Lincolniana: In MemoriamWilliam V. Spencer, 1865 - 346 pages |
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... APRIL 16 , 1865 ; BY THE PASTOR , REV . FRANCIS E. ABBOT . DEA GEN . 1. 19 : " Fear not ; for am I in the place of God ? " EAR friends , we assemble this morning , in our house of worship , in the shadow of a mighty affliction . The ...
... APRIL 16 , 1865 ; BY THE PASTOR , REV . FRANCIS E. ABBOT . DEA GEN . 1. 19 : " Fear not ; for am I in the place of God ? " EAR friends , we assemble this morning , in our house of worship , in the shadow of a mighty affliction . The ...
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... APRIL 19 , 1865 ; BY REV . O. H. DUTTON . PSALMS XC . 6 : " In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down , dried up and withered . " ΤΗ HE whirling swiftness of the events in the midst of which we live ...
... APRIL 19 , 1865 ; BY REV . O. H. DUTTON . PSALMS XC . 6 : " In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down , dried up and withered . " ΤΗ HE whirling swiftness of the events in the midst of which we live ...
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... APRIL 23 , 1865 ; BY REV . D. L. HUGHES . ΤΗ 2 SAMUEL , i . 19 : " How are the mighty fallen ! ” HE text originally referred to Saul . He was the chosen King of Israel . He was appointed and anointed of God to his official power . He ...
... APRIL 23 , 1865 ; BY REV . D. L. HUGHES . ΤΗ 2 SAMUEL , i . 19 : " How are the mighty fallen ! ” HE text originally referred to Saul . He was the chosen King of Israel . He was appointed and anointed of God to his official power . He ...
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... APRIL 19 , 1865 ; BY REV . MOSES HULL . SUCH UCH deep and universal mourning as there is to - day , the history of the world has never recorded . Every loyal heart beats heavily ; every voice speaks in a subdued tone ; every pulpit in ...
... APRIL 19 , 1865 ; BY REV . MOSES HULL . SUCH UCH deep and universal mourning as there is to - day , the history of the world has never recorded . Every loyal heart beats heavily ; every voice speaks in a subdued tone ; every pulpit in ...
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... April 19 , 1865 . 28 NATIONAL HUMILIATION : A SERMON PREACHED ON THE LATE FAST Rev. 7. 7. Talbott . 217.
... April 19 , 1865 . 28 NATIONAL HUMILIATION : A SERMON PREACHED ON THE LATE FAST Rev. 7. 7. Talbott . 217.
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Page 323 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence, and beyond the reach of each other; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
Page 29 - With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan — to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and...
Page 107 - And I heard another voice from heaven, saying ; Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues; for her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Page 171 - And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
Page 109 - And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her, for no man buyeth their merchandise any more ; the merchandise of gold and silver, and precious stones and of pearls, and fine linen and purple, and silk and scarlet, and all thyine wood and all manner vessels of ivory...
Page 29 - ... If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses 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 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 ? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge...
Page 323 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 108 - And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, Shall bewail her, and lament for her, When they shall see the smoke of her burning, Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, Saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour is thy judgment come.
Page 135 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Page 161 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.