and love, sweet vale, to me.
Page 28 - His father was a cousin of the Rev. Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh, DD, the first President of Queen's, now Rutger's College, of which institution he was elected a trustee in 1812.
Page 48 - The window is the work of J. & R. Lamb of New York City. The chapel and ground cost about $18,000.

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