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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... leader of this rebellion be endowed with such executive power and the ability to employ , directly or indirectly , the black - hearted assassin to invade so noble a life , and rob a nation of its polar star ? " Be still , and know that ...
... leader of this rebellion be endowed with such executive power and the ability to employ , directly or indirectly , the black - hearted assassin to invade so noble a life , and rob a nation of its polar star ? " Be still , and know that ...
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... leader ; but he that boasteth , let him boast in the Lord . " This terrible event pro- claims , Man is frail , God is eternal . There is another natural feeling now called into active exercise , but which we must attemper by the power ...
... leader ; but he that boasteth , let him boast in the Lord . " This terrible event pro- claims , Man is frail , God is eternal . There is another natural feeling now called into active exercise , but which we must attemper by the power ...
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... leadership , the official malice , should feel our express displeasure , in the solemn sentence of the law . Let us convert what we can , disfranchise what has sinned basely , and banish with the mark of Cain what can never belong to us ...
... leadership , the official malice , should feel our express displeasure , in the solemn sentence of the law . Let us convert what we can , disfranchise what has sinned basely , and banish with the mark of Cain what can never belong to us ...
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... leader of our Israel ! To this petition , every heart devoutly responds Amen ! New responsibilities sober men oftentimes . Possessing real goodness of heart , they bend their shoulders loyally to the unexpected burden , and display ...
... leader of our Israel ! To this petition , every heart devoutly responds Amen ! New responsibilities sober men oftentimes . Possessing real goodness of heart , they bend their shoulders loyally to the unexpected burden , and display ...
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... to be proud , and proves that he had greatness . He was never a leader , he always followed public sen- timent ; but he followed it with the accuracy and fidelity of a stag - hound . Some of us would DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN . 79.
... to be proud , and proves that he had greatness . He was never a leader , he always followed public sen- timent ; but he followed it with the accuracy and fidelity of a stag - hound . Some of us would DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN . 79.
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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.