Memorial Services Held in the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States: Together with Remarks Presented in Eulogy, Byron Patton Harrison, Late a Senator from Mississippi |
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Address by Senator adjourned Andrew Jackson Houston associated August 29 battle became beloved Bilbo body BYRON PATTON HARRISON career chairman character colleagues courage Crystal Springs death of Senator debate deceased democracy devoted district attorney duty elected eloquent eternity express eyes faith Finance Committee forever friends friendship gentleman gentleman from Mississippi glory hands HARRISON is dead hearts hour House of Representatives human immortal intimately James Shera Montgomery John Sharp Williams June June 23 knew labors late Senator Leakesville legislative live loss Louisiana State University loved measure Member memory mind Miss mourn Nation never outstanding passing pay tribute political President pro tempore privilege public servant RANKIN of Mississippi resolution Resolved Roosevelt Senator from Mississippi Senator HARRISON Senator PAT HARRISON served Seventy-seventh Congresses sincere Sixty-second sorrow soul Speaker speech spirit statesman Thou tion United States Senate Vice President Washington words
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Page 19 - Heaven and earth shall pass away ; but my word shall not pass away.
Page 14 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 13 - ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts are open, all £\. desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid; Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Christ our Lord.
Page 41 - Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased.
Page 28 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 26 - Shepherd : though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil ; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Page 116 - As a fond mother, when the day is o'er. Leads by the hand her little child to bed. Half willing, half reluctant to be led. And leave his broken playthings on the floor, Still gazing at them through the open door, Nor...
Page 123 - Statesman, yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gained no title, and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself, by all approved, And praised, unenvied, by the Muse he loved.
Page 114 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 54 - In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate : I am the captain of my soul.