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What Hath God Wrought (other)
"What hath God wrought" is a translation of a phrase from the Book of Numbers (Numbers 23:23), and may refer to: *"What hath God wrought", the official first Morse code message transmitted in the US on May 24, 1844, to officially open the Baltimore–Washington telegraph line *''What Hath God Wrought? The History of the Salvation Army in Canada'', a 1952 book by Arnold Brown *'' What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848'', a 2007 book by Daniel Walker Howe {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Of Numbers
The book of Numbers (from Greek Ἀριθμοί, ''Arithmoi''; he, בְּמִדְבַּר, ''Bəmīḏbar'', "In the desert f) is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible, and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah. The book has a long and complex history; its final form is possibly due to a Priestly redaction (i.e., editing) of a Yahwistic source made some time in the early Persian period (5th century BC). The name of the book comes from the two censuses taken of the Israelites. Numbers begins at Mount Sinai, where the Israelites have received their laws and covenant from God and God has taken up residence among them in the sanctuary. The task before them is to take possession of the Promised Land. The people are counted and preparations are made for resuming their march. The Israelites begin the journey, but they "grumble" at the hardships along the way, and about the authority of Moses and Aaron. For these acts, God destroys approximately 15,000 of them through various ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltimore–Washington Telegraph Line
The Baltimore–Washington telegraph line was the first long-distance telegraph system set up to run overland in the United States. Building of line In March 1843, the US Congress appropriated to Samuel Morse to lay a telegraph line between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland, along the right-of-way of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Morse originally decided to lay the wire underground, asking Ezra Cornell to lay the line using a special cable-laying plow that Cornell had developed. Wire began to be laid in Baltimore on October 21, 1843. Cornell's plow was pulled by eight mules, and cut a ditch wide and deep, laid a pipe with the wires, and reburied the pipe, in an integrated operation.Dilts, James DThe Great Road pp. 295–96 (1993) However, the project was stopped after about of wire was laid because the line was failing. Morse learned that Cooke and Wheatstone were using poles for their lines in England and decided to follow their lead. Installation of the lines and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Brown (General Of The Salvation Army)
Arnold Brown (13 December 1913 – 26 June 2002) was the 11th General of The Salvation Army (1977–1981). Biography He was born in London, England, the son of officers of The Salvation Army. While he was still a young boy, his family immigrated to Canada, and it was from the corps in Belleville that he entered training, becoming an officer in 1935. A two-year corps command was followed by 10 years of service in the editorial department at territorial headquarters, where he became assistant editor of ''The War Cry''. During that time he compiled a history of the first 50 years of Salvation Army ministry in Canada, entitled ''What Hath God Wrought?'' Captain Brown and Lieutenant Jean Barclay were married 15 September 1939, and they gave 42 years of joint service before retiring from active leadership. They had two daughters, Heather Jean Brown and Beverley Ann Brown. In 1962, the then Brigadier Brown was appointed as territorial youth secretary, an appointment where he gav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
