 I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day and occasion.  The Miracle of Answered Prayer - Page 31by John Greener Hallimond - 1916 - 248 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1865 - 838 pages
...all of his later speeches, letters, and messages. Once he said : " I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had...of all about me seemed insufficient for that day." Just after the last presidential election he said: "Being only mortal, after all, I should have been... | |
 | American literature - 1865 - 828 pages
...all of his later speeches, letters, and messages. Once he said : "I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had...of all about me seemed insufficient for that day." Just after the last presidential election he said : " Being only mortal, after all, I should have been... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 556 pages
...driven many times to my knees," he once remarked, "by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day." On another occasion, when told that he was daily remembered in the prayers of those who prayed, he... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 524 pages
...his office developed very rapidly Mr. Lincoln's religious nature. " I have been driven," he said, " many times to my knees, by the overwhelming conviction...of all about me, seemed insufficient for that day. I should be the most presumptuous blockhead upon this footstool, if I for one day thought that I could... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Politics, Practical - 1867 - 510 pages
...office developed very rapidly Mr. Lincoln's religious nature. " I have been driven," he said, " manj times to my knees, by the overwhelming conviction...of all about me. seemed insufficient for that day. I should be the most presumptuous blockhead upon this footstool, if I for one day thought that I could... | |
 | Literature - 1873 - 860 pages
...strength which is promised when mortal help faileth. He said once, ' I have been many times driven to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I...of all about me, seemed insufficient for that day.' At another time he said, ' I am very sure that if I do not go away from here a wiser man, I shall go... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 228 pages
...assistance was often extremely touching. " I HAVE been driven many times to my knees," he once remarked, " by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere...of all about me, seemed insufficient for that day." THE NATIONAL LINCOLN MONUMENT. In Oak Ridge Cemetery, at Springfield, 111. The base of this monument... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 218 pages
...assistance was often extremely touching. " I HAVE been driven many times to my knees," he once remarked, " by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere...of all about me, seemed insufficient for that day." V THE NATIONAL LINCOLN MONUMENT. In Oak Ridsie Cemetery, at Springfield, 111. The base of this monument... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 196 pages
...assistance was often extremely touching. " I HAVE been driven many times to my knees," he once remarked, " by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom^ and that of all about seemed insufficient for that day." THE NATIONAL LINCOLN MONUMENT. In Oak Ridge Cemetery, at Springfield,... | |
 | Baptists - 1881 - 302 pages
...others. At least we may always do this : we may give the sorrowful a look of sympathy and interest. I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming...of all about me, seemed insufficient for that day. — Abraham Lincoln. Ten persons will repent of a sin for one who will confess to the person wronged.... | |
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