The Great American Battle: Or, The Contest Between Christianity and Political RomanismMiller, Orton & Mulligan, 1856 - 353 páginas |
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Página iii
... light is a Divine one - it is none other than the hand of God . America has done , and is doing , the world's work , in establishing the only true principles of liberty the world has ever known . If she is thus important to universal ...
... light is a Divine one - it is none other than the hand of God . America has done , and is doing , the world's work , in establishing the only true principles of liberty the world has ever known . If she is thus important to universal ...
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... light , more light , Lord . ing the greatest weight ever laid on human life . And who that has caught but the feeblest ray of this liberty is willing to re- nounce it ? The American spirit must imbue the American sentiment , and the ...
... light , more light , Lord . ing the greatest weight ever laid on human life . And who that has caught but the feeblest ray of this liberty is willing to re- nounce it ? The American spirit must imbue the American sentiment , and the ...
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... light of science and of Bible truth , to welcome every publication calcu- lated to spread information , dissipate the clouds of mental and moral darkness , and restore the poor , blinded Papists , in bondage to priestcraft , to their ...
... light of science and of Bible truth , to welcome every publication calcu- lated to spread information , dissipate the clouds of mental and moral darkness , and restore the poor , blinded Papists , in bondage to priestcraft , to their ...
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... is in eternity forever . God has given to woman to en- lighten America , and to America to light the world . When night closes on all beside , America sees , and while God and woman are with her , she must ( 13 ) CHAPTER I. ...
... is in eternity forever . God has given to woman to en- lighten America , and to America to light the world . When night closes on all beside , America sees , and while God and woman are with her , she must ( 13 ) CHAPTER I. ...
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... light into the depths of the people ; and when her unselfish love was seen , interposing for freedom , it bound together tightly all former clashing interests—— it awoke the nation into life , and men saw and felt liberty carved before ...
... light into the depths of the people ; and when her unselfish love was seen , interposing for freedom , it bound together tightly all former clashing interests—— it awoke the nation into life , and men saw and felt liberty carved before ...
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action allegiance Ameri American citizens American liberty American nationality American Party American soil ballot-box battle beloved country Bible Bishop blessed blood born cause Christian Church civil colony Congress Constitution creed curse daugh dear America dear country death Declaration despots election enemies eyes faith fathers feel foes foreign Fort Caroline free America freedom friends glorious glory God's heart Heaven heretics Hierarchy holy honor hundred Independence influence Jesuit laws light living look ment Millard Fillmore millions mind moral mother native American native political Navy never noble oath officers Papal patriot political Pope of Rome Popery Popish prelates President Press priests principles Protestant Protestantism religious Revolution Roman Catholic Romish schools sentiment sons soul spirit star-spangled banner stars temporal thirteen colonies thought thunder tion true American truth Union United virtue vote Washington woman women York
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Página 298 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens, the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Página 162 - When Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there; She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure, celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand, The symbol of her chosen land.
Página 333 - Power that hath made and preserved us a nation ! Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto, "In God is our trust!
Página 327 - Strike, till the last armed foe expires, Strike, for your altars and your fires, Strike, for the green graves of your sires, God, and your native land.
Página 151 - Flag of the brave ! thy folds shall fly, The sign of hope and triumph high, When speaks the signal trumpet tone, And the long line comes gleaming on.
Página 250 - They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom.
Página 162 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven.
Página 273 - Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin...
Página 230 - It would be a miracle were they to stop precisely at the point of temperate liberty. These principles, with their language, they will transmit to their children. In proportion to their numbers they will share with us the legislation. They will infuse into it their spirit, warp and bias its direction, and render it a heterogeneous, incoherent, distracted mass.
Página 299 - Call to mind the sentiments which Nature has engraved in the heart of every citizen, and which take a new force when they are solemnly recognized by all: — For a nation to love liberty, it is sufficient that she knows it; and to be free, it is sufficient that she wills it.'* How dry, barren, and obscure, is the source from which Mr Burke labours!