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Excerpt from A Sermon Giving a Historical Account of St. John's Church, Georgetown, D. C., Delivered October 17, 1843: And an Address on the Occasion of the Funeral of Abel P. Upshur Others, Who Lost Their Lives by the Calamity on Board the Princeton, Feb, 28, 1844, and Also a Farewell Sermon Delivered April 7, 1844, on His Resignation of the Rectorship of St. John's Ch "The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad." - Psalm cx...

The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment toScripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology.

Excerpt from Modern Necromancy: A Sermon Preached in Trinity Church, Washington City, April 23, 1854 Many persons, in our day, are fully persuaded that they, can and do hold communication with the spirits of the de parted. This conviction is widely extended and rapidly increasing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of...

Excerpt from St. Paul in Rome: Lectures Delivered in the Legation of the United States of America, in Rome The author of the following lectures has, as it will be seen, adapted himself, in their preparation, to the peculiar circumstances in which he was placed. Addressing a shifting audience of tourists, whose minds were absorbed in the monuments and memories and ceremonies of pagan and papal Rome, he desired to place before them the great Ap...

Excerpt from The Federal Trade Commission: And the Regulation of Business Under the Federal Trade Commission and Clayton Laws The purpose of this pamphlet is to present in convenient form the Federal laws pertaining to monopolies and restraint of competition, particularly the new Federal Trade Commission and Clayton laws, together with explanatory comments designed to give a practical interpretation of them to business men. No comment is made...

Gives an account of how an American went to work in Saudi Arabia and came home to America to realize how little the average American appreciated the strategic importance of the area and, how little he understood the people in the area. This book goes behind the scenes in the Arab world, and into private audience with the legendary Ibn Saud.

Excerpt from The Book of Common Prayer: Interpreted by Its History Not called upon to put his mind upon the search after the meaning of the petitions or praises which he em ploys, the devout worshipper is enabled, by the use of our forms, while he prays with the spirit, to pray with the understanding also. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This...

Excerpt from Funeral Address on the Death of Abraham Lincoln: Delivered in the Church of the Covenant, April 19, 1865 I have written out as perfectly as my memory would enable me, the hastily prepared address, delivered from a few meagre notes, which you received so kindly, and have requested for publication. Conscious as I am that it is your pro found interest in the subject which has led to your high estimate of my most imperfect presentati...

Excerpt from The Reformation in Sweden: Its Rise, Progress, and Crisis, And Its Triumph Under Charles IX The history of Scandinavia, previous to the union of the three kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, under Queen Margaret, in accordance with the treaty of Calmar, is a record of violent commotions and revolutions, and of incessant wars between the three kingdoms. There is very little in it to repay the student of general history for the...

Excerpt from An Ecclesiastical History From the Thirteenth to the Nineteenth Century This second volume of the Manual of Ecclesiastical History completes the work, the first volume of which was issued four years ago. That volume brought the history down to the close of the reign of Innocent III., the commencement of the thirteenth century, and the present volume resumes the history at that point, and continues it to the beginning of the ninet...

Excerpt from Addresses and Lectures on Public Men and Public Affairs Delivered in Washington City About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections presen...

Excerpt from Social Conditions in Oxford A Number of towns have now been provided with an account of their own "social conditions", this is an attempt, in no way original, to do the same for Oxford. I am indebted for assistance in writing it to many persons with much more experience and knowledge of its subject-matter than myself. My thanks are due to Mrs. H. A. L. Fisher and Dr. A. J. Carlyle for much help and advice, to Professor Edgeworth...

Excerpt from Inner Rome: Political, Religious, and Social About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an im...

Excerpt from Our Country and Our Washington a Discourse: Delivered on Sunday 22, 1852 the Birthday of Washington in the Hall of the House of RepresentativesWe have heard With our ears, O God, our Fathers have told us What work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.-psalm 44 1.This Birth-day of washington is a Thanksgiving Day to the people of this country, which it needs no proclamation of Governors to persuade them to remem ber and to...

Excerpt from The Memorial Record: Essex, VermontIn compliance with this vote, the following pages, gathered partly from oral communications, but mainly.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the origin...

Excerpt from Lake George and Lake Champlain: From Their First Discovery to 1759 By a careful reading of the French and English official accounts, as they are placed side by side in that marvel of historic wealth, known as the Documentary and Colonial History of New York, we arrive at a proper knowledge of events, which had either been wrongly located, or exaggerated, or obscured. The author has made this the foundation of the following narrat...

Excerpt from Our Union God's Gift: A Discourse Delivered in Trinity Church, Washington, D. C., On Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1850 The name which this day bears indicates our theme. "Thanksgiving for National blessings" is the name of the day, and National blessings are the subject of our discourse. National blessings! They are as large as the land we occupy. They are as varied as its climes, and soils, and products. Yet, with all their v...

Excerpt from An Historical Sermon in Connection With St. Barnabas Church, (Also Known as "Brick Church, ") Queen Anne's Parish, at Leeland, Prince George's County, Maryland I am the more impelled to make this effort, because the minds and the hearts in which these facts have been treasured, your fathers and mothers, men and brethren, and far remoter ancestry, men and women who link us of today with a venerable and hon ored history, have almos...

Excerpt from Life a Tale That Is ToldAll that rose so brightly o'er me, Like pale mist wreaths fade before me 3 Every spot my glance can find.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format ...

Butler's Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of stories about the aftermath of the Vietnam War and its impact on the Vietnamese is reissued. Includes two subsequently published stories that complete the collection's narrative journey, returning to the jungles of Vietnam.