Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 edition. Excerpt: ...and when he scarcely knew whether it was morning or evening, he would offer prayer in a perfectly coherent manner, as if his family were gathered around him. The christian graces all seemed to be ripe in him, years before his exit, and he " came to his grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season." " Soldier of Christ well done, Praise be thy new employ, And while eternal ages run, Best in thy Savior's joy." fe fr----Jf A SERMON, PREACHED IN THE OLD MEETING HOUSE, IN MASON, NOVEM-BER, 1837, ON THE OCCASION OP THE BEMOVAL BY THE CHUBCH AND SOCIETY, OP THEIB PLACE OP WORSHIP, TO THE NEW MEETING HOUSE, BY THE REV. EBENEZER HILL. DEUT. XXXII. 7. Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations. When Moses had conducted the children of Israel, God's chosen people from Egypt, through the great and terrible wilderness to the very borders of Canaan, and was informed that the time was just arrived, that he should leave them and be gathered to the great congregation of the dead, by divine direction he gathered the people together, and rehearsed in their ears the great things God had done for them, and put them in mind of their many provoking sins and acts of rebellion, and of the many judgments God brought on them and their fathers for their sins and provocations, and also, the great mercy of God in sparing them. And when he had written the history of the law to be deposited in the sacred ark, by the same divine command, he was led to compose a hymn or song, comprehending the important facts in their past history, likewise containing many predictions of future events. This was designed for them to commit to memory, and to be often rehearsed and sung, that so they might never forget them. Here we see..."