Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-10-30

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To-m"rrow morning we will all ~.
forth to battle Tor need tell YOU m M
sour unworthy minister will march with
you, invoking Gods aid ian the hght?-
we will march forth To battle. Need
exhort you fight the good fight. to
hight Tor your homesteadS, and Tor your
wives and children.
My friends, might urge you 10 fight,
by the Calling memories of Brush
wrong! Walton nigh, tell you CT
your eutchered father in the silence of
midnight ON the plains of Trenton,
might picture his gray hairs dabbled in
blood, might ring his death shrek IN
Your ears Shelmre, | nigh. tell you
oil mother butche red, and sister out
raged-Ihe lonely farm house, The night
assault, the roof in flames, the shouts Of
the troopers, as they despatched their
victim, the cries foi mercy, the plead
Ings of innocence for pity. might
point this all again in The terrible col
ors OF the vivid reality, If thought
you. courage needed such wild excite
ment.
But know you are strong i'm the
might of the Lord. You will march
forth 10 batlle on the morrow with uuht
hearts and determined spirits, though
the solemn dUty-the duty Of avenginy
the dead-may rest heavily ON yoar
souls.
And in the hour OF ba tie, when all
around is darkness, lit by the lurid can.
non glare, and the pietcing muske' fash
when The wounded strew the ground.
and the dead litter your path, tl.en re-
member, soldiers, that God is WI n YOU.
The eternal God fights for you-lie rides
on the battle cloud, he sweeps onward
with the march Of the hurricane charge
-God the Awful and the Infinite, fights
Tor you aud you will triumph.
They that take the sword shall per>
sh BY the sword. ;"
You have taken the sword, but not in
the spirit Of wrong and ravage. You
have taken the sword for your homes,
for your wives, for your little Ones
you have taken the sword for truth, for
justice and right, and to you the prom
Ise is. lie of good cheer for your foes
have taken The sword in defiance Of all
that nan holds dear, in blaspheny Of
God-they shall perish by the sword!
And now, brethren and soldiers, bid
you all fare veil. Many Of US may fall
IN the fight Of lo-morrCw-God rest the
souls OF the fallen many Of US NAV
live to tel the story of the fight TO NOR
row, and n The memory OF all will ever
rest and lineer the quiet scenes Of this
.utumnaI night.
Solemn twilight advances over the
q 1
hing their long shadows over the green
he meadow around US are the tents
OF the continental host, the suppressed
hustle of the camp, the hurried tramp OF
the soldiers 10 and fro among the tents,
the stiffness and silence that marks The
eve of battle.
When we meet again, may the long
shadows of twilight he fluGg over a
peaceful land. God in heaven grant il.
Let us pray.
PRAYER OF THE REVOLUTION
Great Father, we bow before thee.
We invoke thy blessing, we deprecaie
thy wrath, we return thee thanks for
the past, we ask thy aid for the future
ror we are in times Of trouble, O, Lord!
and sore beset by foes, merciless and I'M
pityIng; the sword CLEANS over our land
and the dust OF tho soil is dampened
with the blood Of our neighbors and
friends.
-! God OF mercy, we pray thy bles
sing on the American arms. Make the
man OF our hearts strong in Thy wisdom
bless, we 0eseech thee, with renewed
life and strength, our hope, and thy in
slrument, even George Washington
shower thy counseis on the honorable,
the Continental Congress visit the tents
OF our host, comfort the soldier in his
Wounds and Affections, nerve him for the
night, prepare him for the hour of death.
And in the hour OF defeat o! God Of
Hosts, do thou be our stay and in the
hour Of triumph be thou our guide.
Teach us 10 be mercifuI. Though the
memory Of calling wrongs be at our
hearts. knocking for Abundance, that
they may fill us with the desire Of re
venge, yet let us, o! Lord, spare the
Vanquished, though they never spared
US, IN their hour OF bdtchery and blood.
shed. And in the hour OF death, do
thou guide Us iuto the abode prepared
for the blest--so shall we return thanks
unto thee. through Christ out Redeemer.
Con PROSPER THE cAUsE.-Amen.
A SELF MADE MANTLE whig
member OF Congress elect from the Har.
risburg District, Pa. ALEx. RAMSEY, is
Oy trade a carpenter. and ten wears AGO