Memorial Services Held in the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States, Together with Remarks Presented in Eulogy of Steven V. Carter, Late a Representative from Iowa, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session |
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Page 50 - And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art, That readest this brief psalm, As one by one thy hopes depart, Be resolute and calm. O fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
Page 10 - Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased Senator.
Page 10 - Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased.
Page 10 - I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; and...
Page 48 - And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed : I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Page 10 - Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow the announcement of the death of Hon.
Page 48 - God. . . . [His descendants] all died in the faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Page 48 - And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountains of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho ; and the Lord showed him all the land of Gilead unto Dan...
Page 24 - IT is an old and familiar saying that a prophet is not without honor, except in his own country...
Page 49 - We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He lives most Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.