Full view - 1880 - 263 pages
Key words and phrases Lawrence University, Universalist Church, Tufts College, Eastport, Hosea Ballou, Samuel Fisher, Ebenezer Fisher, P. T. Barnum, Boston Association, Lombard University, slavery, Professor Fisher, Richard Eddy, Unitarian, pastor, Free-soil Party, Christian, Whig, South Woodstock, sand dollars |
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 | Pawtucket, RI - Page 134Goodrich, of Pawtucket, RI, in September of the same year. The suggestion was for the twofold purpose of ascertaining if a proposition might be ...more pages: 135 137 162 |
| South Woodstock, Vermont - Page 96Glover, Vermont ; and the Green Mountain Institute, at South Woodstock, Vermont, — which severally were but feebly, if at all, endowed, — were all the ...more pages: 132 |
| Watertown, NY - Page 180DC Tomlinson, at the time pastor of the Universalist Church in Watertown, NY, had disclosed an unusual faculty in the canvass for funds. ...more pages: 181 205 |
More | Galesburg, Illinois - Page 147In June, 1862, Professor Fisher received the honorary degree of DD from Lombard University, Galesburg, Illinois ; and ever after this he was known by ...more pages: 165 |
| Canton, NY - Page 97Fisher was in the thirteenth year of his labors in the Theological School at Canton, New York, and just one year before that date, an extra endowment ...more pages: 39 148 |
| Cambridge, Mass - Page 210OF Safford, of Cambridge, Mass., at the memorial meeting in Boston, occurs this paragraph, — a gem among gems : — " No one not utterly unsusceptible ... |
| Calais, Maine - Page 31EW Coffin was spending a few Sundays in Calais, Maine, in the fall of 1839. It came to the knowledge of young Fisher that a Universalist minister was ... |
| Sharon, Massachusetts - Page 3His mother was Sally Johnson, born in Sharon, Massachusetts. He was the second of eight children. When in later years Mr. Fisher became the pastor of ...more pages: 15 |
| Webster, Mass - Page 243of Bangor, Me., was sung by the theological students. A benediction, pronounced T>y Rev. JF Simmons, of Webster, Mass., closed the service. |
| Glover, Vermont - Page 96Glover, Vermont ; and the Green Mountain Institute, at South Woodstock, Vermont, — which severally were but feebly, if at all, endowed, — were all the ... |
| Little Falls, New York - Page 163at Little Falls, New York, who had not been long connected with the denomination. He accepted, and his subsequent fourteen years' service as Professor ... |
| Charlotte, Maine - Page 38Ebenezer Fisher, DD, a native of Charlotte, Maine, and now President of Canton Theological School, in New York, became pastor of the Milltown ... |
| Pembroke, Maine - Page 39Leighton, of Pembroke, Maine. In her he found a wife capable of fully appreciating his unusual abilities, and who has literally venerated his exalted ... |
| Rochester, NY - Page 155He travelled in New England, Maryland, and - in Pennsylvania, meeting with but small success till, reaching Rochester, New York, he met with a ...more pages: 135 |
| New York - Page 181The leave of absence was granted by my society, and I went on to New York city with a determined will to overcome every obstruction. ...more pages: 50 96 99 104 108 114 129 138 140 158 |
| Buffalo - Page 211Memorial Services at Salem, Norwood, and Buffalo. — • Allusions to the Event in many Pulpits. — Action of Ministers at the Monday Meeting. ...more pages: 116 183 204 205 214 |
| Boston - Page 211Memorial Service in Boston. — A Denomination in Mourning. TN all the years of his work at Canton, Dr. Fisher -*- knew that disease had a firm hold ...more pages: 30 44 48 50 133 137 214 218 224 234 |
| Middleport, NY - Page 247EL Rexford, DD The services closed with a Benediction, pronounced by the Rev. AU Hutchins, of Middleport, NY. |
| Fly Creek, New York - Page 206Lester Taylor, of Fly Creek, New York, has recently given by will, $2000. Rev. WS Balch was a generous donor, for he gave much valuable time and ... |
| Bangor, Me - Page 243EW Preble, of Bangor, Me., was sung by the theological students. A benediction, pronounced T>y Rev. JF Simmons, of Webster, Mass., ... |
| Salem, Mass - Page 206Ropes, of Salem, Mass. I also note Hon. PT Barnum's gift of seven thousand dollars the Centennial year of the denomination : one-half was for the St. ...more pages: 39 41 |
| Charlotte - Page 2EBENEZEK FISHEB, the subject of this memoir., was born in Plantation Number Three, now Charlotte,more pages: 10 13 33 |
| Canton, Massachusetts - Page 3Samuel Fisher, of Canton, Massachusetts, a cousin of Ebenezer Fisher, and three years his senior, gives me the genealogy of the Fishers for five ... |
| Farmington, Maine - Page 4The third David married Mehetable Hewins, of Sharon, and went to Farmington, Maine, and made that place his home. ... |
| Chatham, Mass - Page 125BL Bennett, of Chatham, Mass. This, however, describes the class as it began. It will be somewhat different, as I shall show, when it graduates. ... |
| Louisville, Kentucky - Page 227In the spring of 1849, at the time residing in Louisville, Kentucky, I read an article in the " Universalist Quarterly," entitled, ... |
| Honeoye Falls, New York - Page 237LC Browne, of Honeoye Falls, New York, who pu_ts me in possession of it. It is the following : — " In early life Dr. Fisher was a member of the ... |
| Meadville - Page 128The contrast between Meadville and Canton, in point of equipment, was so great that before he had become really acquainted with Dr. ... |
