hide Sorting

You can sort these results in two ways:

By entity
Chronological order for dates, alphabetical order for places and people.
By position
As the entities appear in the document.

You are currently sorting in descending order. Sort in ascending order.

hide Most Frequent Entities

The entities that appear most frequently in this document are shown below.

Entity Max. Freq Min. Freq
Jesus Christ 528 2 Browse Search
R. E. Lee 207 7 Browse Search
Georgia (Georgia, United States) 150 0 Browse Search
Fredericksburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) 127 3 Browse Search
Stonewall Jackson 113 1 Browse Search
Virginia Baptist 110 0 Browse Search
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) 104 0 Browse Search
T. J. Jackson 104 0 Browse Search
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) 88 0 Browse Search
Jefferson Davis 84 0 Browse Search
View all entities in this document...

Browsing named entities in a specific section of J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army. Search the whole document.

Found 170 total hits in 46 results.

1 2 3 4 5
Providence, R. I. (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
drink when I am thirsty. The habit has become as delightful as regular. Jackson had a firm and unshaken trust in the promises of God and His superintending Providence under all circumstances, and it was his habitual practice to pray for and trust in Divine guidance under every circumstance of trial. His friend, Elder Lyle—gratitude, and asks only a similar confidence in the future. But his chief duty to-day, and that of the army, is to recognize devoutly the hand of a protecting Providence in the brilliant successes of the last three days, which have given us the results of a great victory without great losses, and to make the oblation of our thawhat is religiously, they naturally underestimate the importance of religion. From what I have said, you may think I am despondent; but, thanks to an ever kind Providence, such is not the case. I do not know where so many men, brought together without any religious test, exhibit so much religious feeling. The striking feature i
Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
was my privilege to see a good deal of him, and to learn from those intimate with him much of his inner life; and as his Christian character is well worthy of earnest study, and of admiring imitation, I give a somewhat extended sketch of it. I first came into personal contact with him on the 4th of July, 1861, while our army was drawn up in line of battle at Darkesville, to meet General Patterson. The skill and tact with which he had reduced the high-spirited young men who rushed to Harper's Ferry at the first tap of the drum into the respectable Army of the Shenandoah, which he turned over to General Johnston on the 23d of May, 1861, and the ability and stern courage with which he had checked Patterson's advance at Falling Waters, had won for him some reputation, and I was anxious to see him. A colporter (good brother C. F. Fry) had sent me word that he desired permission to enter our lines to distribute Bibles and tracts. With the freedom with which in our army the humblest
Chancellorsville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
said that he could always tell when a battle was near at hand by seeing the general get up a great many times in the night to pray. He was frequently observed in the beginning and in the midst of the battle to lift up his hands towards heaven, and those near could hear his ejaculatory prayers. Just before the battle of Fredericksburg he rode out in front of his line of battle and offered earnest prayer for the success of his arms that day. The morning of the opening of the campaign of Chancellorsville he spent a long time in prayer before mounting to ride to the field. A writer in the Richmond Whig thus describes a scene enacted soon after the battle of McDowell: General Jackson addressed his troops in a few terse and pointed remarks, thanking them for the courage, endurance and soldierly conduct displayed at the battle of McDowell on the 8th inst., and closed by appointing 10 o'clock of that day as an occasion of prayer and thanksgiving throughout the army for the victory which f
Israel (Israel) (search for this): chapter 3
and then he would quickly change the topic; but we fully discussed questions pertaining to the promotion of religion in the camps—how to secure more chaplains and to induce pastors to come as missionaries to the soldiers, and kindred topics. And then we got on the subject of personal piety, the obstacles to growth in grace in the army, the best means of promoting it, etc., and as the great soldier talked earnestly and eloquently from a full heart, I had to lay aside my office as teacher in Israel and be content to sit at the feet of this able theologian, this humble, earnest Christian, and learn of him lessons in the Divine life. More than almost any man I ever met, he accepted fully the precious promises of God's word, walked by a living faith in Jesus, and was guided by the star of hope as he trod firmly the path of duty. How far the glorious revivals with which we were favored were in answer to the prayers, and in blessing on the efforts of Stonewall Jackson, and to what extent
Centreville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
