Memorial Tributes Delivered in Congress: Richard C. Halverson, 1916-1995, United States Senate Chaplain

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1996 - 88 pages
 

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Page 32 - Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King's horses and all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty in his place again.
Page 29 - But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Page 43 - When we've been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, We've no less days to sing God's praise, Than when we first begun.
Page 29 - But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Page 32 - And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Page 37 - For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and has crowned him with glory and honour.
Page 23 - Near a shady wall a rose once grew, Budded and blossomed in God's free light, Watered and fed by morning dew, Shedding its sweetness day and night. As it grew and blossomed fair and tall, Slowly rising to loftier height, It came to a crevice in the wall, Through which there shone a beam of light. Onward it crept with added strength, With never a thought of fear or pride. It followed the light through the crevice's length And unfolded itself on the other side.
Page 56 - ... appealed for the righteousness of their cause; to thee do they now look up for that countenance and support, which thou alone canst give: take them, therefore, heavenly Father, under...
Page 23 - Onward It crept with added strength, With never a thought of fear or pride. It followed the light through the crevice's length And unfolded itself on the other side. "The light, the dew, the broadening view Were found the same as they were before; And it lost itself in beauties new, Breathing its fragrance more and more. "Shall claim of death cause us to grieve, And make our courage faint or fall?
Page 23 - The rose still grows beyond the wall, Scattering fragrance far and wide, Just as it did in days of yore; Just as it did on the( other side, Just as it will for evermore. "GATES AJAR" All rights recerved, America-Canada MRS.

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