 I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day and occasion.  The Miracle of Answered Prayer - Sivu 31tekijä(t) John Greener Hallimond - 1916 - 248 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Harry Emerson Fosdick - 1915 - 228 sivua
...people? — I Kings 3:7-9. As a companionpiece with this cry of Solomon, see Lincoln's revealing words : "I have been driven many times to my knees by the...nowhere else to go; my own wisdom and that of all around me seemed insufficient for the day." Whenever a man faces tasks for which he feels inadequate... | |
 | Charles Henry Brent - 1915 - 264 sivua
...vocation. Hence Lincoln was a man who prayed. "I have been driven many times to my knees," he said, "by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere...of all about me seemed insufficient for that day." When he was told during the darkest days of the war by a young minister that the people were praying... | |
 | James Mann Campbell - 1915 - 312 sivua
...gods." And Abraham Lincoln is reported to have said: "I have been driven many times to my knees by the conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all around me, seemed insufficient for the day." No man is always sufficient unto himself. His utmost effort... | |
 | Ervin S. Chapman - 1917 - 704 sivua
...purpose and object — to obtain help in time of dire need. He says, 'I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had...of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.' " "His prayers were not as those of the hypocrites 'who stand and pray in the synagogues and- in the... | |
 | Ervin S. Chapman - 1917 - 358 sivua
...purpose and object — to obtain help in time of dire need. He says, 'I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had...of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.' " "His prayers were not as those of the hypocrites 'who stand and pray in the synagogues and in the... | |
 | Ervin S. Chapman - 1917 - 680 sivua
...purpose and object — to obtain help in time of dire need. He says, 'I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had...that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.1 " "His prayers were not as those of the hypocrites 'who stand and pray in the synagogues and... | |
 | Frederick Morgan Harris - 1918 - 76 sivua
...leaders of men to test the promises of God, and to seek guidance and strength through communion with Him. "I have been driven many times to my knees by the...overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go." O GOD, thou great Governor of all the world, we pray Thee for all who hold public office and power.... | |
 | Thomas Cole Richards - 1918 - 96 sivua
...been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nobody else to go to. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day." 16 Young Men and Prayer WHEN THE AIR MEN PRAYED In 1910 Hawley and Post made their record-breaking... | |
 | William E. Barton - 1920 - 416 sivua
...that strength which is promised when mortal help faileth. He said once, 'I have been many times driven to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I...of all about me, seemed insufficient for that day.' At another time he said, ' I am very sure that if I do not go away from here a wiser man, I shall go... | |
 | Francis Higbee Case - 1921 - 202 sivua
...the habit of always reading it. To build an effective church bulletin board is an achievement; but I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go, Courtesy American Unitarian Association, 25 Beacon Street, Boston to build these... | |
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