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Memoir of Reverend Henry Bacon

 By Eliza Ann Bacon

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Full view - 1857 - 361 pages - Biography & Autobiography


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Cambridge, Mass - Page 186
and was ordained as pastor of the second Universalist Society in Cambridge, Mass., the last Sabbath in the same year ; he continued there three years ...
Haverhill, Mass - Page 79
IN the spring of 1838 we removed to Haverhill, Mass., away from the scenes of our early associations. It was hard parting ; but the new life, ...
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Atkinson, NH - Page 86
on Wednesday, off I must go again to fulfil another engagement — to lecture in Atkinson, NH, and was not able to return until yesterday noon. ...
Philadelphia - Page 289
In September of this year the General Convention met at Philadelphia. It was the last Convention he was permitted to attend ; and as such I give a.
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Boston - Page 25
The great temperance reform had not yet commenced, and that portion of Boston where he resided probably needed its redeeming influence more than any ...
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Marblehead, Mass - Page 98
after a residence there of two years, my husband resigned his pastorship of the society, and accepted an invitation to settle in Marblehead, Mass. ...
more pages: 187
Cambridge - Page 77
Here was his start in life, and many circumstances were favorable. He had access to the largo college library in Cambridge, — a privilege he longed ...
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Hampstead, NH - Page 80
I was once called to attend a funeral in Hampstead, NH, in accordance with the dying request of the person to be buried. ...
Providence, RI - Page 116
In December, 1841, he preached in Providence, RI, and, after much deliberation he consented to leave Marblehead for that city. ...
more pages: 187
Marietta - Page 279
Yesterday I preached at Marietta, and passed a very happy day. The people at the West suit me. They are bold, frank, earnest and strong. ...
Brooklyn - Page 306
I am heartily glad you are at Brooklyn. I know you will find much happiness there, and I hope you will get more strength. ...
New York - Page 110
which he makes mention, has reference to letters she wrote to the Repository while on a journey to the western part of New York the previous autumn. ...
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Barnstable - Page 14
His parents, Robert and Mary Bacon, were natives of Barnstable ; but they became, early in life, residents of Boston, and his father, ...
more pages: 186
Buffalo - Page 199
In September, 1850, my husband attended the General Convention of Universalists, which was held that season at Buffalo. ...
more pages: 206
Granby, Conn - Page 47
Spear was at Granby, Conn. ; Brother SW Fuller was alive and active at Philadelphia, the city in which Brother Bacon died. ...
Andover - Page 152
The best work is one lately published by Professor Edwards, of Andover, containing a selection of the best things written on the subjects of sermons, ...
more pages: 85
Gloucester - Page 76
The association of Gloucester with everything venerable in the denomination, the social and intelligent society there, and the pleasant intercourse he ...
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All-Saints - Page 306
31st, he says: " This is All-Saints' day, and I know of no better saint for me to address than my dear mother. I am heartily glad you are at Brooklyn. ...
Pawtucket - Page 160
These were English people, who had first wrought at Pawtucket, where they had laid the only child which they had, and now they intended to bear this ...
Haarlem - Page 140
Glorious to behold, radiating clearly the mind ; powerful, giving freedom to the action of spirit, as the grand Haarlem organ gives an instrument to ...
Clinton, NY - Page 207
Sawyer, Clinton, NY : " Mine is a vision of sweet rural beauty ; A home that nestles 'mid the bowering trees, Where love gives charm to every form of ...
Charlotte - Page 198
and it may be I can so open the interior life of Charlotte when she was here with us visibly, as to encourage some soul that needs the favor. ...
Medford, Mass - Page 186
formerly residents of Boston, now of Medford, Mass., whom he deeply venerates and loves ; and was born in Boston, glorious Boston, at the North End, ...
Warwick - Page 143
Yesterday we went to Warwick, four in one. carriage, and found the friends ready to receive us. After tea we went to the school-house, ...
Gloucester, Mass - Page 75
In March, 1838, he visited and preached in Gloucester, Mass., a town dear to Universalists, as containing the oldest society in the country, ...
Portland, Me - Page 222
I remember going into a burial-place beyond Portland, Me., and suddenly being arrested by an inscription. I did not know there.
Utica, NY - Page 206
Another sonnet alludes to a long-remembered Sabbath passed at Utica, NY, in the home of Rev. E. Frances : " Peace to this Christian home ! the peace ...
Quincy, Mass - Page 44
Bacon & Sons, and preached August 9th, 1834, at Quincy, Mass." Although, according to the schools, it may not stand the test of criticism, ...
Newark, NJ - Page 271
Asher Moore, of Newark, NJ, and Rev. EH Chapin, of New York. On Sabbath morning, while in Newark, he writes to me: " This is the Sabbath. ...
SOMERVILLE, MASS - Page 341
and thy deeds of love, — Fit prelude for that nobler work above, To which thy Father now hath called thee home ! SOMERVILLE, MASS., JVoV. 1st. 29*
Damascus - Page 236
Paul lived in Tarsus after he went to Damascus, and at Damascus after he went on his mission of truth to other cities, — Ephesus, Philippi, Corinth, ...
Jerusalem - Page 140
When our Lord was transfigured, representing the decease or exodus that he should accomplish at Jerusalem, he is not represented as disembodied, ...
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Rome - Page 232
In comparison with the endurance of this city, Jerusalem was indeed a thing of the moment, and Rome, on her seven hills, but the pageant of an hour. ...
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Why art thou cast down, 0 my soul ? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God : for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.Page 158
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And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up : and as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.Page 54
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... to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.Page 59
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.Page 50

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