 | 1865 - 608 pages
...ef heaven and earth, in whose hands arei embodied and departed spirits, if Thou, hast ordained i ho -souls of the' dead to minister to the living, and...I may enjoy the good effects of her attention and ministeation, whether exerci»ed by appearance, impulses,' 'dreams, or in any other manner agreeable... | |
 | Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1906 - 374 pages
...following remarkable prayer : — " O Lord, Governor of heaven and earth, in Whose hands are embodied and departed spirits, if Thou hast ordained the souls...the living, and appointed my departed wife to have the care of me, grant that I may enjoy the good effects of her attention and ministration, whether... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 628 pages
...12 at nig/il <>/ the 25th. " O Lord ! Governor of heaven and earth, in whose hands are embodied and departed Spirits, if thou hast ordained the Souls...other manner agreeable to thy Government. Forgive f [Here the author's memory failed him, for, according to the account given in a former page (sec p.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 pages
...Out of his agony at the death of his wife he prays that she may be allowed to have some care of him: 'Grant that I may enjoy the good effects of her attention...in any other manner agreeable to thy Government.' * But in this there is neither the fear nor the selfishness which are the marks of superstition. Such... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 pages
...death of his wife he prays that she may be allowed to have some care of him : ' Grant that I may errjoy the good effects of her attention and ministration,...in any other manner agreeable to thy Government.' ' But in this there is neither the fear nor the selfishness which are the marks of superstition. Such... | |
 | Ethel Rolt-Wheeler - 1910 - 408 pages
...influence of the dead. Yet among Dr Johnson's papers, discovered after his death, was this prayer : "... If Thou hast ordained the souls of the dead to minister...or in any other manner agreeable to Thy government. . . ." Boswell adds that he, whom it has pleased God to afflict in a similar manner, had "certain experience... | |
 | John Wickham Legg - 1914 - 460 pages
...after 12 at Night of the 25th. 0 Lord I Governour of heaven and earth, in whose hands are embodied and departed Spirits, if thou hast ordained the Souls...exercised by appearance, impulses, dreams or in any other 1 Bodleian Library, shelfmark : fol. 6. 662. (41.) 2 Spectator, No. 2o4, Wednesday, October 24, 1711.... | |
 | Christopher Hollis - 1928 - 240 pages
...concerning his dead wife : " O Lord, Governor of Heaven and Earth, in Whose hands are embodied and departed spirits, if Thou hast ordained the souls...her attention and ministration, whether exercised by appearances, impulses, dreams or in any other manner agreeable to Thy government ; forgive my presumption,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1998 - 1540 pages
...after 12 at Night of the 25th. 'O Lord! Governour of heaven and earth, in whose hands are embodied and departed Spirits, if thou hast ordained the Souls...impulses, dreams or in any other manner agreeable to thy Govermnent. Forgive my presumption, enlighten my ignorance, and however meaner agents are employed,... | |
 | Gordon Mursell - 2001 - 604 pages
...O Lord, release me from my 904 sorrow. He continues with a prayer (26 April 1752) in which he asks 'that I may enjoy the good effects of her attention...other manner agreeable to thy government; forgive me my presumption'.90^ He was unsure as to the legitimacy of prayer for the dead; but it felt so natural... | |
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April 26th, 1752, being after 12 at Night of the 25th. " O Lord ! Governour of heaven and earth, in whose hands are embodied and departed Spirits, if thou hast ordained the Souls of the Dead to minister to the Living, and appointed my departed Wife to... 
