History of Wachovia in North Carolina: The Unitas Fratrum Or Moravian Church in North Carolina During a Century and a Half, 1752-1902, from the Original German and English Manuscripts and Records in the Wachovia Archives, Salem, North Carolina

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Doubleday, Page, 1902 - Forsyth County (N.C.) - 365 pages
 

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Page 168 - For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Page 305 - Him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him...
Page 86 - Thee today: that Thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which Thou hast said, "My name shall be there": that Thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which Thy servant shall make toward this place.
Page 195 - And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Page 169 - Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Page 115 - Upon this most solemn Occasion the celebration of the Birthday of our most gracious King, the United Brethren in Wachovia inviolably attached to his Majesty's Government, esteem themselves particularly favoured by the presence of this Representative of the Province in the person of your Excellency.
Page 155 - State for ratification or rejection, as authorized and required by an act of the General Assembly of this State, entitled "An Act to provide 'for holding a convention to revise and amend the Constitution of this State...
Page 185 - From a society whose governing principles are industry and the love of order, much may be expected towards the improvement and prosperity of the country in which their settlements are formed, and experience authorizes the belief that much will be obtained. " Thanking you with grateful sincerity for your prayers in my behalf, I desire to assure you of my best wishes for your social and individual happiness.
Page 156 - Brethren ; and as doubts have arisen whether the said tracts do not come within the description of the Confiscation Act ; and to quiet the minds of those to whom conveyances have been made, or are to be made, of any part or parts thereof ; "II. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, that a certain deed of lease and release, dated the...

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