Word: hastings
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...Eternal Father who hast begirt us round with loving care, blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness, and has committed to us rules of reason as holy messengers of Thine: Forgive our foolish ways, capture our truant thoughts, direct our wandering wills, as once again with contrite hearts we fling ourselves as penitents in utter self-abasement upon the world's great altar stairs of prayer that slope through darkness up to Thee. . . . Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen." With this prayer by Chaplain ZeBarney Phillips the U. S. Senate began its deliberations one noon last week...
Nazi war veterans in wheel chairs displayed the challenging placard: "German, hast thou voted Ja? If not, our sacrifice was in vain...
...ground with a awe-struck knees to the a Sophomore would have gazed in calm wonderment and passed on in a state of blissful superiority. But I, as a Junior--Well, I counted slowly up to ten, and then said in tragic tones; "Endure my heart, far worse hast thou endured...
...priest came forward, prayed over the men, sprinkled holy water toward the seaplanes, and invoked the blessing of the Virgin of Loreto.* "O God, . . . who hast destined all the elements of this world for the use of the human race, bless us, we beseech Thee, this aircraft . . . that those who flying in it put themselves under the care of the Blessed Virgin, may speedily arrive at their destination and may return home unharmed. . . ." After last farewells, the visitors were herded out, the gates were locked-with General Balbo inside, and the pilots impatiently awaited the order: "Decollare!" (take...
...Smith in the following words: "Quamquam carmina de viis Novi Eboraci cantare non possumus, to inquam de tota nostra patria bene meritum, haud minus iuvat salutare." As translated last night, this means something like the following: "Although we cannot sing of the sidewalks (streets) of New York, as thou hast merited well of our country, it is no less a pleasure to greet...