Ministers and Churches on Union and Unity in Religion
A frequent insistence on particular viewpoints is blamed for weakening peace and promoting friction among Christians. The writer argues that genuine reform requires harmony and urges careful actions to avoid jealousy, advocating careful union and a single minister in villages with one church. The goal is prosperity of the Church and removal of misunderstandings.
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Baxter
Church of Christ
On Godly Sorrow
The piece reflects on how death affects readers differently. It contrasts the distant death of a stranger with the personal loss felt when a benefactor dies. It argues that for a Christian the death is the death of the reader's everlasting friend who died for his salvation, producing godly sorrow.
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Chast
Hymns of Loss and Repentance to a Lost Mary
The poem laments a brief listen to earthly joy with a rose’s bloom and its quick decay. It recalls a June memory with Mary, whose blessing turns into mourning as Jehovah’s decree takes her away. The speaker prays God to remove idolatry and to teach contentment in divine will.
Massena reports hard fighting around Zurich in 1799 Swiss campaign
From Paris to Zurich the latest letters describe Massena’s army clashing with Archduke Charles’s forces across May and June. He claims steady Austrian pressure, repulses on June 2, renewed battle on June 4, and a strategic shift on June 6 abandoning Zurich for mountain positions by the Rhine and Lake Zug. Reports note heavy casualties and morale strain, with Moreau’s fate and Macdonald’s 40,000-man effort referenced alongside Directory and Legislative Body deliberations on internal and external safety.
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Paris
Switzerland
Directory
Maffena
Masfena
Massena
Zurich
Rhine
Zug
Italy
Turin
Grenoble
Moreau
Coni
Macdonald
Florence
Diretoryi
Citizens
Collaud
Lower Rhine
Darnaudat
Schriefheim
Ladenbourg
Necker
French Council Orders Message to Directory on Government
In Paris on June 6 the General Committee of yester day saw the Council of Five Hundred adopt a Boulay proposition to instruct a message to the Executive Directory. The report of United Committees notes the government is instituted to secure preservation and welfare of the nation.
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Pease
Executive D' ‘Rectory
Council of Five Hundred
Republic
Maffena
Zurich
Citizens
Soult
Paris
Boulay
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Mary
Foreignews
Eglifau
Rapperschweil
France