A Memorial of Charles Sumner ..."1 carbon print of a photographic portrait of Sumner by Allen and Rowell, Boston ... one of only a few that are identified by this firm."--Hanson Collection Catalogue, p. 49. |
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... lived not for himself or his kindred . special representative of this State , his Commonwealth was the whole country . For years one of the most prom- inent and influential citizens of the United States , he 3 MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR,
... lived not for himself or his kindred . special representative of this State , his Commonwealth was the whole country . For years one of the most prom- inent and influential citizens of the United States , he 3 MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR,
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... lived . A constant , patient and devoted student , he stored his mind with the broadest principles of humane and Christian statesmanship as the foundation of his serv- ice in the cause of freedom ; he became familiar with the most ...
... lived . A constant , patient and devoted student , he stored his mind with the broadest principles of humane and Christian statesmanship as the foundation of his serv- ice in the cause of freedom ; he became familiar with the most ...
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... lived to see the slave power powerless , slavery itself destroyed , and four millions of slaves enfranchised . All this he labored for and did much to accomplish . But , sir , it is not only in the advocacy of great truths and of just ...
... lived to see the slave power powerless , slavery itself destroyed , and four millions of slaves enfranchised . All this he labored for and did much to accomplish . But , sir , it is not only in the advocacy of great truths and of just ...
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... lived he was the guiding star of a whole brave nation , and when he died the little children cried in the streets . " The name of Wilberforce is inseparably linked with that grandest act in English history , the emancipation of the ...
... lived he was the guiding star of a whole brave nation , and when he died the little children cried in the streets . " The name of Wilberforce is inseparably linked with that grandest act in English history , the emancipation of the ...
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... , as the good soldier falls at his post with all his armor on . Mr. Speaker , I do not forget that it is my privilege to speak here to - day as one of the representatives of the city and of the ward in which he lived for 46 CHARLES SUMNER .
... , as the good soldier falls at his post with all his armor on . Mr. Speaker , I do not forget that it is my privilege to speak here to - day as one of the representatives of the city and of the ward in which he lived for 46 CHARLES SUMNER .
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Page 133 - I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Page 80 - Behold, I shew you a mystery : we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: (for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.) For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality...
Page 82 - ... who, having finished their course in faith, do now rest from their labors. 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 84 - The voice at midnight came, He started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame — He fell, but felt no fear.
Page 81 - Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts : shut not thy merciful ears to our prayers ; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not at our last hour for any pains of death to fall from thee.
Page 94 - Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2.
Page 309 - Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever he sleeps well; Treason has done his worst: nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing Can touch him further.
Page 76 - I am the Resurrection and the Life, saith the Lord; he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die.
Page 77 - Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry ; Hold not thy peace at my tears : For I am a stranger with thee, And a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Page 88 - I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead who die in the Lord : even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.