Essex Institute Historical Collections, Volume 22Essex Institute Press, 1885 |
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Page 173 - No man's life shall be taken away; no man's honor or good name shall be stained ; no man's person shall be arrested, restrained, banished, dismembered, nor any...
Page 227 - HAPPY soul, thy days are ended, All thy mourning days below : Go, by angel guards attended, To the sight of Jesus go ! Waiting to receive thy spirit, Lo ! the Saviour stands above, Shows the purchase of his merit, Reaches out the crown of love.
Page 43 - As you are now so once was I; As I am now, so you must be Prepare for death and follow me.
Page 46 - Yet again we hope to meet thee, When the day of life is fled ; Then in heaven with joy to greet thee, Where no farewell tear is shed.
Page 284 - Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, And the spirit shall return to God who gave it.
Page 279 - To the Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Jordan Relict of the late Melatiah Jordan Esq. who died Feb. 22, 1819, vEt. 62. Friends nor physicians could not save My mortal body from the grave, Nor can the grave confine me here When Christ shall call me to appear.
Page 288 - WHY do we mourn departing friends, Or shake at death's alarms? 'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends To call them to his arms.
Page 270 - ... of all nations had provided laws against such persons, which is an argument of their confidence of such a crime. And such hath been the judgment of this kingdom, as appears by that act of parliament which hath provided punishments proportionable to the quality of the offence. And desired them, strictly to observe their evidence; and desired the great God of heaven to direct their hearts in this weighty thing they had in hand : For to condemn the innocent, and to let the guilty go free, were both...
Page 266 - And ye who listen to the Tale of Woe, Be not too swift in casting the first stone, Nor think New England bears the guilt alone. This sudden burst of wickedness and crime Was but the common madness of the time, When in all lands, that lie within the sound Of Sabbath bells, a Witch was burned or drowned.
Page 280 - Were death denied, poor man would live in vain ; Were death denied, to live would not be life ; Were death denied, e'en fools would wish to die. Death wounds to cure : we fall ; we rise ; we reign ! Spring from our fetters ; fasten in the skies ; 45 Where blooming Eden withers in our sight: Death gives us more than was in Eden lost. This king of terrors is the prince of peace.