 | Our own country - 1878
...prayer before the battle of Sir Jacob Astley,* Major-General under Lord Lindsey, is famous : " O Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me. . . . March on, boys." The princes Charles and James were placed during the battle under the care of... | |
 | John Guard - 1879
...— Vide B1SHOP HORNE, vol. i. 303. Lord Astley's Prayer before the Battle of Edge/all. — ' O Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me.' — ' There were certainly,' says Hume, ' much longer prayers said in the Parliamentary army, but I... | |
 | 1879
...of the generals commanding was old Sir Jacob Astley. His last prayer before the fight was, " O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day ; if I forget thee, do not thou forget me." And of this we may be sure, that nothing, neither danger nor trouble, neither life nor death, can separate... | |
 | Pythouse papers - 1879
...joined, the simple prayer of Astley rose fervently to Heaven, as the veteran said aloud, " Oh, 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 out, " March on, boys." It has indeed been too much the custom... | |
 | William Ansell Day - 1879 - 105 Seiten
...joined, the simple prayer of Astley rose fervently to Heaven, as the veteran said aloud, " Oh, 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 out, " March on, boys." It has indeed been too much the custom... | |
 | 1879
...Charles this man would have prayed like the brave Lord Lindsey : " Oh, Lord, thou knowest how busy 1 must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me. March on, boys." Or, like the devoted Scottish covenanters who were driven to the bleak hill-side to... | |
 | 1879
...infantry, was led by Sir Jacob Astley. He it was who thus prayed prior to the battle of Edgebill, "0 Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee do not thou forget me. March on, boys !" No doubt on this fatal day he breathed the same brief prayer. Sir Thomas Fairfax,... | |
 | Hezekiah Butterworth - 1880 - 304 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 for* get me.' "And with that he rose up, crying out, * March on, boys ! ' " GEORGE 'WTSHART. George... | |
 | Hezekiah Butterworth - 1880 - 304 Seiten
...soldierly prayer; for he lifted up his eyes and hands to heaven, saying: " ' 0 Lord, Thou Jcnowest how busy I must be this day: if I forget Thee do not Thou for~ get me.' "And with that he rose up, crying out, ' March on, boys ! ' " GEORGE WISHART. George... | |
 | Charlotte Maria S. Mason - 1881
...and charge of Sir Jacob Astley, one of the king's generals, before the battle began : — " 0 Lord ! Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me. March on, boys ! " Eugby, in the east of the shire, is famous for its Grammar School, one of the great... | |
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O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me," And with that rose up and cried, "March on, boys! 
