Oration Pronounced by Robert C. Winthrop, on the Fourth of July, 1848, on the Occasion of Laying the Corner-Stone of the National Monument to the Memory of Washington (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848 edition. Excerpt: ...flame Thy hand was seen--amid the thunder s peal Thy voice was heard. It was Thou, the Almighty King of Heaven, that didst lead Thy favored people of the earth in safety through the storm. It was Thou that didst conduct them through the gloom of their dark and bloody trial to the place of honor and renown. In that time of trouble Thou didst provide men for the performance of peculiar ofiices that were necessary to the nation s security, and, anointed with Thy blessing, they went forth for the accomplishment of glorious purposes. Thy gracious presence was with the first council of the Federal States when they announced their Declaration of Independence, and when, in preparing the Constitution for the government, they presented the young American republic to the view of mankind. That young republic stood up mighty in Thy strength. It was like the stripling David with his shepherd s bag and sling, and stone that he had taken from the brook. And the enemy that opposed was the Goliath of power, inured to war, and bearing the sword, the shield, and the spear. In the result the word of the Highest was fulfilled. The race was not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. The giant fell before the stripling s arm, and the nations were made to know that there was a God in Israel. As swept the tempest on its raven wing, at Thy command appeared the greatest and most successful of human warriors. Called by his country to occupy the post of danger, foremost and uppermost stood the fearless, the intrepid, the matchless WASHINGTON--WlthOUt his purple mightier than Caesar; without his sceptre greater than Alexander. It was in Thy name, 0 thou Ruler of all things, that the first American General took his place at the head of his...