Word: prayerful
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Sheriff of Middlesex County, girt with his sword of office as representative of sovereignty, calls the meeting to order. The assembly is opened with prayer. The President takes his place in the ancient Tudor chair which has been the Harvard President's seat of office for over two centuries. On his right are the Fellows and Overseers of Harvard College (the two governing boards created by the Charter of 1650), and the distinguished guests, some of whom are to receive honorary degrees. On his left are members of the several faculties, in full academic dress, the gowns and hoods...
Last week Walter Reed's Roman Catholic vigil went into its second month. Since early spring, Catholic patients have filled the chapel (it holds 200) every evening. During the service, wounded from every front repeat a prayer for peace written by Pope Benedict XV: "Dismayed by the horrors of a war which is bringing ruin to peoples and nations, we turn, 0 Jesus, to Thy most loving heart, as to our last hope. 0 God of mercy, with tears we invoke Thee to end this fearful scourge; O King of peace, we humbly implore the peace for which...
Captains and kings urged their men to battle and their people to pray for victory. President Roosevelt led the U.S. in a prayer he had written in the days & nights before the invasion...
King George VI, broadcasting to the people of his empire and commonwealth, spoke a measured, modest plea: "I desire solemnly to call my people to prayer and dedication. We are not unmindful of our own shortcomings. We shall ask not that God may do our will but that we may do the will of God, and we dare to believe that God has used our nation and empire as an instrument for fulfilling His highest purpose...
...know one from the other if you saw them. Anyway a T.D. is lighter and faster. We started across this big field headed for the woods. I watched the speedometer 45-50-55-60-65, full speed ahead. I saw that woods, believe me I said a prayer. We were right at the edge of the woods and there was a ditch about 20' wide and 6' deep. We landed in the middle of the damn thing, took one bounce and was in the woods. . . . Well we sighted the tanks and they were running like maniacks up over...