A soldier of the Cumberland: memoir of Mead Holmes, jr., by his father [M. Holmes].American Tract Society, 1854 - 210 pages |
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... dear parents , I try to keep it in my heart . My thoughts have been with God , the dear Sabbath school , the dear home I have left , and our final home in heaven . " It was understood that the 21st would com- plete its organization ...
... dear parents , I try to keep it in my heart . My thoughts have been with God , the dear Sabbath school , the dear home I have left , and our final home in heaven . " It was understood that the 21st would com- plete its organization ...
Page 80
... DEAR PARENTS : - 6 " Last Sabbath night we lay down and slept , expecting at 4 A. M. to ship on the Ohio , for some point below . Before midnight the cry came , ' The transport is ready . ' In the dark- ness we rose , and in ten minutes ...
... DEAR PARENTS : - 6 " Last Sabbath night we lay down and slept , expecting at 4 A. M. to ship on the Ohio , for some point below . Before midnight the cry came , ' The transport is ready . ' In the dark- ness we rose , and in ten minutes ...
Page 86
... DEAR PARENTS : - " I am well ; but why do I not receive letters from home ? You need not doubt that I should like to hear from you . We are greatly annoyed by marching orders , which are scarcely half obeyed before they are recalled ...
... DEAR PARENTS : - " I am well ; but why do I not receive letters from home ? You need not doubt that I should like to hear from you . We are greatly annoyed by marching orders , which are scarcely half obeyed before they are recalled ...
Page 90
... DEAR PARENTS : - " You may know how busy I am when I say , our seventh move only began our march . Leav- ing our tents , which we had had one night only , and knapsacks and overcoats , the first day out we made eighteen miles , and ...
... DEAR PARENTS : - " You may know how busy I am when I say , our seventh move only began our march . Leav- ing our tents , which we had had one night only , and knapsacks and overcoats , the first day out we made eighteen miles , and ...
Page 98
... DEAR PARENTS AND FRIENDS AT HOME : - " When I wrote last we were just past Crab Orchard , chasing Bragg , when suddenly we halted and lay four days ; meanwhile our reg- iment rested from our heavy march as train guard . From early ...
... DEAR PARENTS AND FRIENDS AT HOME : - " When I wrote last we were just past Crab Orchard , chasing Bragg , when suddenly we halted and lay four days ; meanwhile our reg- iment rested from our heavy march as train guard . From early ...
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Page 195 - We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best...
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Page 70 - What mean ye to weep, and to break my heart ? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Page 217 - JUST as I am, without one plea. But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bid'st me come to thee, O Lamb of God ! I come...
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Page 39 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
Page 220 - Tis God that lifts our comforts high, Or sinks them in the grave ; He gives, and, blessed be his name ! He takes but what he gave.
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