 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly - 1918 - 1136 pages
...rejoice to record when the President was shown the conditions existing he issued that ringing order : "The President, Commander-in-Chief of the Army and...Divine Providence for guidance and protection, and in repeating in this order the language of President Lincoln, the President is confident that he is speaking... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1917 - 566 pages
...[Enjoining Sabbath observance.] THE WHITE HOUSE, January 20, 1918. The President, commander in chief of the Army and Navy, following the reverent example...Divine Providence for guidance and protection, and, in repeating in this order the language of President Lincoln, the President is confident that he is speaking... | |
 | Seventh-Day Adventists - 1916 - 804 pages
...dictated by the best tradition of our people," that is, of the majority, but it is not true that it is " by the convictions of all who look to divine providence for guidance and protection." There are hundreds of thousands of earnest Christian people in this country " who look to divine providence... | |
 | United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - 1918 - 1118 pages
...been issued. We give below the full text of the order: THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, January 20, 1918. "The President, Commander-in-chief of the Army and...Divine Providence for guidance and protection, and, in repeating in this order the language of President Lincoln, the President is confident that he is speaking... | |
 | Bertram Benedict - World War, 1914-1918 - 1919 - 490 pages
...forces of the United States as strict an observance of the Sabbath as was compatible with their duties. enjoins the orderly observance of the Sabbath by the...Divine Providence for guidance and protection, and, in repeating in this order the language of President Lincoln, the President is confident that he is speaking... | |
 | Woodrow Wilson - United States - 1927 - 700 pages
...UNITED STATES, JANUARY 2O, 1918. FROM COPY IN MR. WILSON'S FILES. /TPHE President, commander in chief of the Army *- and Navy, following the reverent example...Divine Providence for guidance and protection, and, in repeating in this order the language of President Lincoln, the President is confident that he is speaking... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel - Chaplains, Military - 1948 - 298 pages
...best sentiment of a Christian people, and a due regard for the Divine Will demand that Sundaylabor in the army and navy be reduced to the measure of...Divine Providence for guidance and protection, and, in repeating in this order the language of President Lincoln, the President is confident that he is speaking... | |
 | William J. Federer - Law - 2003 - 292 pages
...Navy enjoining Sabbath observance, President Woodrow Wilson stated: The President, commander in chief of the Army and Navy, following the reverent example...Divine Providence for guidance and protection, and, in repeating in this order the language of President Lincoln, the President in confident that he is speaking... | |
 | Gary Scott Smith - Religion - 2006 - 680 pages
...Sundays.49 As president, he urged American troops to reverently keep the Sabbath, arguing that this was "dictated by the best traditions of our people and...to Divine Providence for guidance and protection."^ Upsetting many Washington socialites, the Democrat did not host an inaugural ball, largely because... | |
 | Sunday - 1918 - 866 pages
...order January 20th, printed elsewhere in this LEADER, that "the orderly observance of the Sabbath ... is dictated by the best traditions of our people and...to Divine Providence for guidance and protection." MAKE MUCH, THEN, OF LORD'S DAY WEEK! Our attractive program, with unique illustrations for blackboard... | |
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Navy, following the reverent example of his predecessors, desires and enjoins the orderly observance of the Sabbath by the officers and men in the military and naval service of the United States. The importance for man and beast of the prescribed weekly... 