...parliamentary army, but it may be doubted whether there were so good a one. It was simply this : " O Lord ! thou knowest how busy I must be this day ! If I forget thee, do not thou forget me." He now concluded his brave and irreproachable career, by a saying not less to be remembered by the...

...parliamentary army, but it may be doubted whether there were so good a one. It was simply this : " 0 Lord ! thou knowest how busy I must be this day ! If I forget thee, do not thou forget me." He now concluded his >/ brave and irreproachable career, by a saying not less to be remembered by the...

...Jacob Astley, who commanded the foot, made, the following remarkable prayer at the commencement : " 0 Lord ! thou knowest how busy I must be this day ; if I forget thee, do not thou forget me. March on, boys !" It is worthy of remark that the long service and military renown of the Puritan campaigners...

...The good before him, but perverts best things To worst abuse, or to their meanest use. PL iv. 196. 8. Lord Astley, before he charged, at the battle of Edgehill,...Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I torget thee, do not thou forget me !" There were certainly, says Hume, much longer prayers said m the...

...only nominal commander, and put himself at the head of his regiment, with this fervent prayer, "Oh Lord! thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not thou forget me. March on, boys !" When old Major-general Skippon, some days after, was in a similar position, he used...

...Jacob Astley, who commanded the foot, made the following remarkable prayer at the commencement : " O Lord ! thou knowest how busy I must be this day ; if I forget thee, do not thou forget me. March on, boys !" It is worthy of remark that the long service and military renown of the Puritan campaigners...

...armies, but none was more simple and sincere than Sir Jacob Astley's, uttered manfully aloud : " Oh, Lord ! thou knowest how busy I must be this day ; if I forget thee, do not thou forget me !" ' then rising, he exclaimed, " March on boys ! " The Parliamentary army began the fight by three...

...SOLDIER'S PRAYER. LORD ASTLET, before he charged at the battle of Edgehill, made this short prayer : "Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day ; if I forget thee, do not thou forget me." — Chriitian Remembrancer, 1859. LITTLE WON'TS. JESSIE was expecting two little girls to spend the...

...soldierly prayer, for he lifted up his eyes and hands to Heaven, saying, ' Oh ! Lord, thou Jtnowest how busy I must be this day ; if I forget thee, do not thou forget me ;' and with that rose up, crying out, ' march on boys!'"2 To these testimonials may be added, the respect...

...Edge Hill, 23 October, 1642 1 I remember the words as follows: "O Lord, Thou knowest how busy I shall be this day. If I forget Thee do not Thou forget me March on, boys." Who originally recorded them Î JOHN T. PAGE. West Haddon, Northamptonshire. BEZIQUE...