John Danforth

Danforth in 1969 John Claggett Danforth (born September 5, 1936) is an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and Episcopal priest who served as the Attorney General of Missouri from 1969 to 1976 and as a United States Senator from 1976 to 1995. A member of the Republican Party, he later served as Special Counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice from 1999 to 2000 and as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2004 to 2005.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Danforth graduated from Princeton University and Yale University. George W. Bush considered selecting him as a vice-presidential running mate in 2000. Provided by Wikipedia
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    A funeral elegy humbly dedicated to the renowned memory of the Honorable, Thomas Danforth Esq. of Cambridge, sometimes deputy governour in the colony of the Massachusetts-Bay ... who ... did to our inconceivable loss, but his unparallel'd gain, rest from all his labours, on the sacred day of rest, the memorable 5th of November anno Domini. 1699.
    by Danforth, John, 1660-1730
    Published 1699
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    Profit and loss an elegy upon the decease of Mrs. Mary Gerrish, late vertuous wife of Mr. Samuel Gerrish, and daughter of the Honourable Judge Sewall. Who on Novemb. 17. 1710. the night after publick thanksgiving, entred on the celebration of triumphant hallelujahs, to her profit, and our loss. Aged 19. years & 20. days.
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    Published 1710
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    A sermon occasioned by the late great earthquake, and the terrors that attended it Prepared for, and (in part) delivered at a fast in Dorchester, Nov. 7. 1727. And transcribed for the press with some enlargement.
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    Honour and vertue elegized in a poem, upon an honourable, aged, and gracious mother in our Israel, Madam Elizabeth Hutchinson, late vertuous consort of our Hon. Judge, Col. Elisha Hutchinson, Esqr. in Boston. She entred into the joyes of paradise, Feb. 2. 1712,13. ætatis suæ 71.
    by Danforth, John, 1660-1730
    Published 1713
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    The right Christian temper in every condition, endeavoured (as the Lord vouchsafed to assist) to be set forth and recommended: and the due debt of a suitable contentment with our outward lot, humbly demanded, on the behalf of the Divine Providence in a lecture upon Heb. 13. 5. Be content with such things as you have.
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    Greatness & goodness elegized, in a poem, upon the much lamented decease of the honourable & vertuous Madam Hannah Sewall late consort of the Honourable Judge Sewall, in Boston, in New-England. She exchanged this life for a better, October, 19th. Anno Dom. 1717. Ætatis suæ 60.
    by Danforth, John, 1660-1730
    Published 1717
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    The mercies of the year, commemorated a song for little children in New-England. December 13th 1720.
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    Published 1720
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    Judgment begun at the house of God: and the righteous scarcely saved Blessed Peter's prophecy of a dreadful time of visitation, considered; with his alarm to the godly advertizing them of their danger, & inciting their precaution, and necessary armament: and his praemonition concerning the ensuing catastrophie of the carnal and ungodly. : Truths not unsuitable for the present generations to think on, considering what times are now in view.
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    The blackness of sins against light. Or, Mens offering violence to their knowledge, and forcibly breaking thorow all the interposing flames of it, to work iniquity Considered in its criminalness, & as no small aggravation of their vile transgression.
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    The divine name humbly celebrated, on occasion of the translation to heaven of the bright soul of the pious and vertuous, Madam Susanna Thacher late consort of the Reverend Mr. Peter Thacher, Pastor of the Church of Christ in Milton [Mass.]. September 4. Anno Domini 1724. Ætatis suæ 59.
    by Danforth, John, 1660-1730
    Published 1724
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    King Hezekiah's bitterness and relief set forth, (as the Lord vouchsafed to assist,) in a discourse, upon Isai. 38. II, 17. Treating directly of the loss of life, and producing comforts against that loss; and touching upon the loss of sight; as also upon the loss of dear relatives, inferentially, by way of accommodation unto particular cases, in a pious, and honorable, and lately-bereaved family in Boston, where the same was offered unto the audience of a worthy society of Christians, there assembled for the worship of God, on May 12th. 1710.
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    A pindarick elegy upon the renowned, Mr. Samuel Willard late reverend teacher of the South Church in Boston, and vice-president of Harvard College in Cambridge; who deceased September the 12th. 1707. Aetatis anno 68.
    by Danforth, John, 1660-1730
    Published 1707
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    An almanack or register of coelestial configurations &c. for the year of our Lord God 1679 ... Calculated for the longit. of 315 degr. and 42 degr. 30 min. north lat. in New England.
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    Kneeling to God, at parting with friends: or, The fraternal intercessory cry of faith and love setting forth and recommending the primitive mode of taking leave
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    A good character. Or, A walk with God characterized With some dues paid unto the memory of Mr. Joseph Belcher, the late Reverend & excellent Pastor of Dedham, who expired April 27. 1723.
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    Two sermons preach'd at Dorchester, on the Lord's-Day, April, 9, 1727
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    A sermon preach'd at Cambrige [sic], after the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Foxcroft late wife of Francis Foxcroft Esq; who died there, July 4th. 1721. in the 57th year of her age. : With an addition, chiefly referring to her death: also a funeral poem of the Reverend Mr. John Danforth.
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    Israel's true safety offered in a sermon, before His Excellency, the Honourable Council, and representatives, of the province of the Massachusetts Bay in New-England, on March 15th. 1704. Being a day set a part for solemn fasting and prayer.
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    Christ's forgiveness of true Christians, is a preceptive patern of Christian fraternal forgiveness A sermon on Col. III. 13. preached upon a solemn occasion.
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    The ministers of the Gospel, as ambassadors for Christ, should beseech men to be reconciled to God A sermon preach'd at Taunton, Feb. 21. 1728, 9. At the ordination of the Reverend Mr. Thomas Clap. : And now published (at the desire of many of the inhabitants of that town) with some inlargement.
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