Monatsarchive: Dezember 2017

History of the Revolution in Texas

History of the Revolution in Texas – Chester Newell.

The History of the Revolution in Texas’ can be pronounced a clear and rapid narrative of the different events which have attended that piratical outbreak. Taking the story, however, as he tells it, it is quite clear that the revolution was a naked victory of might over right. Outcasts of all kinds obtruded themselves into the province in opposition to the fundamental colonization regulations of the Mexican Government; when they increased and waxed strong, they took up arms without even colourable pretexts, and at last proceeded to open war. Besides an account of the incidents and actors in these scenes, the Texan divine draws a flaming picture of the beauties and … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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In the Bosom of the Comanches

In the Bosom of the Comanches – Theodore Adolphus Babb.

Mr. Babb, a descendant of resolute venturesome pioneer stock, entered upon an eventful boyhood in the untamed wilds of the western border of Texas in a locality and period when the mounted Indian marauder with his panoply of war and death was often seen silhouetted against the distant horizon, at a time when the spectre of tragedy and desolation, of atrocious massacre, mutilation, captivity, and torture, cast its terrifying shadow athwart the fireside of every pioneer home; when, unheralded, cunning monsters of vindictive savage hate, here and there among the settlers, in unguarded repose or fancied security, sprang from stealthy ambush, from the wood-land’s dark border, the sheltering hillside and … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Life and Adventures of Sam Bass

Life and Adventures of Sam Bass – Sam Bass.

Sam Bass was a 19th-century American Old West train robber and outlaw. He was part of a gang that robbed a train of $60,000. After forming his own gang, however, he never had similar success. He died as a result of wounds received in a gun battle with Texas Rangers . This is an autobiographical account of his career and death.

Life and Adventures of Sam Bass

Life and Adventures of Sam Bass

Format: Paperback.

Life and Adventures of Sam Bass.

ISBN: 9783849674427.

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Basics on Texas (from Wikipedia):

Texas is the second-largest state in the United States by both area and population. Geographically located in the South Central region of … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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John Calvin’s Bible Commentaries On Isaiah 17 – 32

John Calvin’s Bible Commentaries On Isaiah 17 – 32 – John Calvin

All who take delight in the Holy Scriptures are familiarly acquainted with the writings of The Prophet Isaiah. Every variety of taste finds in them its appropriate gratification. Lofty conceptions, illustrated by splendid imagery, and clothed in language usually copious and flowing, some times abrupt, but always graceful, leave no room for hesitation to pronounce him, with Bishop Lowth, to be “the most sublime and elegant of the Prophets of the Old Testament.” He is regarded with peculiar veneration as an honest, fearless, and able messenger of the Most High God, boldly reproving nobles and monarchs, denouncing the judgments of Heaven against all transgressors, and asserting the claims … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Science And Health

Science And Health – Mary Baker Eddy

“Science And Health” is the foundational textbook on the system of physically, emotionally or mentally healing your mind and body. It is based on Mary Baker Eddys discoveries and what she afterwards named Christian Science. The book offers new spiritual insights on the scriptures and briefs the reader with regard to his relationship with God.

Science And Health

Science And Health

Format: Paperback.

Science And Health.

ISBN: 9783849674397.

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Mary Baker Eddy and Spiritualism (from Wikipedia):

Eddy separated from her second husband Daniel Patterson, after which she boarded for four years with several families in Lynn, Amesbury, and elsewhere. Frank Podmore wrote:

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The Spiritual Writings

The Spiritual Writings – William Walker Atkinson

William Walker Atkinson was not only a pioneer of the New Thought movement but also the author of many occult and spiritual works which he published under the pseudonym of Yogi Ramacharaka. When writing under this alias he claimed to be a Hindu. Indeed, he was not, but he was imperative to make Eastern philosophy and belief known in the Western world. This compilation includes the following writings:

The Life Beyond Death
The Hindu-Yogi Science Of Breath
Fourteen Lessons in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism The Science Of Psychic Healing
The Spirit of The Upanishads (The Aphorisms of the Wise)
The Bhagavad Gita – The Message of the Master

The Spiritual Writings

The Spiritual Writings

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History of Pittsburgh Volume 2

History of Pittsburgh Volume 2 – George Thornton Fleming

The selection of Mr. Fleming to prepare this history of Pittsburgh, and the region round about, was most fortunate for the city. He was not only a sturdy grubber after facts but had the ability to dress them up in pleasing style and set them in graceful order. This book is valuable not only as a narrative of historic events, but as a compendium of facts relating to men and matters, events and happenings pertaining to the triumphant growth of Pittsburgh, its institutions, and its fame. It is as encyclopedic as entertaining and facilitates the finding of whatsoever data that may be desired. It will be very hard to find another … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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History of Pittsburgh Volume 1

History of Pittsburgh Volume 1 – George Thornton Fleming

The selection of Mr. Fleming to prepare this history of Pittsburgh, and the region round about, was most fortunate for the city. He was not only a sturdy grubber after facts but had the ability to dress them up in pleasing style and set them in graceful order. This book is valuable not only as a narrative of historic events, but as a compendium of facts relating to men and matters, events and happenings pertaining to the triumphant growth of Pittsburgh, its institutions, and its fame. It is as encyclopedic as entertaining and facilitates the finding of whatsoever data that may be desired. It will be very hard to find another … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Heaven and Hell

Heaven and Hell – Emanuel Swedenborg

Swedenborg here unfolds the laws governing the spiritual world; describes the condition of good and evil spirits; and exhibits the general arrangement and surroundings of the inhabitants of heaven and hell. He treats of the form of heaven, in general and in particular; of its immensity, and of the innumerable societies of which it is composed; of the correspondence between the things of heaven and those of earth; of the sun of heaven, and of the light and heat proceeding therefrom; of representative appearances in heaven and of the changes of state experienced by angels; of their garments and habitations, their language and writings, their innocence and wisdom, their governments and worship; of the … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science

The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science – Thomas Troward

The work, called Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science, begins with a chapter on spirit and matter, and shows that the fundamental principal of everything is the spirit, the ideal, the purpose and object and matter is simply the form in which this spirit manifests itself. A living spirit, and dynamic force are the central power, and active moving matter is the result. There is no such thing as dead matter, through all the universe, there is motion, continuous, that is guided by a spirit, an ideal power towards Ideal ends. A second chapter describes the control over these spirit forces by higher intelligence and shows that there is a certain atomic … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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