Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public ServicesB.B. Russell, 1865 - 216 pages |
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... faith , wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked . And take the helmet of salvation , and the sword of the Spirit , which is the word of God . ” — ST . PAUL ( Eph . vi . 14-17 ) . VEIL the truth as we may ...
... faith , wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked . And take the helmet of salvation , and the sword of the Spirit , which is the word of God . ” — ST . PAUL ( Eph . vi . 14-17 ) . VEIL the truth as we may ...
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... humble , earnest , rejoicing faith ; for- " Blind unbelief is sure to err , And scan His work in vain : God is his own interpreter , And he will make it plain . " CHAPTER IV . CALLED TO THE PRESIDENTIAL CHAIR . " 56 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... humble , earnest , rejoicing faith ; for- " Blind unbelief is sure to err , And scan His work in vain : God is his own interpreter , And he will make it plain . " CHAPTER IV . CALLED TO THE PRESIDENTIAL CHAIR . " 56 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... faith sublime , That it will float until the Eternal Morning Pales with its glories all the lights of Time . " " The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me , because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek : he hath ...
... faith sublime , That it will float until the Eternal Morning Pales with its glories all the lights of Time . " " The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me , because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek : he hath ...
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... faith of the mass was like his own . As he went along through his difficult journey , sounding his way , he held fast by the hand of the people , and ' tracked his footsteps with even feet . ' ' His pulse's beat twined with their pulses ...
... faith of the mass was like his own . As he went along through his difficult journey , sounding his way , he held fast by the hand of the people , and ' tracked his footsteps with even feet . ' ' His pulse's beat twined with their pulses ...
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... faith of all the then thirteen States ex- pressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual , by the Articles of the Confederation in 1778 ; and finally , in 1787 , one of the declared objects for establishing the Constitution ...
... faith of all the then thirteen States ex- pressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual , by the Articles of the Confederation in 1778 ; and finally , in 1787 , one of the declared objects for establishing the Constitution ...
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Abraham Lincoln: Is Life and Public Services (Classic Reprint) Phebe A. Hanaford No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 142 - ... rebellion against the United States ; and the fact that. any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 121 - In doing this there need be no bloodshed or violence ; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the National authority. The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts...
Page 147 - In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth.
Page 57 - Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren : and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.
Page 142 - St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans ; Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess...
Page 191 - One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war.
Page 141 - That, on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free...
Page 192 - 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?
Page 181 - tis the draught of a breath, From the blossom of health to the paleness of death ; From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud : — Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? Oh ! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Page 123 - All the vital rights of minorities and of individuals are so plainly assured to them by affirmations and negations, guarantees and prohibitions in the Constitution, that controversies never arise concerning them. But no organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administration. No foresight can anticipate, nor any document of reasonable length contain, express provisions for all possible questions. Shall fugitives from labor...