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Whitefield (search for this): chapter 8
he same time made us feel that we could approach him freely upon the subject of religion. Whitefield, are you a member of the Church, or professor of religion? No, he replied, but I'll tell you y comforted by it, and said he could return home with a more cheerful heart. We said: Then, Whitefield, you are not afraid to die-? No, sir, he answered, I shall go up and make my report to the Alere the nurse interrupted him, and seeming to think he was trusting to his own goodness, said: Whitefield, my son, you know all that won't save you- Stop! stop! wait till I get through, said he; I'lround us. As we sang the lines-- Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of thy wing, Whitefield exclaimed, Adjutant! Adjutant! Is not that grand? Ah! you don't know what that means! I wilrough his tears, and grew happy with hope in the midst of his grief. I am satisfied, said he. Whitefield died as I would have him die-died for his country; died honorably; and, above all, died in the
Peyton (search for this): chapter 8
nd made supplication in secret; for which he was content to endure hardness as a good soldier, and then cheerfully to die. These dying words beautifully connect themselves with those of his brother Peyton on the field of Manassas, and, taken together, they have a special fitness to our country's present need. When the second Virginia regiment, fighting on our left at Manassas, was broken by a sudden and destructive flank fire of the enemy, and by the unfortunate command of its Colonel, Peyton, and a few officers of like spirit, rallied a portion of the men and led them in a perilous but splendid and victorious charge. In the midst of it, however, he fell, shot like his brother, in the breast. Two of his men bore him from the field. His face was radiant with heavenly peace. He spent a few moments in dictating messages of love, and in prayer for himself, his family, and his country. What more can we do for you? asked the affectionate men who supported him. Lay me down, was h
1861 AD (search for this): chapter 8
Chapter 7: winter of 1861-62. The stationary condition of the armies during most of the winter gave the chaplains, and other pious laborers, fine opportunities for pressing religion on the attention of the soldiers. Along the Potomac, where the Army of Northern Virginia lay for the autumn and early part of the winter, religious services were held with encouraging signs. Rev. Joseph Cross, D. D., chaplain of the Walker Legion from Tennessee, writing of his labors, says: It is interesting to see how they flock to our nightly prayer-meetings, frequently in greater numbers than your Sabbath congregations in some of your city churches. I preach to them twice on the Lord's day, seated around me on the ground, officers and men, in the most primitive order you can imagine. But the most interesting, probably the most useful, part of my work is the visitation of the sick. Every morning I go to the hospital, visiting the several apartments successively; in each of which I talk
1862 AD (search for this): chapter 8
Chapter 7: winter of 1861-62. The stationary condition of the armies during most of the winter gave the chaplains, and other pious laborers, fine opportunities for pressing religion on the attention of the soldiers. Along the Potomac, where the Army of Northern Virginia lay for the autumn and early part of the winter, religious services were held with encouraging signs. Rev. Joseph Cross, D. D., chaplain of the Walker Legion from Tennessee, writing of his labors, says: It is inteative Indians, thousands of whom espoused the cause of the South. The following statement of the religious condition of our Indian soldiers appears in the report on Missions made to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the spring of 1862: It is well known that all the Indians in the Southwest, with the exception of a portion of the Creeks and a few straggling bands of Cherokees and Seminoles, espoused the cause of the South with much heartiness from the very commencement of
January (search for this): chapter 8
rmer savage condition. But these things had but a short and transient existence, and in the course of a few months no traces of them whatever could be found. Many have entered the army, no doubt, from mere excitement and the love of warfare, but the great body of them, and especially the members of the Church, it is believed, have been actuated purely by motives of duty and patriotism. Mr. Stark visited the Choctaw regiments at their encampments in the Cherokee country the latter part of January, and gives a good account of their general deportment, especially of that of the members of the Church. He supposes there were 1,600 Choctaws in the encampment — about one-sixth of these were professing Christians, some of whom were the best and most prominent men of the nation. He writes: Prayer and praise went up every evening from around many of the camp-fires. And he adds that the captain of the company with whom he lodged allowed no drinking, swearing, gambling, or Sabbath-breaking
February 22nd (search for this): chapter 8
rance must be tested, and the chastening which seemeth grievous will. if rightfully received, bring forth its appropriate fruits. It is meet and right, therefore, that we should repair to the only Giver of all victory, and humbling ourselves before him, should pray that he may strengthen our confidence in his mighty power and righteous judgment. Then may we surely trust in him, that he will perform his promise, and encompass us as with a shield in this trust. The day following, 22d of February, Jefferson Davis was inaugurated, and closed his address in the following words: With confidence in the wisdom and virtue of those who will share with me the responsibility, and aid me in the conduct of public affairs, securely relying upon the patriotism and courage of the people, of which the present war has furnished so many examples, I deeply feel the weight of the responsibilities I now, with unaffected diffidence, am about to assume; and fully realizing the inadequacy of hum
February 16th, 1862 AD (search for this): chapter 8
n to sink. Yet he did not die till next day. Like his brother, seven months before; like his sister, seven days after; like the little one to whom he had given his name, he was to die on the Sabbath, with the calm of the eternal Sabbath filling his breast. He was carried to Nashville and tenderly nursed by faithful men. Only two incidents of his dying hours have reached us. Calling for one of his manuscript books, he took his pencil and, with a trembling hand, feebly wrote these words, Feb. 16, 1862, Sunday. I die content and happy, trusting in the merits of my Saviour, Jesus, committing my wife and children to their Father and mine.-Dabney Carr Harrison. Precious legacy of love and prayer! Precious testimony of faith and blessedness! When he felt that death was just upon him, he gathered up his remaining strength for one more effort. Resting in the arms of one of his men, and speaking as if the company, for which he had toiled, and suffered, and prayed, so much, was before
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