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William W. Bennett, A narrative of the great revival which prevailed in the Southern armies during the late Civil War, Chapter 22: spring of 1864. (search)
orrupting influences of the camps comes to the altar of prayer and mourns his follies past, praying God for pardon. We have, says another, two hundred volumes of religious books which are let out to the regiment upon rules adopted by our Sunday Schools. Among the most touching scenes were the sacramental occasions in the army. At such times all denominational lines were forgotten, and Christians of all the Churches knelt together and received the emblems of a Saviour's love. Rev. A. G. Haygood describes such a scene in the Army of Tennessee: We invited all of God's children to join with us in this holy feast. As hundreds joined in that oft-used hymn-That doleful night before his death, The Lamb for sinners slain, Did, almost with his dying breath, This solemn feast ordain, many Christians wept, and sinners looked seriously and wonderingly on. It was so unlike the rude scenes of war. I shall never forget, and I shall always feel it, when I remember how these rough-bea