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... Packard. 14- RECOLLECTIONS OF A LONG LIFE BY JOSEPH PACKARD , D. D. 1812-1902 EDITED BY REV . THOMAS J. PACKARD WASHINGTON , D. C. BYRON S. ADAMS , PUBLISHER COPYRIGHTED 1902 THOMAS J. PACKARD NEW YORK PULLI LIZ VRY 1902.
... Packard. 14- RECOLLECTIONS OF A LONG LIFE BY JOSEPH PACKARD , D. D. 1812-1902 EDITED BY REV . THOMAS J. PACKARD WASHINGTON , D. C. BYRON S. ADAMS , PUBLISHER COPYRIGHTED 1902 THOMAS J. PACKARD NEW YORK PULLI LIZ VRY 1902.
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... WASHINGTON CITY . . XXIII . WAR TIMES . . XXIV . THREE MIGHTY MEN AND ANOTHER . XXV . LATER MEMORIES . XXVI . THE REVISION OF THE BIBLE . XXVII . ONE FAMILY IN HEAVEN . XXVIII . LAST DAYS INDEX . 167 181 193 207 224 250 264 286 · 308 ...
... WASHINGTON CITY . . XXIII . WAR TIMES . . XXIV . THREE MIGHTY MEN AND ANOTHER . XXV . LATER MEMORIES . XXVI . THE REVISION OF THE BIBLE . XXVII . ONE FAMILY IN HEAVEN . XXVIII . LAST DAYS INDEX . 167 181 193 207 224 250 264 286 · 308 ...
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... Washington City , received seventy dollars a year . But there were not then as great contrasts of wealth and poverty as now , and the gulf between the laborer and the rich has deep- ened and widened . MY CHAPTER II . MY FATHER . Y ...
... Washington City , received seventy dollars a year . But there were not then as great contrasts of wealth and poverty as now , and the gulf between the laborer and the rich has deep- ened and widened . MY CHAPTER II . MY FATHER . Y ...
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... Washington take command of the army under the elm tree in Cambridge . I saw him again but was so excited I forgot to take off my hat , and at the thought was ashamed . " " My father died February 2 , 1777 , after a short and severe ...
... Washington take command of the army under the elm tree in Cambridge . I saw him again but was so excited I forgot to take off my hat , and at the thought was ashamed . " " My father died February 2 , 1777 , after a short and severe ...
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... Washington . I think that Lincoln was the first President who made it a national proclamation . Once it is said the Governor put off Thanksgiving Day because the ships with molasses were delayed and it was impossible to celebrate it ...
... Washington . I think that Lincoln was the first President who made it a national proclamation . Once it is said the Governor put off Thanksgiving Day because the ships with molasses were delayed and it was impossible to celebrate it ...
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Page 229 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all : And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 204 - Let not conscience make you linger, Nor of fitness fondly dream ; All the fitness he requireth, Is to feel your need of him ; This he gives you ; 'Tis the Spirit's rising beam.
Page 292 - And I am sure that when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
Page 30 - I'LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 312 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an Article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 31 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there.
Page 182 - shine as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever.
Page 7 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise,— The son of parents passed into the skies!
Page 123 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
Page 208 - Glory be to God on high, on earth peace, good will towards men...