Sermons Preached in Boston on the Death of Abraham Lincoln: Together with the Funeral Services in the East Room of the Executive Mansion at Washington |
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... President , who was stricken down by the hand of an assassin , grant us also the grace to bow in submission to Thy holy will . May we recognize Thy hand high above all human agencies , and Thy power as ... PRESIDENT LINCOLN . 13.
... President , who was stricken down by the hand of an assassin , grant us also the grace to bow in submission to Thy holy will . May we recognize Thy hand high above all human agencies , and Thy power as ... PRESIDENT LINCOLN . 13.
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... President . Grant unto him wisdom , energy , and firmness for the responsible duties to which he has been called ; and may he , his cabinet , officers and generals who shall lead his armies , and the brave ... PRESIDENT LINCOLN . 15.
... President . Grant unto him wisdom , energy , and firmness for the responsible duties to which he has been called ; and may he , his cabinet , officers and generals who shall lead his armies , and the brave ... PRESIDENT LINCOLN . 15.
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... President , and filled the land with sorrow . But above and beyond that hand there is another , which we must see and acknowledge . It is the chastening hand of a wise and a faithful Father . He gives us this ... PRESIDENT LINCOLN . 17.
... President , and filled the land with sorrow . But above and beyond that hand there is another , which we must see and acknowledge . It is the chastening hand of a wise and a faithful Father . He gives us this ... PRESIDENT LINCOLN . 17.
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... is the governor among the nations . He remembered that God is in history , and he felt that nowhere had his hand and his mercy been so marvel- lously conspicuous as in the history of this nation . DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN . 21.
... is the governor among the nations . He remembered that God is in history , and he felt that nowhere had his hand and his mercy been so marvel- lously conspicuous as in the history of this nation . DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN . 21.
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... President , with some slight modification , the language which Tacitus , in his life of Agricola , addresses to his venerable and departed father - in - law . With you we may now congratulate . You are ... PRESIDENT LINCOLN . 27.
... President , with some slight modification , the language which Tacitus , in his life of Agricola , addresses to his venerable and departed father - in - law . With you we may now congratulate . You are ... PRESIDENT LINCOLN . 27.
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Page 10 - But some man will say, How are the dead raised up ? and with what body do they come...
Page 190 - It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us...
Page 9 - Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father ; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. For he hath put all things under his feet. But When he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.
Page 304 - At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented.
Page 377 - We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which if followed the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless.
Page 210 - I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation : and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Page 7 - Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long : and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee ; and verily every man living is altogether vanity.
Page 239 - ... and as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead ? he is not here, but is risen.
Page 11 - Behold, I shew you a mystery ; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump ; for the trumpet shall sound ; and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is...
Page 306 - 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 bondsman'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, "The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.