I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires

I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires PDF Author: Cathy Gohlke
Publisher: Moody Publishers
ISBN: 1575674033
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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The bonds linking family and the lines separating enemies have become very blurry for 17-year-old Robert. With his father away fighting for the Union, Robert must decide to act alone in order to help his ailing mother, extricate his injured Confederate Uncle, and bring relief to his cousin, Emily. When he unwittingly gets entangled in a Confederate escape plot, Robert must forge his anger and shame into a new determination to save his family. And, perhaps, he must also realize that the saving might not be entirely up to him. Honor and duty to God and country aren’t as clear-cut as he hoped them to be.

I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires

I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires PDF Author: Cathy Gohlke
Publisher: Moody Publishers
ISBN: 1575674033
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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The bonds linking family and the lines separating enemies have become very blurry for 17-year-old Robert. With his father away fighting for the Union, Robert must decide to act alone in order to help his ailing mother, extricate his injured Confederate Uncle, and bring relief to his cousin, Emily. When he unwittingly gets entangled in a Confederate escape plot, Robert must forge his anger and shame into a new determination to save his family. And, perhaps, he must also realize that the saving might not be entirely up to him. Honor and duty to God and country aren’t as clear-cut as he hoped them to be.

William Henry is a Fine Name/I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires Set

William Henry is a Fine Name/I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires Set PDF Author: Cathy Gohlke
Publisher: Moody Publishers
ISBN: 0802482945
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 582

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This set includes William Henry is a Fine Name and I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires. In William Henry is a Fine Name, they told Robert his best friend wasn't human. Robert's father assisted the Underground Railroad. His mother adamantly opposed abolition. His best friend was a black boy named William Henry. As a nation neared its boiling point, Robert found himself in his own painful conflict. The one thing he couldn't do was nothing at all. William Henry is a coming-of-age story about a 12-year-old boy--and an entire country--that comes face to face with the evils of society, even within the walls of the church. In the safety of an uplifting friendship, he discovers the hope of a brighter day. In I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires, the bonds linking family and the lines separating enemies have become very blurry for 17-year-old Robert. With his father away fighting for the Union, Robert must decide to act alone in order to help his ailing mother, extricate his injured Confederate Uncle, and bring relief to his cousin, Emily. When he unwittingly gets entangled in a Confederate escape plot, Robert must forge his anger and shame into a new determination to save his family. And, perhaps, he must also realize that the saving might not be entirely up to him. Honor and duty to God and country aren’t as clear-cut as he hoped them to be.

Werner's Voice Magazine

Werner's Voice Magazine PDF Author: Edgar S. Werner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Elocution
Languages : en
Pages : 520

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Werner's Magazine

Werner's Magazine PDF Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Elocution
Languages : en
Pages : 454

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The Battle Hymn of the Republic

The Battle Hymn of the Republic PDF Author: John Stauffer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199339589
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 391

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It was sung at Ronald Reagan's funeral, and adopted with new lyrics by labor radicals. John Updike quoted it in the title of one of his novels, and George W. Bush had it performed at the memorial service in the National Cathedral for victims of September 11, 2001. Perhaps no other song has held such a profoundly significant--and contradictory--place in America's history and cultural memory than the "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." In this sweeping study, John Stauffer and Benjamin Soskis show how this Civil War tune has become an anthem for cause after radically different cause. The song originated in antebellum revivalism, with the melody of the camp-meeting favorite, "Say Brothers, Will You Meet Us." Union soldiers in the Civil War then turned it into "John Brown's Body." Julia Ward Howe, uncomfortable with Brown's violence and militancy, wrote the words we know today. Using intense apocalyptic and millenarian imagery, she captured the popular enthusiasm of the time, the sense of a climactic battle between good and evil; yet she made no reference to a particular time or place, allowing it to be exported or adapted to new conflicts, including Reconstruction, sectional reconciliation, imperialism, progressive reform, labor radicalism, civil rights movements, and social conservatism. And yet the memory of the song's original role in bloody and divisive Civil War scuttled an attempt to make it the national anthem. The Daughters of the Confederacy held a contest for new lyrics, but admitted that none of the entries measured up to the power of the original. "The Battle Hymn" has long helped to express what we mean when we talk about sacrifice, about the importance of fighting--in battles both real and allegorical--for the values America represents. It conjures up and confirms some of our most profound conceptions of national identity and purpose. And yet, as Stauffer and Soskis note, the popularity of the song has not relieved it of the tensions present at its birth--tensions between unity and discord, and between the glories and the perils of righteous enthusiasm. If anything, those tensions became more profound. By following this thread through the tapestry of American history, The Battle Hymn of the Republic illuminates the fractures and contradictions that underlie the story of our nation.

Lord of All Majesty!

Lord of All Majesty! PDF Author: Ralph Kinder
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Promise Me This

Promise Me This PDF Author: Cathy Gohlke
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1414369190
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418

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Michael Dunnagan was never supposed to sail on the Titanic, nor would he have survived if not for the courage of Owen Allen. Determined to carry out his promise to care for Owen’s relatives in America and his younger sister, Annie, in England, Michael works hard to strengthen the family’s New Jersey garden and landscaping business. Annie Allen doesn’t care what Michael promised Owen. She only knows that her brother is gone—like their mother and father—and the grief is enough to swallow her whole. As Annie struggles to navigate life without Owen, Michael reaches out to her through letters. In time, as Annie begins to lay aside her anger that Michael lived when Owen did not, a tentative friendship takes root and blossoms into something neither expected. Just as Michael saves enough money to bring Annie to America, WWI erupts in Europe. When Annie’s letters mysteriously stop, Michael risks everything to fulfill his promise—and find the woman he’s grown to love—before she’s lost forever.

With Seeing Eyes

With Seeing Eyes PDF Author: Harold Morton Kramer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 440

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Home and School Visitor

Home and School Visitor PDF Author:
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Category : Readers
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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The Golden Book of Favorite Songs --

The Golden Book of Favorite Songs -- PDF Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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