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Common terms and phrasesacres Allen Alton Association Bates Big Elm Bill boys building called camp Captain cattle Chisum Christal church citizens city of Denton Clear Creek Collin County convention Cooke County county seat Dallas County Daugherty Davis Denton County Denton Creek district Doctor east Egan elected Fannin County fire free schools George Grayson Grayson County Harmonson Hawkins Hickory Creek Holford horses hundred I. D. Ferguson Indians J. C. Smith James Jesse John Judge killed land Legislature Little Elm lived located married McCormick McKinney McNeil Medlin miles mill Miss Montague Montague County moved to Denton named night normal schools Old Settlers organized passed Pilot Point pioneer prairie preacher president Professor rangers Red River Republic of Texas Robert roll S. A. Venters settled settlement soldiers Tarrant Tarrant County Texas town trail votes wagon Wilson Wise County Wright Popular passagesPage 344 - Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the Presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The Vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord Answered, " The names of those who love the Lord ! Page 344 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord. Page 187 - It has failed to establish any public system of education, although possessed of almost boundless resources (the public domain) and, although it is an axiom, in political science, that unless a people are educated and enlightened it is idle to expect the continuance of civil liberty, or the capacity for self-government. Page 345 - The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. Page 27 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me. Page 356 - The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead. Page 345 - Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so, Page 188 - A general diffusion of knowledge being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, it shall be the duty of the legislature of this State to make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of public schools. Page 14 - Cumberland county, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners, whose duty it shall be... Page 187 - It denies us the right of worshipping the Almighty according to the dictates of our own conscience, by the support of a national religion calculated to promote the temporal interest of its human functionaries rather than the glory of the true and living God. References from web pagesDenton County, Texas - Shop SHQ Online :: Volume 22 Number 1 :: History of Montague County Denton County, Texas genweb - Early Settlements Denton County, Texas - History: Brief History of Denton County Some suggestions for Denton County research: DSRB Ranch Catalogue Part 1, Items301-325 Good Hope Cemetery Links Bibliographic information
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