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Faith.

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01c. 1769 AD

Have you not heard these many years ago Jeptha was judge of Israel? He had one only daughter and no mo, The which he loved passing well; And as by lott, God wot, It so came to pass, As God's will was.

Thomas Percy / quote

02c. 1765 AD

Built God a church, and laugh'd his word to scorn.

William Cowper / quote

03c. 1765 AD

God made the country, and man made the town.

William Cowper / quote

04c. 1765 AD

Some must be great. Great offices will have Great talents. And God gives to every man The virtue, temper, understanding, taste, That lifts him into life, and lets him fall Just in the niche he was ordain'd to fill.

William Cowper / quote

05c. 1765 AD

As dreadful as the Manichean god, Adored through fear, strong only to destroy.

William Cowper / quote

06c. 1765 AD

God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea And rides upon the storm.

William Cowper / quote

07c. 1769 AD

When I forget my sovereign, may my God forget me.

Lord Thurlow / quote

08c. 1769 AD

Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free; Patient of toil, serene amidst alarms; Inflexible in faith, invincible in arms.

James Beattie / quote

09c. 1780 AD

The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward for evermore.

John Adams / quote

10c. 1767 AD

Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

Patrick Henry / quote

11c. 1784 AD

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

Thomas Jefferson / quote

12c. 1784 AD

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

Thomas Jefferson / quote

13c. 1784 AD

Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.

Thomas Jefferson / quote

14c. 1759 AD

Blandishments will not fascinate us, nor will threats of a "halter" intimidate. For, under God, we are determined that wheresoever, whensoever, or howsoever we shall be called to make our exit, we will die free men.

Josiah Quincy, Jr / quote

15c. 1777 AD

He wales a portion with judicious care; And "Let us worship God," he says with solemn air.

Robert Burns / quote

16c. 1777 AD

From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad: Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, "An honest man 's the noblest work of God."

Robert Burns / quote

17c. 1777 AD

If there 's a hole in a' your coats, I rede ye tent it; A chiel 's amang ye takin' notes, And, faith, he 'll prent it.

Robert Burns / quote

18c. 1777 AD

A prince can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man 's aboon his might, Guid faith, he maunna fa' that.

Robert Burns / quote

19c. 1807 AD

Truth is its [justice's] handmaid, freedom is its child, peace is its companion, safety walks in its steps, victory follows in its train; it is the brightest emanation from the Gospel; it is the attribute of God.

Sydney Smith / quote

20c. 1807 AD

It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.

Sydney Smith / quote

21c. 1807 AD

Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea?—how did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.

Sydney Smith / quote

22c. 1798 AD

Story! God bless you! I have none to tell, sir.

George Canning / quote

23c. 1810 AD

And 't is my faith, that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes.

William Wordsworth / quote

24c. 1810 AD

Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet will; Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still!

William Wordsworth / quote