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Page 76
... thee rejoicing that thou ever livest . We are like the grass of the field , — in the morning it flourisheth and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down and withereth . But with thee there is no morning and no evening , - no beginning ...
... thee rejoicing that thou ever livest . We are like the grass of the field , — in the morning it flourisheth and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down and withereth . But with thee there is no morning and no evening , - no beginning ...
Page 77
... thee to - day , O thou who hast appointed the times and the bounds of the nations , for the rich broad land in which we dwell ; and for the strong free govern- ment under which we live . We thank thee for the memory of thy great ...
... thee to - day , O thou who hast appointed the times and the bounds of the nations , for the rich broad land in which we dwell ; and for the strong free govern- ment under which we live . We thank thee for the memory of thy great ...
Page 78
... thee for that childlike , honest mind , - for that sweet , forgiving temper , for that large , practical common sense , which together called forth the confidence of the people and bound them to him as with hooks of steel . We thank thee ...
... thee for that childlike , honest mind , - for that sweet , forgiving temper , for that large , practical common sense , which together called forth the confidence of the people and bound them to him as with hooks of steel . We thank thee ...
Page 79
... thee , all the people , and sanctify the loss and bereavement to those who mourn their dead , slain in battle , starved in hostile prisons , or worn out with disease and wounds in hospitals and show , them that the prize gained for us ...
... thee , all the people , and sanctify the loss and bereavement to those who mourn their dead , slain in battle , starved in hostile prisons , or worn out with disease and wounds in hospitals and show , them that the prize gained for us ...
Page 80
... thee out of thy country , and from thy kindred , unto a land that I will shew thee : and I will bless thee ; and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing . And I will bless them that bless thee , and curse him that curseth thee ...
... thee out of thy country , and from thy kindred , unto a land that I will shew thee : and I will bless thee ; and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing . And I will bless them that bless thee , and curse him that curseth thee ...
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Page 112 - Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.
Page 82 - There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
Page 81 - He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariot in the fire.
Page 82 - As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Page 81 - By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation ; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea...
Page 81 - The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he delighteth in his way. "Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
Page 117 - I hold that, in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all National Governments. It is safe to assert that no Government proper ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.
Page 56 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off...
Page 152 - And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity ; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
Page 131 - Duncan is in his grave ; After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well ; Treason has done his worst : nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing Can touch him farther ! Lady M.