Annual Convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association: Report of the Proceedings, Volume 8Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, 1916 |
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Page 47 - And we beseech thee, that we, with all those who are departed in the true faith of thy holy name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 47 - God, with whom do live the spirits of those who depart hence in the Lord, and with whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity ; we give thee hearty thanks for the good examples of all those thy servants, who, having finished their course in faith, do now rest from their labours.
Page 205 - A little more tired at close of day; A little less anxious to have our way ; A little less ready to scold and blame; A little more care for a brother's name ; And so we are nearing the Journey's End, Where Time and Eternity meet and blend.
Page 54 - Here's to the United States !" said the first speaker, — "bounded on the north by British America, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean!
Page 47 - Almighty God, with whom do live the spirits of those who depart hence in the Lord, and with whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity...
Page 232 - THE EARTH is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Page 205 - A little more tired at close of day, A little less anxious to have our way, A little less ready to scold and blame, A little more care for a brother's name, And so, we are nearing the journey's end, Where time and eternity meet and blend. A little less care for bonds and gold, A little more zest in the days of old, A broader view and a saner mind, And a little more love for all mankind, And so, we are faring adown the way That leads to the gates of a better day.
Page 54 - Here's to the United States ! — bounded on the north by the North Pole, on the south by the South Pole, on the east by the rising sun, and on the west by the setting sun!
Page 171 - It has 160 wharves in the main harbor, with 145,700 feet — say 27}4 miles — of frontage of wharf room. Adding this amount of wharf frontage, to the other water front of the Patapsco River and its tributaries, the total is 120 miles of water front, developed and undeveloped. Of this wharfage the city owns 13 piers, with a wharf frontage of 26,385 feet — five miles. Baltimore has spent $6,161,000 on municipal docks, and has available $5,000,000 more for extending the system. Baltimore's .business...
Page 54 - Here's to the United States, bounded on the north by the Aurora Borealis, on the south by the precession of the equinoxes, on the east by primaeval chaos, and on the west by the Day of Judgment.