...BLACK. WHITE LOHD ASTLEY, before he charged, at the battle of Edgehill, made this short prayer : " 0 Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day, if I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me ! " There were certainly," says Hume, " much longer prayers said in the parliamentary army, but I doubt...

...prayer of a gallant cavalier, Sir Jacob Astley, before the battle of Edgehill, " O Lord," he said, " thou knowest how busy I must be this day : If I forget thee, do not thou forget me." He then rose from his knees, and exclaiming to his men, — " March on, my boys !" led them on to battle.f...

...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 : " 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 : " 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...

...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...

...iv. 196. 8. Lord Astley, before he charged, at the battle of Edgehill, made this short prayer — « O 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...

...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...