| David Hume - 1856 - 588 Seiten
...the same Astley who, before he charged at the battle of Edgehill, made this short prayer : " O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do no* thou forget me." And with that rose up and cried, " March on, boys ! " Warwick, p. 229. There were... | |
| David Hume - 1856 - 586 Seiten
...same Astley who, before lie charged at the battle of Edgehi.ll, made this short prayer ; " O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do no* thou forget me." And with that rose up and cried, " March on, boys!" "Warwick, p. 229. There were... | |
| Whellan T. and co - 1857 - 798 Seiten
...General's prayer, before the advance to the conflict, is said to have been as follows : — •" O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day, ; if I forget thee, do not thou forget me. March on boys ! " Essex withdrew to Warwick, and thence to Coventry ; and Charles, having compelled... | |
| Charles Knight - 1858 - 560 Seiten
...pious, short, and soldierly prayer : for he lifted up his eyes and hands to Heaven, saying, ' 0 Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day ; if I forget thee, do not Thou forget me.' And with that rose up, crying ' March on, boys.' "t Between the town of Keinton and Edgehill was "... | |
| Josiah Edward Golding - 1860 - 440 Seiten
...upon this view of the secret aid afforded to God's servants by his Spirit, here noticed : " O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day; if I forget thee, do not thou forget me !" This secret agency of the Holy Spirit in the heart of God's praying servants is likened in the collect... | |
| 1861 - 746 Seiten
...pious, short, and soldierly prayer, for he lifted np his eyes and hands to heaven, saying, ' 0 Lord ! Thou knowest how busy I must be this day — if I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me,' (at this moment the first cunnon shot was fired from the Parliament side,) and with that rose up, crying... | |
| Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 Seiten
...Battle. Lord Ashley before he charged at the battle of Edge Hill made this short prayer: — "0 Lord ! Thou knowest how busy I must be this day; if I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me." Lvrd AMtj. PRAYER— Benefits of. More things are wrooght by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore... | |
| Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1864 - 482 Seiten
...down the hill. The last hurried prayer before the charge was stout old Sir Jacob Astley's, " O Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day ; if I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me ;" then, rising, he said, " March on, boys." And, amid prayer and exhortation, the other side awaited... | |
| 1864 - 690 Seiten
...charity compels us to think — a reverent man, prayed in this quaint style : — "0 Lord, thou knowcst how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me. March on, boys !" We grant the errors of Charles I. and the flagrant crimes of Charles II. ; but the... | |
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