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J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 4: influence of Christian officers—concluded. (search)
through which they passed into the pure presence of God. Think of it—the exchange of the boom of cannon for the harpers, harping with their harps —the shrieks of furious enemies for the hallelujahs of angels— the fierce onset for the Come, ye blessed of my Father —the madness of war for the boundless peace of heaven! These were the exchanges your precious boy made when he breathed out his life into the hands of his Saviour. For himself he felt nothing but a holy joy, as our Willie Wm. C. Preston, son of Colonel J. T. L. Preston, of Lexington, Virginia, who fell in the same battle. The following extract is taken from a sketch of his life and death, published in the Central Presbyterian: Don't distress yourselves about me, boys; I am not afraid to die, he said to his comrades, as they pressed anxiously around him. There spoke the considerate friend—the chivalrous young soldier—the fearless Christian. Of the few remaining hours of his life little is known. Thus much