A Tribute of Respect by the Citizens of Troy, to the Memory of Abraham LincolnYoung and Benson, 1865 - 342 pages |
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... Washington inaugurated the imposing ceremonies , and for two weeks , the procession , start- ing from that city , passed through the land to the wailings of a bereaved and stricken nation . At Balti- more , Harrisburg , Philadelphia ...
... Washington inaugurated the imposing ceremonies , and for two weeks , the procession , start- ing from that city , passed through the land to the wailings of a bereaved and stricken nation . At Balti- more , Harrisburg , Philadelphia ...
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... Washington is absolutely without historical precedent . Not in the records of the fiercest Euro- pean convulsion , in the darkest hour of partisan hatreds , have we an example of an assassin plot at once so foul and so senseless , so ...
... Washington is absolutely without historical precedent . Not in the records of the fiercest Euro- pean convulsion , in the darkest hour of partisan hatreds , have we an example of an assassin plot at once so foul and so senseless , so ...
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... Washington gave birth . For ABRAHAM LINCOLN one cry of universal regret will be raised all over the civilized earth . We do not believe that even the fiercest partisans of the confede- racy in this country will entertain any sentiment ...
... Washington gave birth . For ABRAHAM LINCOLN one cry of universal regret will be raised all over the civilized earth . We do not believe that even the fiercest partisans of the confede- racy in this country will entertain any sentiment ...
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... Washington , and in the midst of the tumult Mr. Lincoln was to be slain . The messenger who brought the news of the conspiracy to Mr. Lincoln at Harrisburg was Frederick W. Sew- ard , son of the statesman who now lies low beside his ...
... Washington , and in the midst of the tumult Mr. Lincoln was to be slain . The messenger who brought the news of the conspiracy to Mr. Lincoln at Harrisburg was Frederick W. Sew- ard , son of the statesman who now lies low beside his ...
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... Washington . He never would have suc- ceeded except for the aid of Divine Providence , upon which he at all times relied . I feel that I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him , and on the same Almighty Being I ...
... Washington . He never would have suc- ceeded except for the aid of Divine Providence , upon which he at all times relied . I feel that I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him , and on the same Almighty Being I ...
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Page 122 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword; as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said — "that the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 14 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take : The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 13 - But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves ; ' This is the heir ; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
Page 122 - God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Page 13 - Hear another parable: There was a certain householder which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country...
Page 329 - Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again; The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.
Page 53 - For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water, whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished ; but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Page 122 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of these offences, which in the providence of God must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that he gives to both North and South this terrible war...
Page 274 - Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Page 150 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.