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The hand of Providence

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Abou-Beker 28 Adam Smith 71, 154 Alhazin 37 Andalusia 31, 40 America Discovered 84 American Antiquities 109-112 Africa, First Map of 89 Apostasy of Primitive Church 13 Arabia, Description of 20 Arabic Notation 36 Ayesha 28 Armada, Invincible 104, 105 Ancient American Races 114, 117 Acadia, Colonization of 126, 127 Almanac, First American 158, 159 Adams, Samuel 167 Antimony, Why so Called 73 Arnold's Treason 182 Andre, Major 181 American Revolution 173 Al Mamun Measures the Earth 37 Andalusia, Conquest of 31 Atmospheric Refraction 38 Arabian Astronomy 36 Arnold of Brescia 67, 68

Bacon, Roger 73 Bastile 188,189 Bozrah 22,28 Bagdad, University of 35 Boheim, Hans 94 Balboa Discovers Pacific Ocean 89 Bruno, Death of 104 Barbarism of Europe 42 Boniface IX. 76 Byzantium 48, 50 Bible First Printed 78 Brewster 129, 130 " Library 134 Brindley, James 154 British India 155, 156 Burgoyne's Surrender 180 Bonaparte 180 Bible, Influence of 124

Caaba 21 Cadijah 24 Caliphate 27 Caliphs Patronize Learning 35 Chivalry, Rise of 65, 66 Canada 198 " First Settlements in 126 Common Schools, Effect of 199 Christians Persecuted 13 Christian, Early Sects 23 Columbus 78 " Vessels of 81 Compass, Mariner's 37 Constantine, Crimes of 47 Constantinople 48 " View of 49 " Siege of 50, 51 Cholula, Pyramid of 112 Cotton-Gin, Invention of 200 Copernicus 103, 104 Constitutional Convention 185 Coliseum 14 Crusades 59 " of Children 61 " Results of 63 Culture of Women Among Saracens 42 Cyril of Alexandria 44 " the Priest 71 Civilization of Mexico 117, 118 " of Peru 118, 120 Champlain's Voyages 126 Chatham, Earl of 168 Cromwell 133 Confederation, First American 135 Colonizing of New England 128 Charles I. 133, 134 Chemistry, Origin of 36 Carver, John 131 Cartier, Jacques 126

Damascus, Capture of 29 Destruction of Jerusalem 11, 12 Destruction of Herculaneum and Pompeii 45 Dominicans 67 Discovery of America 84 Declaration of Independence 175 Delaware Crossed by Washington 176 Diet of Worms 95

Earth Proved to be Round 37 " Circumnavigated 89, 92 Earl of Chatham 168 Extent of Primitive Church 9 Extension of English Language 157 Europe Assumes Modern Form 74 Everlasting Gospel, The 71, 72 Everlasting Gospel, Its Teachings 72 Everlasting Gospel, Its Influence 73 Esdras, Account of 87 English Revolution 149 Electric Telegraph 202 England's Dominion 156 Ebn Junis Invents the Pendulum 38

Franciscans 67 Frederick II. of Italy 70 " His Liberal Policy 71 Fox, George 141-143 Fitch, John 200 French Revolution 189 Fall River Skeleton 109 Franklin, Benjamin 158, 161 Female Physicians 43

Gregorian Calendar 37 Gutenberg 77 Gin First Made 151 General Gates 181 General Revolution 162 Galileo, His Degradation 104 Globes First Used by Arabs 34, 43 Greece, Kingdom of 194

Hampden, John 133 Harvard College Founded 133 Holland, Description of 136 Henry, Patrick 168 Heraclius, Emperor 30 Haroun al Raschid 36 Herculaneum Destroyed 45 Huss Burned 92 Hypatia 44 Huguenots, Massacre of 136 " Flee to America 146, 155 Howard, John 153 Henry IV. of Germany, a Penitent 55 Human Sacrifices 113

Incas, Massacre of 120, 121 India, British 155, 156 Indians, Penn's Treaty with 146 Indian Races Destroyed 107 Inquisition Established 70 Innocent III. 67, 68, 70 Influence of Minstrels 66 Invention of Printing 77 Invention of Steelyards 38

Jamestown Founded 127 Jerusalem destroyed by Romans 12 " Captured by Saracens 29 " Taken by Crusaders 60 Joss Fritz 94 Juarez 198 Judaism, Golden Age of 39 Jews Expelled from Spain 109

Koran 23 Khaled 28

La Fayette 187 Leyden, Siege of 137-140 Luther, Martin 95,96 Locomotive, First 202 Levaur, Massacre of 70

Massacre in Southern France 68 Mahomet 21-26 Mahometan Schools 38 Marco Polo, Travels of 73, 74 Magellan's Voyage 89-92 Monasteries, Rise of 18 Munzer's Proclamation 98 Mexican Pyramids 112 " Year 119 " Arts and Sciences 118 Mammoth, Remains of 115 Maryland Colonized 146 Methodists, Rise of 151 Montesquieu 155 Marseillaise 191 Morse, Samuel F. B. 202

Nestorians 22 Newport Tower 110 Newspaper, First 150 Napoleon Bonaparte 192 " his Influence 193 " his Death 193 Netherlands, Independence of 136

Omar Caliph 29 Ottoman Turks 33 Oliver Cromwell 133 Old South Church Incident 170

Peter Waldo 67 Peter the Hermit 58 Pompeii Destroyed 45 Peasant's War 97 Printing, Invention of 77 Persecution of Christians 13 " of Quakers 148 Peru, Description of 118, 120 Penn, William 143-146 Pennsylvania Founded 145 Pitt, William 155, 157 Paine, Thomas 175 Pilgrim Fathers 129, 133 Pyramids of Mexico 112

Quebec Founded 126 Quetzalcoatl 112, 122 Quakerism, Rise of 141 Queen Isabella 81

Raymond, Earl of Toulouse 68 Relic-Worship 54 Richard the Lion-Hearted 61-63 Rise of Chivalry 65, 66 Reformation 95-99 Religion of Mexico 116, 117 Roger Williams 147 Rum, First Made 151 Revolutions General 162 Rosseau 163 Revere, Paul 172 Rouget de l'Isle 190 Revolution, French 189 Railroad, First 202 Robinson's Prophecy 130

Saracen, Conquest of 30 " Discoveries 36 " Expelled from Spain 109 " Cities 40 " Schools 42 Ships of Columbus 81 Servetus, Death of 103 Smith, Adam 154 Stamp Act 166 Steamboat, First 200 Smith, Joseph 204 " " His Birth 204 " " His Death 206 Spain, Degradation of 109 Spanish-American Revolution 193 Skeleton, Fall River 109

Ten Tribes 87 Treaty of Peace 183 Telegraph Invented 202 Twilight, Reason of 138

Valley Forge 178 Vasco de Gama 89 Vesuvius, Eruption of 46 Van der Werf, Speech of 139 Voltaire 163

Worms, Diet of 95 " Synod of 192 Worship, Corrupted 17 Waldenses, Rise of 67 Waldo, Peter 67 Witchcraft 100, 101 Williams, Roger 147 Whitfield, George 151 Wesley, Charles 152 Wesley, John 152 Wilberforce, William 153 Watt, James 154 Washington's Boyhood 158 Washington Chosen General 174 " as President 184 Washington's Death 187 Woman, Condition of, Among the Saracens 42, 43 Wyandotts, Tradition of 122

Ziska, John 94

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