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Page 86
... Asenath C. Smith , a single woman about 20 years of age , within about one mile of Jewitt City , to whom Dr. George Downer had been paying particular at- tention for about two or three years , the year before had been likely to have a ...
... Asenath C. Smith , a single woman about 20 years of age , within about one mile of Jewitt City , to whom Dr. George Downer had been paying particular at- tention for about two or three years , the year before had been likely to have a ...
Page 87
... Asenath Smith , ' the girl , Elisha Geer , ' her grand father , Auna Smith , ' her mother . Maria A. Smith her sister . We , the subscribers , hereby unite in the foregoing certifi- cate , and declare that we do not know any impropriety ...
... Asenath Smith , ' the girl , Elisha Geer , ' her grand father , Auna Smith , ' her mother . Maria A. Smith her sister . We , the subscribers , hereby unite in the foregoing certifi- cate , and declare that we do not know any impropriety ...
Page 88
... Asenath of a dead fœtus , and then threat- ened her , if she did not swear it upon me , she should be whip- ped at the public post ; that she should be stripped naked , set upon a gallows with a rope about her neck , & c . and that she ...
... Asenath of a dead fœtus , and then threat- ened her , if she did not swear it upon me , she should be whip- ped at the public post ; that she should be stripped naked , set upon a gallows with a rope about her neck , & c . and that she ...
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... ASENATH C. SMITH . Dated Hampton , May 28th , 1818 . The foregoing deposition was delivered to James Lannian , Esq . as evidence at the binding over of me for trial , and was kept by him , but on trial was wickedly and unjustly withheld ...
... ASENATH C. SMITH . Dated Hampton , May 28th , 1818 . The foregoing deposition was delivered to James Lannian , Esq . as evidence at the binding over of me for trial , and was kept by him , but on trial was wickedly and unjustly withheld ...
Page 90
... Asenath by mail , and was delivered to James Lairman , Esq . the county attorney , as evidence at the binding over , and by him kept for the trial ; and on trial he withheld and concealed it , though it was called for , and the court ...
... Asenath by mail , and was delivered to James Lairman , Esq . the county attorney , as evidence at the binding over , and by him kept for the trial ; and on trial he withheld and concealed it , though it was called for , and the court ...
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Page 236 - We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done ; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us.
Page 235 - ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of thy tender mercy didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our redemption, who made there (by his one oblation of himself once offered) a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world...
Page 6 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people...
Page 25 - THEREFORE with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name, evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts ! heaven and earth are full of thy glory. Glory be to thee, O Lord most high.
Page 21 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Page 206 - ALMIGHTY GOD, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 80 - GOD, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy ; Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy; that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal : Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake our Lord. Amen.
Page 235 - From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, do proceed all actual transgressions.
Page 11 - LET THE WICKED FORSAKE HIS WAYS, AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAN HIS THOUGHTS: AND LET HIM RETURN UNTO THE LORD, AND HE WILL HAVE MERCY UPON HIM; AND TO OUR GOD, FOR HE WILL ABUNDANTLY PARDON.
Page 11 - The Grace of God which bringeth salvation hath appeared unto all men, teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...