Williams Biographical Annals

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Lee and Shepard, 1871 - 665 halaman

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Halaman 133 - And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba : prayer also shall be made for him continually ; and daily shall he be praised. 16 There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains ; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon : and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Halaman 82 - Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee ; in whose heart are the ways of them, who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well ; the rain also filleth the pools.
Halaman 14 - To you, in David's town, this day Is born of David's line, The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord ; And this shall be the sign.
Halaman 86 - He received a good elementary education in the schools of his native state, and took up the study of law. He was admitted to the bar, and entered upon the practice of his profession in Ohio, where he remained until 1855.
Halaman 14 - The subject of conversation under the stack, before and during the shower, was the moral darkness of Asia. Mills proposed to send the .gospel to that dark and heathen land, and said that we could do it if we would.
Halaman 138 - From 1837 to 1848 he was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in the University of Alabama, and from 1848 to 1850, professor of chemistry and natural history in the same educational institution.
Halaman 375 - He was fifteen years old, his parents lived seven miles distant, he wanted an education, and had come from home on foot that morning, to see if Mr. M. could help him to contrive how to obtain it Mr. M. asked him if he was acquainted with any one in that place.
Halaman 377 - Mr. Skinner was a well-read, safe, and careful lawyer, devoted to the interests of his clients, distinguished for fairness in practice, and diligence and uprightness in business. He acquired a handsome fortune, and left an unsullied name. He was for many years a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church at Leroy, an active, liberal, and devoted Christian, possessing uncommon gifts for the duties of the office. He exerted a wide influence in the community, which is still felt, and where his memory is...
Halaman 108 - His early education was obtained in the public schools of his native city, supplemented by a college education at the old Western Reserve College at Hudson, Ohio.
Halaman 144 - Ebenezer. Agriculture of New York; comprising an account of the classification, composition and distribution of the soils and rocks and the natural waters of the different geological formations, together with a condensed view of the meteorology and agricultural productions of the State.

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