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" ... profiles ... contain an overview of each colonel's military career, including his previous ranks and commands; his occupation and education; his dates of birth and death; his place of burial; and a list of sources for further reading. Where possible, a photograph accompanies each profile. The author has also provided a list of every infantry, militia, cavalry, and artillery regiment in each state, complete with a succession of its commanding officers."--Dust jacket flap.
The curious tale of two priest impersonators in late colonial Mexico Cut loose from their ancestral communities by wars, natural disasters, and the great systemic changes of an expanding Europe, vagabond strangers and others out of place found their way through the turbulent history of early modern Spain and Spanish America. As shadowy characters inspiring deep suspicion, fascination, and sometimes charity, they prompted a stream of decrees and administrative measures that treated them as nameless threats to good order and public morals. The vagabonds and impostors of colonial Mexico are as elusive in the written record as they were on the ground, and the administrative record offers little ...
This book is the first critical biography of William Taylor, a nineteenth-century American missionary who worked on six continents. Following Taylor’s global odyssey, the volume maps the contours of the Methodist missionary tradition and illumines key historical foundations of contemporary world Christianity. A work of social history that places a leading Methodist missionary in the foreground, this narrative illustrates distinctive aspects and tensions within Methodist missions such as the importance of doctrines like universal atonement and entire sanctification, a deeply pragmatic orientation rooted in God’s providence, an embrace of both entrepreneurial initiatives and networked conn...
From the greatest western writers of the 21st century, William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, the first in a brand new series featuring one of the most unique heroes of the lawless West—a mysterious man in black who rides from town to town, delivering the word of God and hard-fought justice…his way. MEET TAYLOR CALLAHAN, TRAVELING PREACHER. In his younger days, Taylor Callahan didn’t know right from wrong—and didn’t much care either. As a Confederate bushwhacker, renegade outlaw, and all-around hellraiser, he gave the devil himself a run for his money. Most folks figured Taylor would end up swinging from a noose or shot dead in poker game. But somewhere along the road to perditio...
Deuteronomy 32:31 (p. 1-23) ; 2 Peter 1:4 (p. 24-35) ; Hebrews 11:16 (p. 36-50) Acts 16:25 (p. 51-61) ; Psalm 16:8 (p. 62-74) ; Psalm 4:6,7 (p. 75-89) ; Romans 8:32 (p. 90-101) ; Luke 17:5 (p. 102-115) ; Job 34:33 (p. 116-128) ; Matthew 7:12 (p. 129-142) ; Matthew 6:22, 23 (p. 143-158) ; Psalm 14:1 (p. 159-170) ; John 3:20 (p. 171-185) ; Revelation 7:9-17 (p. 186-201) -- Hebrews 12:14 (p. 202-214) ; Psalm 7:2 (p. 215-227) ; Romans 2:4 (p. 228-241) ; Isaiah 55:7 (p. 242-254) ; 2 Corinthians 5:11 (p. 255-273) ; Luke 13:5 (p. 274-286) ; 2 Corinthians 6:2 (p. 287-301) ; Luke 13:24 (p. 302-316) ; Revelation 22:17 (p. 317-328) ; 2 Corinthians 4:3 (p. 329-340) ; Luke 18:10 (p. 341-357) ; 1 Kings 18:21 (p. 358-369) ; Luke 14:18 (p. 370-382) ; Hebrews 3:7, 8 (p. 383-396) ; Ezekiel 18:31 (p. 397-412) ; Luke 9:62 (p. 413-425) ; John 6:67, 68 (p. 426-440) ; Jeremiah 8:20 (p. 441-455).
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