Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-11-17

! doom and tho relFbuiion that shall come upon
the English throao and the EngIish peop,e!
Soaiegs-i look around npon ycur familiar ia
ces with q strange interest T. morrow morning
"e VII all 20 forth 10 batlle-ior need tell YOU
that your unworthy minister VII march with YOU
invoking Coos ala IN the fght?-we will march
forth 10 Jatl!t, Need | exhort YOU to fight for
your honesteads, and for your wives and chi,
dren2
My friends, might urge you to fight by the
gazing memories Of Bntish wrong. Waiton-l
might tell YOU OF your iather butchered in the ST.
!enee of midnight on The plains OF Trenton; /
mightpictlre his grey hairs dabhled in blood, |
might ring his death shrek in your ears. Shell
mlre, might tell you Of a mother bGtchered and
4 sister outraged-the lonely farm house, the
night assault, the roof flames, the shout Of the
troopers as they despatched their victims; the
cries for mercy; the pieadtngs Of innocence for
pity might paint this all again, in the terrible
cooE7 Of the vivid reality, If thought your cour-
age needed such wild excitement.
But kno" you are strong 10 the might
of the Lord. You viii % forth 70 battle on the
morrow with Iigh, hearts and determined spirits,
though the solemn duty Che duty Of avonging the
dea3,lmay rest heavy on your souls.
And n the hour Ct battle, when all around is
darkness lit by the iurd cannon glare. and the
piercing n1sI{et fash; when The ounjed strew
The ground, and the dead litter your path. then
remember soldiers tha, God is wish you-he rides
1N tus Uattic Ct0u4, Le sweeps onward Win me
march Of the hurricane charge-God, the Awful
and the Inflite, Gghts for you end you viii ri
umph.
They that take the sword shall perish bv tho
s,yo orc.
You have taken the sword, bat not 10 the spirit
of wrong and ravago You have taken he sword
for your homes, your wtYos, your llttlo ones. You
have taken the sword or truth, for justice, and
right, and 20 yoa the promise Is, be Of good cheer,
for y9ur foes have taken HE sword IN defiance Of
all that man holds dear IN basphemy Of God
they shall perish BY the srordt
An3 now brethren end soldiers. bid you al
farewell. Many Of Us may fall in the fight Of to-
morrow-Got rest the souls Of the faiien--Fnany
Of Us may live tell the story Of the fight Of to-
morrow, and in the memory Of all will ever rest
and Iineor the scene of this autImnal night
Solemn twilight advances over The valley; the
woods on the opposite heights fling their long
shadows over the green Of the moaGow-around
,,a tha Il tho ttnantal host. The snp>
pressed hustle Of The camp, the hurried tramp Of
the soldiers to and fro among tho tents, the slll~
ness aud silence that marks the eve of battle.
When meet again, may the long shadows of
twilight be flung over peaceful land.
God n Heaven grant it.
Let Us pray.
PRAYER OF THE REVOLUTION.
Great Father, we bow before thee. We invoke
thy blessings, deprecato thy wrath, we return
thee thanks for the past, We ask thy aid for the
future. For are in Tunes OF trouble, oh, Lord!
and sore bcse, By foes, nerciless and multiplying
the sword CLEANS over our land, and the dust Of
the soil is dampened with the blood Of cur leigh
bors and friends.
Oh! God Of Mercy! we pray thy blessing on
our Arms. Make the man OF our hearts strong
thy wisdom; bless, beseech thee, with re-
newed life end strength, our nope anu Thy ino.'a
menf, even GEORGE WAsHINGToN-shower Thy
couuseIs on the Honorable the Continental Con-
gress; visit The tents of our host, comfor' The
soldier in his wounds and Affections, nerve him
for the fight, prepare him for the hour Of death.
And IN the hour of defeat, oh! God OF Hosts,
do thou be our stay, end IN the hour Of triumph
be thou guide.
Teach US 10 be mercfu. Though the memory
Of CALLING wrongs he al our hearts, knocking for
admit,ance, that they may fill Us with desires OF
revenge, yet let US. oh Lord spare the vanqulsh
ed, though they never spared US IN their hour OF
5u1chery and bloodsbed. And ia the hour of deaf III,
do Thou guide US into the abode prepared Tor the
bless; so shall return thanks unto Thee, ihto'
Christ our Redeemer. GoD PROSPER THE CAUSE
Amen.