...sermon, which was published, in a note to which occurs the passage : " . . . . that heroic youth. Col. Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has...manner for some important service to his country." The first presbytery in Virginia was established through his exertions in 1755 ; and in 1758 be was chosen...

...to which occurs the passage : " . . . . that heroic youth, Col. Washington, whom I cannot but hopo Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country." The first presbytery in Virginia was established through his exertions in 1755 ; and in 1758 he was chosen...

...sermon, " I point out that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has preserved, in so signal a manner, for some important service to his country." A remarkable prophecy, as thus uttered from the pulpit. " Who," said Lord Halifax, in a letter to a...

...sermon, " I point out that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has preserved, in so signal a manner, for some important service to his country." A remarkable prophecy, as thus uttered from the pulpit. " Who," said Lord Halifax, in a letter to a...

...been manifested in the colony, added, "As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot...manner, for some important service to his country." There is certainly something extraordinary in the brilliant reputation with which Washington, a young...

...courage of the Virginians. " As a remarkable instance of this," said he, " I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot...manner for some important service to his country." 214. There is another tradition also worthy of notice, which rests on the authority of one of the most...

...appended to this discourse, Davies said: " As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot...manner for some important service to his country. "f It is probable that Patrick Henry caught the spark of eloquence from Davies, as in his early youth,...

...eye of Samuel Davies has now pointed him out as "that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I carr but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal...manner for some important service to his country;" and soon the prophecy is fulfilled. The same year he is in command of the Virginia frontier forces....

...allusion to the then Colonel Washington: “I cannot but hope that Providence has hitherto pi'eserved him in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.” Among the clergymen of the Revolutionary period was Rev. David Jones, a descendant of the Welsh of...

...ranks him among the prophets. After Braddock's defeat in 1775 he wrote: " I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot...in so signal a manner for some important service." Himself an accomplished orator, Davies introduced public speaking for his seniors, a practice which...