Heroes in the Strife; Or, The Temperance Testimonies of Some Eminent Men |
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... a rule , hostile to the reform , and when the press was absolutely arrayed against every attack upon the drinking customs of the community , it required no little heroism to take the public plat- 14 John Bright , M.P. ,
... a rule , hostile to the reform , and when the press was absolutely arrayed against every attack upon the drinking customs of the community , it required no little heroism to take the public plat- 14 John Bright , M.P. ,
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... drink . But when he came to that part where he intended to introduce the figure he forgot the name of the tree , and after beating about the bush , he was compelled to turn round to his friend Mr. Oliver Ormerod to ask , ' What is next ...
... drink . But when he came to that part where he intended to introduce the figure he forgot the name of the tree , and after beating about the bush , he was compelled to turn round to his friend Mr. Oliver Ormerod to ask , ' What is next ...
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... drink , a good many of their congrega- tions would favour this evil in consequence . He had come to the opinion that unless the religious portion of the community would take up this question , there was no hope for it whatever . Lately ...
... drink , a good many of their congrega- tions would favour this evil in consequence . He had come to the opinion that unless the religious portion of the community would take up this question , there was no hope for it whatever . Lately ...
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... drinks for thirty - five years , Mr. Bright continued : — " He would not say , he ( Mr. Bright ) had abstained for so long , but for thirty - four years - from the time he became a householder - he had not bought any wine or spirituous ...
... drinks for thirty - five years , Mr. Bright continued : — " He would not say , he ( Mr. Bright ) had abstained for so long , but for thirty - four years - from the time he became a householder - he had not bought any wine or spirituous ...
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... drink is Cyprus wine , as it agrees with me the best of any . I therefore provided myself with several dozen of it , and this villain , Grimaldi " ( his foreign servant , who was present , and almost dead with fear ) , " has drunk up ...
... drink is Cyprus wine , as it agrees with me the best of any . I therefore provided myself with several dozen of it , and this villain , Grimaldi " ( his foreign servant , who was present , and almost dead with fear ) , " has drunk up ...
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Page 11 - The angel of death has been abroad throughout the land ; you may almost hear the beating of his wings.
Page 28 - In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther's preface to the Epistle to the Romans." About a quarter before nine...
Page 27 - Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue : whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises : that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Page 34 - I'll praise my Maker while I've breath, And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers: My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 223 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 34 - Happy the man whose hopes rely On Israel's God : he made the sky, And earth and seas, with all their train : His truth for ever stands secure ; He saves th' oppressed, he feeds the poor, And none shall find his promise vain.
Page 53 - Washington. Unless the great God who assisted him shall be with and aid me, I must fail ; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me I shall not fail — I shall succeed. Let us all pray that the God of our fathers may not forsake us now. To him I commend you all. Permit me to ask that with equal sincerity and faith you will invoke his wisdom and guidance for me. With these words I must leave you, for how long I know not. Friends, one...
Page 152 - Some time afterward, it was reported to me by the city officers that they had ferreted out the paper and its editor ; that his office was an obscure hole, his only visible auxiliary a negro boy, and his supporters a few very insignificant persons of all colors.
Page 56 - Portsmouth and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued and by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid i do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free and that the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authorities thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons...
Page 241 - Death, be not proud though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so, For those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow, Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures...