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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The fiery zeal which had once made it a living schism had long since died out of it.
actually
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From this reading A dwindling remnant of their children, from old association, just kept its doors from actually closing, and made a mournful interruption in its musty silence on Sundays.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading OF ELI MOGGRIDGE AND THE NEW SPIRIT New Zion, despite its name, was, as I have hinted, no longer new.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading OF ELI MOGGRIDGE AND THE NEW SPIRIT New Zion, despite its name, was, as I have hinted, no longer new.
association
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From this reading A dwindling remnant of their children, from old association, just kept its doors from actually closing, and made a mournful interruption in its musty silence on Sundays.
awakened
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
away
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
bellows
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
blazing
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
Carried
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
central
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
children
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From this reading A dwindling remnant of their children, from old association, just kept its doors from actually closing, and made a mournful interruption in its musty silence on Sundays.
closing
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From this reading A dwindling remnant of their children, from old association, just kept its doors from actually closing, and made a mournful interruption in its musty silence on Sundays.
despiteprepositionUS /dɪˈspaɪt/
although something is true; in spite of
From this reading OF ELI MOGGRIDGE AND THE NEW SPIRIT New Zion, despite its name, was, as I have hinted, no longer new.
died
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From this reading The fiery zeal which had once made it a living schism had long since died out of it.
doors
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From this reading A dwindling remnant of their children, from old association, just kept its doors from actually closing, and made a mournful interruption in its musty silence on Sundays.
dwindling
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From this reading A dwindling remnant of their children, from old association, just kept its doors from actually closing, and made a mournful interruption in its musty silence on Sundays.
elders
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From this reading Its original elders had long since lost heart and passed away.
ELI
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From this reading OF ELI MOGGRIDGE AND THE NEW SPIRIT New Zion, despite its name, was, as I have hinted, no longer new.
eloquencenounUS /ˈel.ə.kwəns/
Fluent, persuasive, and graceful speaking or writing. (Sự hùng biện, tài ăn nói lưu loát.)
From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
ember
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
evangelistic
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
faith
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
fiery
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From this reading The fiery zeal which had once made it a living schism had long since died out of it.
fire
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
flourishing
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
gleamed
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The fiery zeal which had once made it a living schism had long since died out of it.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading OF ELI MOGGRIDGE AND THE NEW SPIRIT New Zion, despite its name, was, as I have hinted, no longer new.
heart
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From this reading Its original elders had long since lost heart and passed away.
hearth
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
hinted
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From this reading OF ELI MOGGRIDGE AND THE NEW SPIRIT New Zion, despite its name, was, as I have hinted, no longer new.
hotfoot
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading OF ELI MOGGRIDGE AND THE NEW SPIRIT New Zion, despite its name, was, as I have hinted, no longer new.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
interruption
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From this reading A dwindling remnant of their children, from old association, just kept its doors from actually closing, and made a mournful interruption in its musty silence on Sundays.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The fiery zeal which had once made it a living schism had long since died out of it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading OF ELI MOGGRIDGE AND THE NEW SPIRIT New Zion, despite its name, was, as I have hinted, no longer new.
just
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From this reading A dwindling remnant of their children, from old association, just kept its doors from actually closing, and made a mournful interruption in its musty silence on Sundays.
kept
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From this reading A dwindling remnant of their children, from old association, just kept its doors from actually closing, and made a mournful interruption in its musty silence on Sundays.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
living
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From this reading The fiery zeal which had once made it a living schism had long since died out of it.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fiery zeal which had once made it a living schism had long since died out of it.
longer
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From this reading OF ELI MOGGRIDGE AND THE NEW SPIRIT New Zion, despite its name, was, as I have hinted, no longer new.
lost
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From this reading Its original elders had long since lost heart and passed away.
made
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From this reading The fiery zeal which had once made it a living schism had long since died out of it.
MOGGRIDGE
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From this reading OF ELI MOGGRIDGE AND THE NEW SPIRIT New Zion, despite its name, was, as I have hinted, no longer new.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
mournful
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From this reading A dwindling remnant of their children, from old association, just kept its doors from actually closing, and made a mournful interruption in its musty silence on Sundays.
musty
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From this reading A dwindling remnant of their children, from old association, just kept its doors from actually closing, and made a mournful interruption in its musty silence on Sundays.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading OF ELI MOGGRIDGE AND THE NEW SPIRIT New Zion, despite its name, was, as I have hinted, no longer new.
NEW
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From this reading OF ELI MOGGRIDGE AND THE NEW SPIRIT New Zion, despite its name, was, as I have hinted, no longer new.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading OF ELI MOGGRIDGE AND THE NEW SPIRIT New Zion, despite its name, was, as I have hinted, no longer new.
Nonconformity
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading OF ELI MOGGRIDGE AND THE NEW SPIRIT New Zion, despite its name, was, as I have hinted, no longer new.
offended
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
old
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From this reading A dwindling remnant of their children, from old association, just kept its doors from actually closing, and made a mournful interruption in its musty silence on Sundays.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A dwindling remnant of their children, from old association, just kept its doors from actually closing, and made a mournful interruption in its musty silence on Sundays.
once
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From this reading The fiery zeal which had once made it a living schism had long since died out of it.
original
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From this reading Its original elders had long since lost heart and passed away.
out
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From this reading The fiery zeal which had once made it a living schism had long since died out of it.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Its original elders had long since lost heart and passed away.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
puffed
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
remnant
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From this reading A dwindling remnant of their children, from old association, just kept its doors from actually closing, and made a mournful interruption in its musty silence on Sundays.
schism
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From this reading The fiery zeal which had once made it a living schism had long since died out of it.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading A dwindling remnant of their children, from old association, just kept its doors from actually closing, and made a mournful interruption in its musty silence on Sundays.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading The fiery zeal which had once made it a living schism had long since died out of it.
some
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
space
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
spark
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
SPIRIT
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From this reading OF ELI MOGGRIDGE AND THE NEW SPIRIT New Zion, despite its name, was, as I have hinted, no longer new.
streets
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
Sunday
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
Sundays
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From this reading A dwindling remnant of their children, from old association, just kept its doors from actually closing, and made a mournful interruption in its musty silence on Sundays.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OF ELI MOGGRIDGE AND THE NEW SPIRIT New Zion, despite its name, was, as I have hinted, no longer new.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A dwindling remnant of their children, from old association, just kept its doors from actually closing, and made a mournful interruption in its musty silence on Sundays.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading OF ELI MOGGRIDGE AND THE NEW SPIRIT New Zion, despite its name, was, as I have hinted, no longer new.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The fiery zeal which had once made it a living schism had long since died out of it.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
years
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
zeal
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From this reading The fiery zeal which had once made it a living schism had long since died out of it.
zealots
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From this reading Carried years before, a little blazing ember of faith, from a flourishing hearth of Nonconformity some streets away, it had puffed and gleamed a little space in the eloquence of the offended zealots who carried it hotfoot that Sunday morning, but its central fire had been poor, and for a long time no evangelistic bellows had awakened in it even a spark.
Zion
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From this reading OF ELI MOGGRIDGE AND THE NEW SPIRIT New Zion, despite its name, was, as I have hinted, no longer new.
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