Local Collections; Or, Records of Remarkable Events, Connected with the Borough of Gateshead1848 |
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adopted aged Alderman amount annual Applause appointed Bazaar Bill Bishop of Durham BOROUGH OF GATESHEAD bridge Brockett carried castle Chairman chapel charity church churchwardens coal Commissioners Committee Company Corporation Councillors Custom House Davies district duty Eighton Banks elected favour fund Garbutt Gateshead GATESHEAD BOARD GATESHEAD MECHANICS gentlemen George George Stephenson Hawley Health Heworth honour hospital Hymers institution James John JOHN POTTS John Robson Joseph Robson Lamesley letter locomotive Lord lordship master Mayor ment Messrs motion Newcastle North Shields Northumberland Oliphant opinion paid parish Parliament petition poor port of Newcastle Potts present proposed Public meeting Railway received Report resolution Revely revenue river river Tyne Robert seconded shipowners ships South statutes Stephenson Sunderland Team Valley Thomas tion Town Clerk Town Council Trade Treasury Tuesday Tyne Union vessels vote Ward week Whickham William Wilson Winlaton workhouse Wrekenton Younger Brethren
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Page 29 - LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people which call upon thee ; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same ; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Page 29 - Eternal God, mighty in power and of majesty incomprehensible, whom the heaven of heavens cannot contain, much less the walls of temples made with hands ; and who yet hast been graciously pleased to promise thy especial presence...
Page 29 - Him who died for our sins, and rose again for our justification, and now liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one God world without end.
Page 29 - Lord, that whosoever shall receive in this place the blessed sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, may come to that holy ordinance with faith, charity, and true repentance; and being filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction, may, to their great and endless comfort, obtain remission of their sins, and all other benefits of his passion.
Page 68 - I was in education, and made up my mind that he should not labour under the same defect, but that I would put him to a good school. and give him a liberal training. I was, however, a poor man ; and how do you think I managed ? I betook myself to mending my neighbours...
Page 29 - Name, and for the performance of all other holy offices: accept, O Lord, this service at our hands, and bless it with such success as may tend most to thy glory, and the furtherance of our happiness both temporal and spiritual; through Jesus Christ our bleaaed Lord and Saviour. Amen.
Page 71 - Western, though probably it may reach as far as Bath from Bristol, after having, like a mole, explored its way through tunnels long and deep, the shareholders who travel by it will be so heartily sick, what with foul air, smoke and sulphur, that the very mention of a railway will be worse than ipecacuanha...
Page 30 - BLESSED be thy name, O Lord, that it hath pleased thee to put it into the hearts of thy servants to appropriate and devote this house to thy honour and worship; and grant that all who shall enjoy the benefit of this pious work, may show forth their thankfulness, by making a right use of it, to the glory of thy blessed name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 86 - There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Page 71 - Others before him had prepared the way; others since have contributed valuable improvements in detail ; but to George Stephenson unquestionably belongs the proud title of the Author of the Railway System. He gathered the many threads of ingenuity and enterprise, and weaved them into the wide-spreading net-work which promises, in its manifold extension, to envelope the whole world in bonds of commerce, civilization, and peace.