 | Henry Van Dyke - Literature - 1921 - 234 pages
...of Princeton College, spoke of him in a sermon as "that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I can but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." It was a prophetic voice, and Washington was not disobedient to the message. Chosen to... | |
 | Edward Summerfield Ninde - Hymns, English - 1921 - 488 pages
...martial spirit of the country's defenders. As a footnote in the printed sermon he added 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... | |
 | Alice Mary Baldwin - Clergy - 1928 - 250 pages
...which Davies speaks of Washington as an instance of the kindling of martial fire in the country. "As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to...so signal a Manner, for some important Service to his Country" (note to p. 12). 11 Bird, Sermon, 1758, pp. 5, 16. able value of their chartered privileges... | |
 | Owen Wister - Biografias - 1928 - 298 pages
...and printed in Philadelphia and London, says: "That heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I can not but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." How strange seems the petulant complaint of John Adams in after days, that Washington... | |
 | Ashley Horace Thorndike - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1928 - 508 pages
...prophetic eye of Samuel Davies has now pointed him out as "that heroic youth Colonel Washington, whom I can but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country"; and soon the prophecy is fulfilled. The same year he is in command of the Virginia frontier... | |
 | United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission - 1931 - 208 pages
...of Princeton College, spoke of him in a sermon as "that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I can but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." It was a prophetic voice, and Washington was not disobedient to the message. Chosen to... | |
 | George Washington - Government publications - 1931 - 672 pages
...patriotic spirit and military ardor, which had begun to manifest themselves, the preacher adds: "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 has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner... | |
 | United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission - 1931 - 440 pages
...... I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope that Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." With the passage of a bill by the General Assembly at Williamsburg, providing for funds... | |
 | Joseph Sabin - America - 1873 - 590 pages
...Ward, and T. Field. 1756. 8vo, pp. (2), 38. " H. 18763 Contains the following prophetic note : " As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to...in so signal a Manner for some important Service to his Country." See pages 9 Ind i -. DAVIES. A Sermon, Preached before the Reverend Presbytery of New-Castle,... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1922 - 282 pages
...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...in so signal a manner for some important service to his country". When we recall that he was shot at by an Indian on his return from Venango, that he marvellously... | |
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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. 
