... had come. Some of the representatives fell to their knees begging God to avert this catastrophe; others called for an immediate adjournment. Colonel Davenport, the Speaker of the House, rose to his feet and stated: “The Day of Judgment is either approaching or it is not. If ... Jefferson Davis is a praying man.” The other replied: “Abraham Lincoln is a praying man, too.” “Yes,” retorted the first woman, “but the Lord will think Abraham is joking.” There was something about Lincoln’s carefree ...
... , a place nobody ever heard of until the Wright brothers made it famous. Or who would have guessed that the character of Abraham Lincoln would have come out of a log cabin in Kentucky? You never can guess what great things can come from out ... the end of the world. Frightened legislators introduced motions calling for suspension of the legislative session as the darkness deepened. A Colonel Davenport stood up, however, and retorted. "The Day of Judgment is either approaching or it is not. If it is not, there is ...
... among us. Jesus uses the example in our scripture today of God speaking to Moses through the burning bush. Moses speaks of God as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and he says, Moses was not speaking of those dead in the past but of those still living in the present. For God “is ... be true. God IS. And we will be too…. [1] Christian Davenport, “William Shatner, Star Trek’s Capt. Kirk, flies to space and back, adding to this year’s number of civilian astronauts,” The Washington Post ...
