 | 1878 - 1194 pages
...fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? .... I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers,...the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this assembly every morning before we proceed to business." The motion prevailed.... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1878 - 450 pages
...despair of establishing governments by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war, and conquest. 5. I therefore beg leave to move, that henceforth, prayers,...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... | |
 | 1878 - 594 pages
...fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? .... I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers,...the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this assembly every morning before we proceed to business." The motion prevailed.... | |
 | Edward Parsons - 1879 - 320 pages
...instance, despair of establishing government by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war, .and conquest. I, therefore, beg leave to move, ' That henceforth...imploring the assistance of Heaven and its blessing upon our deliberations, be held in this assembly every morning before we proceed to business ; and... | |
 | Osgood Eaton Fuller - 1881 - 658 pages
...instance, despair of establishing government by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war, or conquest. 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... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1881 - 926 pages
...that "henceforth, prayers, imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business." The resolution was not adopted. On a memorandum of it, Franklin wrote, " The Convention, except three... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1883 - 612 pages
...that ' Henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning, before we proceed to business.' The resolution was adopted ; clergymen were invited to officiate ; greater harmony prevailed in the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1884 - 556 pages
...instance, despair of establishing government by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war, and conquest. 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... | |
 | John Philip Newman - 1883 - 156 pages
...instance, despair of establishing government by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war, and conquest. I 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 morning before we proceed to business... | |
 | 1884 - 934 pages
...that "henceforth prayers, imploring the assistance of Heaven and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this assembly every morning, before we proceed to business." A terrible plague of grasshoppers devastated Minnesota and Dakota for several years, until it seemed... | |
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I 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 morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the clergy of this city be... 
