A Tribute of Respect by the Citizens of Troy, to the Memory of Abraham LincolnYoung and Benson, 1865 - 342 pages |
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... future and our confident belief that we have so learned the lesson of our common history that even at this hour of their need they will show what strength a free Christian people have to bear up against the blow than which no greater ...
... future and our confident belief that we have so learned the lesson of our common history that even at this hour of their need they will show what strength a free Christian people have to bear up against the blow than which no greater ...
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... future , and had enrolled his name high upon the record of the benefactors of mankind . Mr. Lincoln was more for- tunate in his death than in his life . He died in an instant , without sorrow or pain . He died in the ma- turity of his ...
... future , and had enrolled his name high upon the record of the benefactors of mankind . Mr. Lincoln was more for- tunate in his death than in his life . He died in an instant , without sorrow or pain . He died in the ma- turity of his ...
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... future of our country was secure . The people trusted him and looked up to him as children to a kind , loving , watch- ful and noble hearted parent . The blow that struck him down has fired the souls of thousands who before were ready ...
... future of our country was secure . The people trusted him and looked up to him as children to a kind , loving , watch- ful and noble hearted parent . The blow that struck him down has fired the souls of thousands who before were ready ...
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... future . " New masters , new laws . " The President had adopted a policy which was becoming well under- stood , and which was rapidly receiving the unanimous favor of the best minds of men of all parties north and south . The hopes ...
... future . " New masters , new laws . " The President had adopted a policy which was becoming well under- stood , and which was rapidly receiving the unanimous favor of the best minds of men of all parties north and south . The hopes ...
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... future , shall be gathered . The virtue of martyrs ; the sweet inno- cence of childhood ; the glories of patriotism , uplift- ing itself above the level of our common life , like yonder mountains ; the fragrance of self - sacrifice and ...
... future , shall be gathered . The virtue of martyrs ; the sweet inno- cence of childhood ; the glories of patriotism , uplift- ing itself above the level of our common life , like yonder mountains ; the fragrance of self - sacrifice and ...
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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.