 | United States. Congress - 1956 - 176 страници
...great blow. But what could be more typical of a healthy soul, attuned to the laws of God, than his words "I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty." Senator BARKLEY believed that life goes down with better grace,... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1956 - 176 страници
...great blow. But what could be more typical of a healthy soul, attuned to the laws of God, than his words "I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty." Senator BARKLEY believed that life goes down with better grace,... | |
 | 1989 - 384 страници
...of students at Lexington, VA, Barkley suffered a massive heart attack and died. His last words were "I would rather be a servant in the house of the Lord that sit in the seats of the mighty." ' Wlien Barkley first came to Paducah in )898, he worked in the... | |
 | John E. Kleber - 1104 страници
...a mock convention conducted by students of Washington and Lee University. There he observed that he "would rather be a servant in the house of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty." At the conclusion of the address, he suffered a fatal heart attack.... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 страници
...1919.— The Messages and Papers of Woodrow Wilson, ed. Albert Shaw, vol. 2, p. 1127 (1924). 699 For I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty. Senator ALBEN w. BARKLEY, address to a mock Democratic convention,... | |
 | William Schreiber - 1994 - 52 страници
...Washington and Lee University. The occasion was their mock Democratic convention. The Senator had just said, "I would rather be a servant in the house of the Lord than sit in the seats of the mighty." He collapsed and was pronounced dead ten minutes later. Edward R. Murrow April 30, 1956 burgoo (n.) (1)... | |
 | Timothy Walch - 1997 - 276 страници
...junior Senator," he shouted. "And I am willing to be a junior. I'm glad to sit in the back row, for I would rather be a servant in the house of the Lord than sit in the seats of the mighty." He perhaps was speaking of the vice presidency. He probably was referring to the presidency. A roar of... | |
 | Harry S. Truman - 1997 - 496 страници
...Washington and Lee University, and collapsed and died in the middle of the speech, just after he said that "I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than sit in the seat of the mighty. " TO GEORGIA NEESE GRAY September 30, 1958 Dear Mrs. Gray: I have been told that... | |
 | Lowell Hayes Harrison - 1997 - 570 страници
...politician could have asked for no better final remarks than the last words he spoke to the audience: "I would rather be a servant in the house of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty." Barkley's death not only meant that the most powerful political... | |
 | Cliff Downey - 2002 - 154 страници
...30, 1956, while finishing a speech at Washington and Lee University in Virginia. His last words were, "I would rather be a servant in the house of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty." ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD HOSPITAL, PADUCAH. For many years, the... | |
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I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty. 