e minds of the soldiery drawn off from the bayonet and sabre, the enemy's artillery was occasionally belching forth its leaden death; yet all unmoved stood that worshipping army, acknowledging the supremacy of the will of Him who controls the destinies of men and nations, and chooses the weaker things of earth to confound the mighty. Rev. Dr. Wm. Brown, former editor of the Central Presbyterian, relates a characteristic anecdote of this man of prayer. During a visit to the army around Centreville, in 1861, a friend remarked to Dr. Brown, in speaking of General Jackson in the strain in which many of his old acquaintances were accustomed to disparage him, The truth is, sir, that old Jack is crazy. I can account for his conduct in no other way. Why, I frequently meet him out in the woods walking back and forth muttering to himself incoherent sentences and gesticulating wildly, and at such times he seems utterly oblivious of my presence and of everything else. Dr. Brown happened the
Darkesville (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
istian officers—continued. The piety of Stonewall Jackson has become as historic as his wonderful military career. But, as it was my privilege to see a good deal of him, and to learn from those intimate with him much of his inner life; and as his Christian character is well worthy of earnest study, and of admiring imitation, I give a somewhat extended sketch of it. I first came into personal contact with him on the 4th of July, 1861, while our army was drawn up in line of battle at Darkesville, to meet General Patterson. The skill and tact with which he had reduced the high-spirited young men who rushed to Harper's Ferry at the first tap of the drum into the respectable Army of the Shenandoah, which he turned over to General Johnston on the 23d of May, 1861, and the ability and stern courage with which he had checked Patterson's advance at Falling Waters, had won for him some reputation, and I was anxious to see him. A colporter (good brother C. F. Fry) had sent me word tha
Headquarters (Washington, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
ook on it as a calamity at all? If it were in my power to replace my arm, I would not dare do it unless I could know that it was the will of my Heavenly Father. His dispatches and official reports all breathed this spirit of trust in and dependence upon God. His simple God blessed our arms with victory at McDowell yesterday, was but a type of the character and spirit of his dispatches. After his capture of Winchester in 1862 he issued the following order: General order no. 53. Headquarters, Valley District. Winchester, May 26, 1862. Within four weeks this army has made long and rapid marches, fought six combats and two battles, signally defeating the enemy in each one, captured several stands of colors and pieces of artillery, with numerous prisoners and vast medical, ordnance and army stores, and finally driven the boastful host, which was ravaging our beautiful country, into utter rout. The general commanding would warmly express to the officers and men under his co
Fredericksburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
n of our Chaplains' Association. He was accustomed to say, when hearing accounts of religious matters in the army which pleased him: That is good—very good—we ought to thank God for that. I remember one day, when walking over from near Hamilton's Crossing to a meeting of our Chaplains' Association, that General Jackson overtook me (riding alone, as was his frequent habit), and, inquiring where I was going, he promptly dismounted, and throwing his bridle over his arm walked with me several rust that, if any should have denominational feelings, they will not be in the way of advancing a common and glorious cause. Let us go some bright Sabbath morning to that cluster of tents in the grove across the Massaponax, not far from Hamilton's Crossing. Seated on the rude logs, or on the ground, may be seen fifteen hundred or two thousand men, with upturned faces, eagerly drinking in the truths of the Gospel. That reverent worshipper that kneels in the dust during prayer, or listens wi
Jackson (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
frequently. Dr. White says that he saw from Jackson's reply and manner that he meant to succeed—tm a letter which he recognized as directed in Jackson's well-known handwriting. Now, said he, we wfound that a colored boy, who had belonged to Jackson's Sunday-school, had procured the flag, gotte. Dr. Brown happened the next night to share Jackson's blanket, and in a long and tender conversat of God's truth. I need not say that this is Jackson's Headquarters, and the scene I have picturedfield of usefulness. Some of the services at Jackson's Headquarters were of deep interest and wideed results. Upon one occasion, I called at Jackson's Headquarters and found him just going in tot the conversion of Lieutenant-General Ewell, Jackson's able lieutenant, was on this wise: At a cous so deeply impressed by this incident and by Jackson's general religious character, that he said: attributed his conviction to the influence of Jackson's piety. Since he lived such a life, it wa[1 more...]
Fort Donelson (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
on and frequently engaged in it with his whole soul at times least expected by those who did not know him. During one of his battles, while he was waiting in the rear of a part of his command, which he had put in position to engage the attention of the enemy while another division had been sent to flank them, a young officer on his staff gave him a copy of the sketch of Captain Dabney Carr Harrison, a young Presbyterian minister, widely known and loved in Virginia, who had been killed at Fort Donelson. He expressed himself highly gratified at getting the sketch, and entered into an earnest conversation on the power of Christian example. He was interrupted by an officer, who reported the enemy advancing, but paused only long enough to give the laconic order, Open on them, and then resumed the conversation, which he continued for some time, only pausing now and then to receive dispatches and give necessary orders. A chaplain relates that on the eve of the battle of Fredericksburg he
1 2 3 4 5