A Tribute of Respect by the Citizens of Troy, to the Memory of Abraham LincolnYoung and Benson, 1865 - 342 pages |
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... spirit that pervaded the meeting , and as an evidence of the similarity of the effect produced by the sad event , on the people and the representatives of the people , both in England and the United States Mr. Forster spoke as follows ...
... spirit that pervaded the meeting , and as an evidence of the similarity of the effect produced by the sad event , on the people and the representatives of the people , both in England and the United States Mr. Forster spoke as follows ...
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... spirit of the patriot statesman they have just lost , and so imbued with the spirit of mingled firm- ness and moderation which has been exercised with integrity and judgment under circumstances than which none were ever more trying ...
... spirit of the patriot statesman they have just lost , and so imbued with the spirit of mingled firm- ness and moderation which has been exercised with integrity and judgment under circumstances than which none were ever more trying ...
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... spirit . - Minister.- Let us pray . O Most mighty God , terrible in thy judgments and wonderful in thy doings toward the children of men , who in thy heavy displeasure hast suffered the life of our Chief Magistrate to be taken away by ...
... spirit . - Minister.- Let us pray . O Most mighty God , terrible in thy judgments and wonderful in thy doings toward the children of men , who in thy heavy displeasure hast suffered the life of our Chief Magistrate to be taken away by ...
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... spirit , born of slavery , can raise its dastard and assas- sin hand , and strike down our best beloved and most honored . The man who doubts to - day the wicked and debasing influence of slavery upon the white population of this ...
... spirit , born of slavery , can raise its dastard and assas- sin hand , and strike down our best beloved and most honored . The man who doubts to - day the wicked and debasing influence of slavery upon the white population of this ...
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... of men , Abraham Lincoln , the type of human rights and progress , fell by the hands of a man imbued with the same spirit that crucified that Saviour . On the day in which the flag 22 LINCOLN MEMORIAL . Our Duty on this day, by B H Hall,
... of men , Abraham Lincoln , the type of human rights and progress , fell by the hands of a man imbued with the same spirit that crucified that Saviour . On the day in which the flag 22 LINCOLN MEMORIAL . Our Duty on this day, by B H Hall,
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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.