The Nash Family: Or, Records of the Descendants of Thomas Nash, of New Haven, Connecticut, 1640

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Case, Tiffany, 1853 - Всего страниц: 304
The family settled in the New England States, 1637-1853.
 

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Стр. 132 - If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. 7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto Godliness.
Стр. 271 - IN the name of God, Amen. I William Shakspeare, of Stratford-upon-Avon, in the county of Warwick, gent., in perfect health and memory (God be praised), do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following : that is to say — First, I commend my soul into the hands of...
Стр. 271 - God do ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form as followeth that is to Say first and principally, I...
Стр. 45 - The date of his death is not known, but it must have been previous to...
Стр. 99 - The writer cannot refrain from tears in bringing to mind the circumstances attending this interesting scene. That man, who was afterwards most emphatically called "FATHER NASH," being the founder of the Church in Otsego county — who baptized great numbers of both adults and children, and thus was the spiritual father of so many of the family of Christ, and who spent...
Стр. 100 - All this while his patient wife, directing the children to kindle the fire, prepared the food for — whom ? shall it be said a stranger ? No ; but for one who, by sympathy, felt himself more their brother than by all the ties of nature; and who, by the example now set before him, learned a lesson of inexpressible use to him all the days of his subsequent life."* Mr.
Стр. 99 - Well does the writer remember how the little one-roomed cabin looked as he entered it ; its rude door, hung on wooden hinges, creaking as they turned ; how joyful that good man was that he had been mindful to fetch a few nails, which he had used in the other cabin, just left, for his comfort in this, now the receptacle of all his substance. These he drove into the logs with great judgment, choosing the place most appropriate for his hat, his coat, and other garments of himself and family. All this...
Стр. 274 - Redeemer ; and my body I commit to the earth to be buried in a decent manner at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named.
Стр. 99 - The Author is very sensible that, had he confined himself to the latter, always the most effective, as it is the most valuable, mode of conveying knowledge of this nature, he would have made a far better book. But in commencing to describe scenes, and perhaps he may add characters, that were so familiar to his own youth, there was a constant temptation to delineate that which he had known, rather than that which he might have imagined.
Стр. 274 - God therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament...

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