...to this eloquent discourse occurs this remarkable, and, as it proved, truly prophetic sentence—"I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel...Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner, for some important service/' In May, 1758, he preached another war...

...disastrous campaign, so as to he spoken of from the pulpit on his return, by one Samuel Davis, as " that heroic youth, Colonel " Washington, whom I cannot but hope " Providence has hitherto preserved in " so signal a manner for some important " service to his country ;" and was shortly after...

...occurs in a sermon preached on the 17th of August by the Rev. Samuel Davis, wherein he cites him as "that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, -whom I cannot "but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." The expressions of the...

...common sentiment, when, in a sermon preached soon after Braddock's defeat, he referred to him as " that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to Ms country" Washington was never wounded...

...displayed by the Virginia troops, the preacher used these words : ' As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel...Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.' This was but the common...

...displayed by the Virginia troops, the preacher used these words : ' As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel...Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.' This was but the common...

...encouraging new recruits for the service, in words since that time often pronounced prophetic, " to that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." The public attention of...

...in Virginia on " Religion and Patriotism, the Constituents of a Good Soldier," in which he spoke of "that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." How prophetic ! DAVIES...

...lew months after Braddock's defeat, the Rev. Samuel Davies, a learned clergyman, spoke of him as " that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." The retreat of Dunbar left...

...protected." 4 " To the public," said Davies, a learned divine, in the following month, " I point out that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." " Who is Mr. Washington...