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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 5: helps to the revival-colportage. (search)
till the cry from the army was, Send us more good books. At one period of the war the Baptist Board alone circulated 200,000 pages of tracts weekly, besides Testaments and hymn-books; and with the joint labors of other societies, we may estimate that when the work was at its height not less than 1,000,000 pages a week were put into the hands of our soldiers. Our readers will be pleased, we doubt not, to learn from the colporteurs themselves what they saw of the work of the Lord. Rev. Dr. Ryland, of the Baptist Church, writing of his labors in Richmond, says: Many cases of deep and thrilling interest have come under my observation. Some were fervent disciples of Jesus, who, during the war, having maintained their integrity, gave me a cordial welcome to their bedside. Others were rejoicing in recent hope of eternal life; and many others exhibited marked anxiety about their salvation. Since the battle of Seven Pines, I have conversed with probably five hundred who, having pass
, slain by cruel war; and when we remember that in most of these sick camps garbage and filth of all kinds lay reeking in every direction, we have a picture of horrors that can find no counterpart except in the midst of such a war. These unfortunate creatures claimed and received the careful attention of the noble men and women who gave their days and nights to hospital work, and their best earthly reward was the word or, perhaps, look of gratitude from the sick and dying soldier. Rev. Dr. Ryland, speaking of his labors this Spring in the Richmond camps and hospitals, says: I have conversed with, addressed, and prayed for, many hundreds of invalid soldiers during the month, and given to each a tract, or a religious newspaper, or a New Testament, and have received from all great respect, and from many the most tender expressions of gratitude. I have found about forty-five men who could not read; to these I have given such books as McGuffey's First Reader, after demanding a