The autobiography of John B. Gough, with a continuation. [With] Orations, delivered on various occasions

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Side 111 - And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well ? the old man of whom ye spake ; is he yet alive...
Side 49 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Side 8 - Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shall thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shall be fed.
Side 43 - Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart and soul and mind and strength," was never thought of, much less delivered, by any Chinese philosopher or sage.
Side 8 - Hail, Columbia ! happy land ! Hail, ye heroes, heaven-born band! Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause, Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause; And when the storm of war was gone, Enjoyed the peace your valor won. Let independence be our boast, Ever mindful what it cost; Ever grateful for the prize, Let its altar reach the skies. Firm united let us be, Rallying round our liberty! As a band of brothers...
Side 67 - Father in heaven prepare the precious essence of life — the pure cold water. But in the green glade and grassy dell, where the red deer wanders, and the child loves to play, there God brews it. And down, low down in the deepest valleys, where the...
Side 98 - Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
Side 160 - Ha ! ha ! we have heard of the rapids ; but we are not such fools as to get there. If we go too fast, then we shall up with the helm, and steer to the shore ; we will set the mast in the socket, hoist the sail, and speed to the land. Then on, boys ; don't be alarmed, there is no danger." " YOUNG MEN, AHOY THERE ! " " What is it ?
Side 95 - He that is slow to anger," saith the sage, " is greater than the mighty, and he that ruleth his own spirit than he that taketh a city.
Side 11 - I have brought them to you — give me drink, and I will give you them! More yet: I have snatched the bit of bread from the white lips of my famished child — I will give you that if you will give me drink ! More yet: I will give you my health ! More yet : I will give you my manliness ! More yet : I will give you my hopes of heaven — body and soul ! I will barter jewels worth all the kingdoms of the earth — for "what will a man give in exchange for his soul ?

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