 | Joseph Alden - 1848 - 156 Seiten
...is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing governments by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war, and...city, be requested to officiate in that service.' " Such was the language of Dr. Franklin, one of the wisest philosophers who have ever lived. If a minister... | |
 | Daniel Parker - 1848 - 174 Seiten
...the affairs of men ; motioned that " prayers, imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every...this city be requested to officiate in that service." It was seconded by Mr. Sherman ; What compromise might they have easily made ? How did the small States... | |
 | Kazlitt Arvine - 1848 - 908 Seiten
...therefore beg leave to move, that henceforth prayers, imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this assembly every...this city be requested to officiate in that service." What a lesson to the legislators of other nations ! (e) FORGETTING THE OFFF/NCE. — A person came... | |
 | John Stanley (printer.) - 1849 - 178 Seiten
...better than the builders of Babel; we shall be divided by our little, partial, local interests, oar projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall...proceed to business; and that one or more of the clergy in this city be requested to officiate in that service." The motion was not adopted, as the convention,... | |
 | 1849 - 814 Seiten
...United States, he made an eloquent appeal to his colleagues in support of a motion which he introduced, that ' henceforth prayers, imploring the assistance...Assembly every morning before we proceed to business.' He treated the sacred Scriptures with habitual reverence, and in many places has recorded his faith... | |
 | Kazlitt Arvine - 1850 - 882 Seiten
...therefore beg leave to move, that henceforth prayers, imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this assembly every...this city be requested to officiate in that service." What a lesson to the legislators of other nations ! (e) FORGETTING THE OFFENCE. — A person came to... | |
 | James McFarlane Mathews - 1851 - 286 Seiten
...beg leave to move— that, henceforth, prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we pro12 ceed to business, and that one or more of the clergy of this city be requested to officiate in... | |
 | Charles Simmons - 1852 - 564 Seiten
...leave to move that, henceforth, prayers, imploring the assistance of heaven, and its blessings upon our deliberations, be held in this assembly every...this city be requested to officiate in that service." After alluding to the slow progress of Congress in business, he said, " I urge this motion from the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 Seiten
...concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel; we shall be divided by our little, partial, local interests,...this city be requested to officiate in that service." There were some features in the constitution of the United States, as finally adopted, which Franklin... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1854 - 646 Seiten
...therefore beg leave to move, that henceforth prayers, imploring the assistance of Heaven and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this assembly every...before we proceed to business, and that one or more 01 the clergy of this city be requested to officiate in that service." — Elliott's Debates, vol.... | |
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I therefore beg leave to move, that henceforth prayers, imploring the assistance of Heaven and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this assembly every morning before we proceed to business ; and that one or more of the clergy of this city be... 
