Memorial Services Held in the House of Representatives of the United States, Together with Remarks Presented in Eulogy of John Burrwood Daly, Late a Representative from Pennsylvania |
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adjourn American appointed to attend attend the funeral belief in immortality birth BOLAND Chaplain Christ Clerk read colleague from Pennsylvania committee communicate these resolutions Congressional District copy thereof dead hand death deceased Representative Decoration Day democracy democratic departed brethren Died Dudley Buck duty elected eternal express faith friends further mark heard with profound hearts honor House of Representatives James Shera Montgomery JENKINS JOHN BURRWOOD DALY June 17 La Salle College Lawyer legislative liberty live Lord loss March 12 mark of respect McGranery Memorial Services Nation Palestrina patriotism peace Philadelphia for 12 prepare a place profound sorrow RABAUT reading clerk reelected Remarks by Representative Republic resolution was agreed Resolved Salle College served session Seventy-fifth Seventy-first Seventy-fourth Seventy-second Seventy-sixth Congresses Seventy-third Sixty-eighth Sixty-ninth solicitor of Philadelphia soul Speaker Thee Thou wouldest transmit a copy treasure United United States Senate unto
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Page 22 - No more shall the war-cry sever, Or the winding rivers be red; They banish our anger forever, When they laurel the graves of our dead. Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Love and tears for the Blue; Tears and love for the Gray.
Page 24 - It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ; Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man...
Page 25 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Page 23 - So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. 13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me ! 14 If a man die, shall he live again?
Page 14 - Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place In all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.
Page 19 - God, give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking...
Page 25 - ... there is all nature cries aloud, Through all her works) he must delight in virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy. But when! or where — this world was made for Caesar.
Page 24 - Life is a narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two eternities. We strive in vain to look beyond the heights. We cry aloud, and the only answer is the echo of our wailing cry.
Page 18 - It is the blood-bought mercy-seat. 3 There is a scene where spirits blend, Where friend holds fellowship with friend : Though sundered far, by faith they meet Around one common mercy-seat.
Page 53 - Resolved, That the Sergeant at Arms of the House be authorized and directed to take such steps as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of these resolutions and that the necessary expenses In connection therewith be paid out of the contingent fund of the House. Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased.