Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, Volumi 1-2

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New Jersey Historical Society, 1847
Issues for Oct. 1927 and Oct. 1930 contain sections of a serial article by John C. Honeyman on the history of Zion, St. Paul and other early Lutheran churches in New Jersey.
 

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Pagina 84 - Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations : ask thy father, and he will show thee ; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
Pagina 151 - They go up by the mountains; They go down by the valleys Unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.
Pagina 47 - fifty double hands of powder, one hundred bars of lead, twenty axes, twenty coats, ten guns, twenty pistols, ten kettles, ten swords, four blankets, four barrels of beer, ten pairs of breeches, fifty knives, twenty hoes, eight hundred and fifty fathoms of wampum, twenty ankers of liquors or something equivalent, and three troopers
Pagina 158 - It is of two sorts, white and purple : the white is worked out of the insides of the great Congues into the form of a bead, and perforated so as to be strung on leather; the purple is worked out of the inside of the muscle shell.
Pagina 149 - I shall be happy if your ministry shall contribute to the establishment of morality and brotherly kindness among the people, than which no country ever wanted it more. I am sensible your principles and professions are opposed to war, but I know you are fond of both political and religious liberty ; this is what we are contending for, and by the blessing of God we hope to establish them upon such a broad basis as to put it out of the power of our enemies to shake their foundation.
Pagina 158 - Congues into the form of a bead, and perforated so as to be strung on leather; the purple is worked out of the inside of the muscle shell. They are wove as broad as one's hand, and about two feet long ; these they call belts, and give and receive them at their treaties, as the seals of friendship.
Pagina 160 - Nothing is more edifying than their behavior in their public councils and assemblies. Every man there is heard in his turn, according as his years, his wisdom, or his services to his country, have ranked him. Not a word, not a whisper, not a murmur, is heard from the rest while he speaks. No indecent condemnation, no ill-timed applause. The younger sort attend for their instruction.
Pagina 149 - GENTLEMEN, — Your letter of the 6th is before me. From the good opinion I have of the people of your profession, being bred and educated among them, I am persuaded your visit is purely religious, and in this persuasion have granted you a pass ; and I shall be happy if your ministry shall contribute to the establishment of morality and brotherly kindness among the people, than which no country ever wanted it more. I am sensible your principles and professions are opposed to war, but I know you are...
Pagina 31 - Toward noon they found them and skinned two of them from their hips down for boot legs ; one pair for the Major the other for myself.
Pagina 47 - Land is bounded and Limited with the bay Eastward, and the great River Pesayak Northward, the great...

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