Life of Rev. Joseph Emerson: Pastor of the Third Congregational Church in Beverly, Ms., and Subsequently Principal of a Female SeminaryCrocker and Brewster, 1834 - 454 pages Joseph Emerson attended Harvard College and taught in Framingham, Mass., until his call in 1803 to the pulpit in Beverly. In 1816, he resigned this position because of ill health, and subsequently taught and/or served churches in Byfield and Saugus, Mass., and Wethersfield, Conn. He took two long visits to Charleston, S.C. This biography, by his brother, concludes with a genealogical survey of the Emerson family. |
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... dear departed brother in the eter- nal world ; and to meet all who are to read this work . Whether the present is a " good biography , " is not a question for the compiler to decide ; but he may be permitted to say , that he has ...
... dear departed brother in the eter- nal world ; and to meet all who are to read this work . Whether the present is a " good biography , " is not a question for the compiler to decide ; but he may be permitted to say , that he has ...
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... dear ! " . And so indeed it came to pass . I had my childish pref- erence in the dire alternative . For within three days , the balance turned . W. became convalescent ; and S. , feebly waving to and fro his emaciated hand , was heard ...
... dear ! " . And so indeed it came to pass . I had my childish pref- erence in the dire alternative . For within three days , the balance turned . W. became convalescent ; and S. , feebly waving to and fro his emaciated hand , was heard ...
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... dear brother , the angels desire to look into these things ; and how shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation ? Do you begin to make excuses ? Are you too young to be religious ? Will it expose you to the ridicule and contempt ...
... dear brother , the angels desire to look into these things ; and how shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation ? Do you begin to make excuses ? Are you too young to be religious ? Will it expose you to the ridicule and contempt ...
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... Dear Sir , -I thank you for your very kind and affectionate letter , and I should be pleased if I could give you any information or assistance in preparing for publication a Memoir of your dear deceased brother ; who , since my first ...
... Dear Sir , -I thank you for your very kind and affectionate letter , and I should be pleased if I could give you any information or assistance in preparing for publication a Memoir of your dear deceased brother ; who , since my first ...
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... dear kindred at Framingham . They are the subject of some of our most endearing meditations and devoutest wish- es , when we converse , when we read , and when we pray . When for a while we had been thinking and talking of these things ...
... dear kindred at Framingham . They are the subject of some of our most endearing meditations and devoutest wish- es , when we converse , when we read , and when we pray . When for a while we had been thinking and talking of these things ...
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