| Abel Stevens - Methodism - 1861 - 588 pages
...frequently so large that he was compelled to preach in the open air. He was an exception to the proverb that "a prophet is not without honor, save in his own country," for during the forty years of his ministerial labors his influence at Barwick, where he resided, was undiminished.... | |
| 1901 - 1022 pages
...the legend " fierce par le flat murmiirant." Mr. Foster's experience does not accord with the proverb that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country, for while the French have been recognizing his merit as an artist, he has also met with recognition at... | |
| Wisconsin State Agricultural Society - Agriculture - 1884 - 990 pages
...Wisconsin. I do not believe much in proverbs, but I am about convinced of the truth of the proverb that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country, for I can assure you that the work which has been done by the Agricultural College of Wisconsin is most... | |
| Lewis Publishing Company - Seneca County (Ohio) - 1902 - 862 pages
...has practically passed his entire life, setting at naught the old adage, in its wider application, that "a prophet is not without honor save in his own country," for he commands the confidence and esteem of the people of the community in which he was born and reared and... | |
| Edith Perkins Cunningham - 1907 - 386 pages
...college. " There was Manning Force, his classmate, to prove by its exception the truth of the proverb that 'a prophet is not without honor save in his own country,' for in later years when the Republican party selected him as its candidate for Judge, the Democratic one... | |
| Dunbar Rowland - Mississippi - 1907 - 942 pages
...Carthage, Miss., his native town, and in his labors there set at naught all application of the proverb that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country, for his success was pronounced and his support of a representative character, which facts stand good as... | |
| Richard Illenden Bonner - Lenawee County (Mich.) - 1909 - 1002 pages
...respect and esteem of the community which has ever represented his home, and thus he sets at naught all application of the scriptural aphorism that "a prophet is not without honor save in his own country." Mr. Kuder is a scion of staunch German stock in the agnatic line, and the family... | |
| Harriet Taylor Upton - Ohio - 1910 - 982 pages
...postmaster of the city of Medina and former member of the state senate, effectually sets at naught the application of the scriptural aphorism that "a prophet...not without honor save in his own country," for he is a native son of Medina county, where he has not only been honored with offices of high public trust,... | |
| Chauncey Mitchell Depew - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1910 - 428 pages
...committee have spoken are cordially indorsed by his neighbors of all parties. He is an exception to the law that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country, for he is held in the highest esteem by the people among whom he has lived and labored. His career is one... | |
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