 | Education - 1906 - 636 pages
...sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and he said, quietly and with an expression as of relief, ' Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.' And then, without pain or the least struggle, his spirit passed from earth to the God who gave it." A foot-note... | |
 | Quotations - 1906 - 810 pages
...7 Absence of occupation is not rest ;* A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. COWPER, Retirement Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees. — STONEWALL JACKSON, Last Words, quoted in JE COOKE, Life of Stonewall Jackson, xxxviii For some... | |
 | Hunter McGuire, George Llewellyn Christian - Confederate States of America - 1907 - 260 pages
...sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and he said quietly, and with an expression, as if of relief, " Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees ; " and then, without pain, or the least struggle, his spirit passed from earth to the God who gave it. . 1... | |
 | John Bach McMaster - United States - 1907 - 478 pages
...Union cavalry, in the dusk of evening of the second day at Chancellorsville. His last words were : " Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." THE CIVIL WAR, 1868-1865 was desperate. About one fourth of the men engaged were killed or wounded.... | |
 | Thomas Edward Watson - 1910 - 628 pages
...changed to one of ineffable sweetness and the tone of his voice lost its fierceness as he concluded, 'Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.' ' Here we intone, with Virgil, "Arma virumque cano" and the Man in this case is Jeb Stuart. We can... | |
 | William Henry Stewart - Confederate States of America - 1908 - 248 pages
...field of victory. He died on May 10, near half a century ago, and on that lovely Sabbath day he said, " Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees," and his soul went to his God. When the news of his victory came to us on the night of May 2, many shouts... | |
 | Henry Alexander White - Confederate States of America - 1908 - 396 pages
...he stopped and remained silent for several moments. A little later in quiet, clear tones, he said, " Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees." The cry of anguish that burst from the lips of his wife had power even now to recall his spirit from... | |
 | Lawton Bryan Evans - English language - 1908 - 262 pages
...town. 9. We went over the hill and through the lane. 10. He stood bravely before the king. 11. We will cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees. Exercise 2. — Use prepositions to illustrate these relations : 1. A book is — — the table. 2.... | |
 | South Carolina - South Carolina - 1909 - 1304 pages
...home for these grand old men who fought for their country and who are now waiting for the command to "cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." During the summer, Mr. JQ Marshall, who- took a great interest in the work, died, and I have appointed... | |
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