| Watertown - Page 183AC Moore and Solomon Drullard and others responded liberally, which enabled me to return to iny good people in Watertown. ...more pages: 116 |
| Brier Hill, New York - Page 206Jeremiah Davis, of Brier Hill, New York, gave $1000. Lester Taylor, of Fly Creek, New York, has recently given by will, $2000. Rev. ... |
| Schenectady - Page 115There was no institution of the college grade north of Clinton and Schenectady. There seemed to be an opportunity to supply, for the very large ... |
| Stockholm, New York - Page 205received June 10, 1874. — The influence of Dr. Conkey was felt in many timely offerings. Allen Lyman, of Stockholm, New York, gave $1000, and his. |
| Sumter - Page 164and the issues precipitated by the cannon-balls thrown upon Sumter, were discussed within the precincts of the school in very much the same style that ... |
| Brooklyn - Page 215Gunnison, of Brooklyn, a former student of Dr. Fisher, was present, and communicated to the " Christian Leader" a full report of the services. ...more pages: 116 |
| Clinton, New York - Page 1043, 1845), he took the Principalship of the Liberal Institute at Clinton, New York, founded largely through the instrumentality of the Rev. ... |
| Beverly, Mass - Page 24JN Emery, of Beverly, Mass., — formerly a student at Canton under Dr. Fisher, — communicates to me an incident, which has a fitting place in this ... |
| Dedham, Mass - Page 1The Fisher Family : from Dedham, Mass. — A Down-east "Plantation" : a Wilderness. — A Speculation. — A Sequel. — " Always a Man." — A Portable School. ... |
| Medford, Mass - Page 103Ilosea Ballou, 2d, of Medford, Mass., from whom several ministers had received such instructions as can be given at irregular hours in a pastor's ... |
| Philadelphia - Page 154In Philadelphia our friends are at work, and I hope that some satisfactory result will follow in due time. So also in Rhode Island I look for some ... |
| Akron, Ohio - Page 103As long ago as the year 1843, at the session of the General Convention of Universalists at Akron, Ohio, the Rev. ... |
| Toronto - Page 165after the war, I sat with him all the way from Prescott, opposite Ogdensburg — where he joined our company — to Toronto ; and the one leading topic of ... |
| Cleveland, Ohio - Page 92In the year 1843, General Lewis Cass, a leading statesman of that day, delivered a political speech in Cleveland, Ohio. ... |
| Albany - Page 116Baker, of Albany ; Norman Van Nostrand, of Brooklyn ; Thomas J. Sawyer, of New York; William S. Balch, of New York; John M. ... |
| Chelsea, Mass - Page 125AJ Can- field, of Chelsea, Mass., Rev. MR Leonard, of Wal- tham, Mass., Rev. JM Pullman, DD, of New York, and Rev. BL Bennett, of Chatham, Mass. ... |
| Augusta - Page 34The protracted duties of the committee kept him several months in Augusta. There he made two acquaintances who exerted over him a determining ...more pages: 20 |
| Rome - Page 1Historical critics habitually remind us that Rome the city was constantly replenished by Rome the empire. The effeminacy, the social corruption, ...more pages: 40 |
| Pembroke - Page 13Beaching Pembroke on the return, Samuel as the elder said to the two, " I wish to remain a short time at Pembroke. ... |
| Madrid - Page 118He adds: "The first notice I had of any serious movement was seeing a flaming notice posted at Madrid, on our arrival there, to the laying of the ... |
Popular passagesThere is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not. Page 82 I am arm'd so strong in honesty, That they pass by me as the idle wind Which I respect not. I did send to you For certain sums of gold, which you denied me... Page 82 ... heave with the delight of knowledge, with the honest consciousness of talent, with the honorable wish for distinction, with the kindly glow of genuine feeling. Such motives are inadequate in their source and inefficient in their application; for they are nothing to the heart, and "out of the heart are the issues of life. Page 59 ... in the election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency of the United States, or from any other existing cause, to justify its dissolution... Page 167 For the creation was subjected to vanity ... in hope that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. Page 259 In all the long, tumultuous years of his editorial life," says Curtis, " does any memory, however searching or censorious, recall one line that he wrote which was not honest and pure, one measure that he defended except from the profoundest conviction of its usefulness to the country, one cause that he advocated which any friend of liberty, of humanity, or of good government would deplore? Page 246 Christian faith to stand not in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. Page 245 ... who have felt the pinch of want and the pangs of hunger... Page 22 Fisher ; there were the four students, and a plain and rather inconvenient building, with neither library nor furniture of any kind. We literally had no books at our command save the text-books required for daily use. Before the close of the term, however, I think the first instalment of the Herring Library arrived. Page 127 LessContents | 160 | | | | | 175 | | | | | 185 | | | | | 191 | | | | | 194 | | | | | 203 | | | | | 207 | | | | | 211 | | | |
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