Historical Notices of the Missions of the Church of England in the North American Colonies: Previous to the Independence of the United States: Chiefly from the Ms. Documents of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign PartsB. Fellowes, 1845 - 447 pages |
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... CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , WHICH HAS SO GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGED HERSELF TO BE " INDebted , under God , " TO THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND " FOR HER FIRST FOUNDATION , AND A LONG CONTINUANCE OF NURSING CARE AND PROTECTION , " These ...
... CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , WHICH HAS SO GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGED HERSELF TO BE " INDebted , under God , " TO THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND " FOR HER FIRST FOUNDATION , AND A LONG CONTINUANCE OF NURSING CARE AND PROTECTION , " These ...
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... Church of England is not rich in Missionary annals , there can be no difficulty in accounting for the deficiency . For more than a century after the Reformation , our Church was so much engaged in maintaining its position against the ...
... Church of England is not rich in Missionary annals , there can be no difficulty in accounting for the deficiency . For more than a century after the Reformation , our Church was so much engaged in maintaining its position against the ...
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... Church , for nearly one hundred and fifty years , has conducted one main ... Church was en- dowed ) ; and the design of the present Volume is to give a general ... England in the Colonies and Foreign Depen- dencies of the British Empire ...
... Church , for nearly one hundred and fifty years , has conducted one main ... Church was en- dowed ) ; and the design of the present Volume is to give a general ... England in the Colonies and Foreign Depen- dencies of the British Empire ...
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... England . Our Colonies in every part of the world are fast growing into great nations ; and upon ourselves the Church and realm of England - it depends to mould their institutions , and fix their principles . Happily the members of our ...
... England . Our Colonies in every part of the world are fast growing into great nations ; and upon ourselves the Church and realm of England - it depends to mould their institutions , and fix their principles . Happily the members of our ...
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... Church ; and , may we not reverently conjecture , committed to her as being the most faithful depository of revealed truth ? It is surely no undiscerning partiality to regard our own mother Church of England as occupying a position of ...
... Church ; and , may we not reverently conjecture , committed to her as being the most faithful depository of revealed truth ? It is surely no undiscerning partiality to regard our own mother Church of England as occupying a position of ...
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