The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . h. 523 fathers provided it; and makeus gratefully feel that we arereaping the fruits of theirsweat and blood. The -casewas that of a man whose twodaughters had - attended acourse of instruction by , and been sol-emnly admitted by confirma-tion to the communion of theChurch. This man removedwith his family some distanceinto the interior, to a tract ofland which he the war with the In-dians broke out, he
The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . h. 523 fathers provided it; and makeus gratefully feel that we arereaping the fruits of theirsweat and blood. The -casewas that of a man whose twodaughters had - attended acourse of instruction by , and been sol-emnly admitted by confirma-tion to the communion of theChurch. This man removedwith his family some distanceinto the interior, to a tract ofland which he the war with the In-dians broke out, he took backhis family to their former res-idence, but occasionally wentto his farm to attend to hisgrain and cattle. On oneoccasion he went, accompa-nied by his two daughters,to spend a few days there,and bring away some a Friday evening, afterthe wagon had been loaded,and every thing was ready fortheir return on the morrow, his daughters complained that lm,ian warrior. they felt anxious and dejected, and were impressed with the idea that they were soon to die. Theyrequested their father to unite with them in singing the familiar GermanFuneral hymn:—. Who knows how near my end may be ? etc. after which they commended themselves to God in prayer and retiredto rest. The light of the succeeding morning beamed upon them, and allwas yet well. Whilst the daughters were attending to the dairy,cheered with the joyful hope of soon greeting their friends, and beingout of danger, the father went to the field for the horses, to prepare for 524 * Lutherans. their departure towards home. As he was passing through the field,he suddenly saw two Indians, armed with rifles, tomahawks, and scalp-ing knives, rushing towards him at full speed. The sight so terrifiedhim, that he lost all self-command, and stood motionless and they were about twenty yards from him, he suddenly, and withall his strength, exclaimed, Lord Jesus, living and dying I am had the Indians
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