A Memorial to Eldress Anna White, and Elder Daniel OffordNorth Family of Shakers, 1912 - 182 páginas |
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... York Chamber of Commerce . Robert , the eldest , was born at Hanover , New Jersey , December 1st , 1792. Inheriting his father's independence in religious thought , he became known in early manhood as a " most estimable young Quaker ...
... York Chamber of Commerce . Robert , the eldest , was born at Hanover , New Jersey , December 1st , 1792. Inheriting his father's independence in religious thought , he became known in early manhood as a " most estimable young Quaker ...
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... York City and , in accordance with Quaker custom , was given her choice of a trade . A highly respectable employment for women was tailoring , and in her eighteenth year , under the guidance of a skilled tailoress , Anna learned that.
... York City and , in accordance with Quaker custom , was given her choice of a trade . A highly respectable employment for women was tailoring , and in her eighteenth year , under the guidance of a skilled tailoress , Anna learned that.
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... York . An aged Shakeress , known as Mother Lucy Miller , coming into the room , took the baby in her arms , exclaiming in a prophetic manner , " This child is an Israelite indeed ! " Robert became interested in the Shaker faith , whose ...
... York . An aged Shakeress , known as Mother Lucy Miller , coming into the room , took the baby in her arms , exclaiming in a prophetic manner , " This child is an Israelite indeed ! " Robert became interested in the Shaker faith , whose ...
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... York , 10th mo . 10th , 1849 . " Dear Friend - After I reached home last week thy letter was handed to me by Mother , and after reading it I feel best satisfied to comply with thy request to write to thee , for I desire to feel thankful ...
... York , 10th mo . 10th , 1849 . " Dear Friend - After I reached home last week thy letter was handed to me by Mother , and after reading it I feel best satisfied to comply with thy request to write to thee , for I desire to feel thankful ...
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... York . " DEAR FRIENDS : " Having after due consideration united with another Religious Society than the one wherein I have a birth- right , I think it most proper to send you my resignation , as I wish to give you no unnecessary trouble ...
... York . " DEAR FRIENDS : " Having after due consideration united with another Religious Society than the one wherein I have a birth- right , I think it most proper to send you my resignation , as I wish to give you no unnecessary trouble ...
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Página 107 - I expect to pass through this world but once ; if, therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do, to any fellow human being, let me do it now ; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
Página 140 - PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire, Uttered, or unexpressed ; The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast...
Página 173 - In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
Página 102 - I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
Página 175 - The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Página 98 - Right forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne ; But that scaffold sways the future, and behind the dim unknown Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own.
Página 112 - To me the thought of death is terrible, Having such hold on life. To thee it is not So much even as the lifting of a latch; Only a step into the open air Out of a tent already luminous With light that shines through its transparent walls!
Página 61 - And this gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations. Then shall the end come.
Página 98 - The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul; Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Página 81 - And in hushed and tender tone, Ask each other's full forgiveness For the wrong that each has done. Should you wonder why this custom At the ending of the day, Eye and voice would quickly answer, " It was once our mother's way...