 | William Allen - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 930
...he objected, saying, " That day is cither at hand, or it is not : if it is not, there is no cause of adjournment ; if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish, therefare, candles may be brought." DAVENPORT, MAKY, died in Brooklyn June 25, 1847, aged 92, an eminent... | |
 | George Jones - 1868 - عدد الصفحات: 458
...proposal to adjourn the Council was under consideration. When the opinion of Col. Davenport was asked, he answered, 'I am against an adjournment. The day of...found doing my duty; I wish therefore that candles maybe lighted.'" This darkness, like that at Jerusalem, seems to have been local. than they wished... | |
 | 1875 - عدد الصفحات: 944
...adjournment. The day of judgment is either approaching or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for adjournment. If it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. / wish, therefore, that candles may be brought." A CORRESPONDENT at Constantino, Michigan, contributes... | |
 | Moses Foster Sweetser - 1877 - عدد الصفحات: 552
...old man arose, and thus spoke, calming the fears of the legislators, and continuing the session : " 1 am against an adjournment. The Day of Judgment is...for an adjournment. If it is, I choose to be found doin^ my duty. I wish, therefore, that candles may be brought." This scene has been made the theme... | |
 | 1878 - عدد الصفحات: 1074
...Council was under consideration. When the opinion of Colonel Abraham bvenport of Stamford, was asked, he answered, * I am against an adjournment. The day of...is no cause for an adjournment: if it is, I choose tu be found doing my duty. I wish therefore that candles may be brought. has ever been satisfactorily... | |
 | Mehetable Woodward Newell Davenport - 1881 - عدد الصفحات: 260
...opinion of Col. Davenport was asked with regard to adjourning the council, he said, " I am against the adjournment. The day of judgment is either approaching...adjournment ; if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. Let candles be brought." This incident has been described in verse by John Greenleaf Whittier, in his... | |
 | Joel Cook - 1889 - عدد الصفحات: 302
...the House adjourn. He opposed it, saying, " The day of judgment is either approaching or it is not; if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish, therefore,.that candles may be brought." South Norwalk is another nest of busy mills, within an outer... | |
 | Richard Salter Storrs - 1890 - عدد الصفحات: 92
..."The Day of Judgment is at hand," said the Colonel, " or it is not. If not, there is no occasion for adjournment. If it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. Bring in the candles." Samuel Hopkins was a Puritan: who wrought with the utmost energy and patience... | |
 | Lyman P. Powell - 1898 - عدد الصفحات: 656
...adjournment. The Day of Judgment is either approaching, or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for adjournment ; if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish, therefore, that the candles may be brought, and we proceed to business." " And there he stands in memory this day,... | |
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I am against an adjournment. The day of judgment is either approaching, or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for an adjournment; if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish therefore that caudles may bo brought."—Dwighl's Travels,... 
