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nursery of learning and piety for our congregations, where also orthodoxy may be
kept up in the professors, and degrees be granted to those who are of our
denomination and which of consequence ought to and, I hope, will be encouraged
and supported by the congregations at large, agreeable to the first plans of that
academy and our union. May the Lord of His infinite mercy bless every one of
His servants who care for Zion and the education of youth throughout the world,
and His ministering servants be endowed with wisdom, strength, and zeal, to
promote the Kingdom of God in Christ and the establishing of truth, virtue, and
piety. Father of mercies, heal my present disease, and restore strength out of
weakness to me and my dear colleague, in and for Thy service. Amen.
20. Yesterday 28 years ago I first entered upon the ministry in this congregation,
and I desire to bless the Lord for all His innumerable mercies to me, especially in
the service of His Sanctuary, and in the hope of having been successful with
respect to myself and others whom I have been endeavoring to acquaint with the
truth as it is in Jesus! The father of mercies pardon my manifold imperfections
and shortcomings, and strengthen me further for the discharge of the several
duties of my station. May my dear colleague also be restored, and we both
experience that the Lord is our life, and the glory of our strength! Hear, o Father,
the prayers of Thy people, and accept of poor, unworthy me, for Christ’s sake.
Amen.
24. Blessed be the Lord for the return of my dear colleague and His recovery.
May strength and health restored be sanctified, and further employed in His
service. I would also thank the Lord for the transactions of the Synod and
convention, and pray for unanimity and peace throughout all the Churches!
Dr.Stiles’s letter was also acceptable, and I am glad for my correspondence with
that good and great man. May all my brethren prosper for Zion’s sake, and we
live to see peace upon Israel. Amen.
26. I desire to thank the Lord for His mercies of yesterday, when my dear
colleague was restored to the service of the Sanctuary, and preached a very
suitable sermon from John 16.1-6. 477 May the Father of mercies perfect
everything which concerneth us and our ministry, and we be enabled to fulfill the
duties of our station in His fear and strength, with faithfulness and success. In the
afternoon I was glad to hear from my colleague that one of my poor sermons on
John 3.7, 478 in the year 1768 preached at Raretans, 479 had been the happy means to
awaken a certain person, now living at New Brunswick, who requested him to
thank me for it. May God in Christ have all the proviso and my poor defected soul
and distressed flesh be refreshed and strengthened from the Lord, in whom is
righteousness and strength. The Lord hear and heal and help in every time of
need, and pity my family for the sake of His dear Son O. L. Jesus Christ. Amen.
27. Thanks to the Lord for the safe delivery of our Elizabeth this night ½ after
one. May the Father of mercies restore the joyful mother, and bless both child 480
and parents with life and salvation through His dear Son Jesus Christ. Pity
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The believer’s relation to the world.
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Do not be astonished that I said to you, “You must be born from above.”
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Raritan, NJ. This is where Westerlo’s predecessor, Theodorus Frelinghuysen, was born and raised.
In 1768 Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh was pastor in the Raritan Valley.
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Philip Schuyler (1788-1865), Assemblyman and US consul to Great Britain.
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