Independent Democrat., 1844-03-30

crime and want linked hand IN hand, anC
tempting men to deeds of woe and death
these are part of the doom and the reiri
button that shall come upon the Engllst
throne and the English people!
Soldiers lock around upon your fL'
miiar faces with strange interest! TO.
morrow morning we will all g forth to
battle--ior need tell you that your un-
worthy minister will march with you, in
voking Gods aid in the fght?--we will
march forth 10 battle! Need | exhort you
to fight the good fight, to fight for your
homesteads, and for your wives and your
children?
My friends, might urge you TO fight, by
the CALLING memories OF Brush wrong!
Walton--l might tell you of your father
butchered in the silence Of midnight on
the pairs of Trenton; might picture his
gray hairs dabbled in blood; 1 might ring
his death shrek in your ears. Shelmire t;
might tell you of "A mother buichered,
and sister outraged; The lionel y farm
house. the night assault, The roof in flames
the shouts OF the troopers, as they des
patched their vlcIim, the cries for mercy,
the pleading of The innocent for pity.
might paint This all again, in the terrible
colors of the vivid reality, il | thought your
courage needed such wild excitement
But know you are strong in the might
of the Lord. You will 60 forth to battle
on the the morrow with light hearts and
determined spirits, though the solemn du-
ty, the duty OF avenging the dead, may
rest heavily upon your souls.
And IN the hour of battle, when all a.
round is darkness, lit by the lurid cannon
glare. and the piercing muskel flash, while
the wounded s'rew the ground, and the
dead litter our path, then remember, sIl-
dlers, that God is with you. The Erern-
al God fights for you; he rides on the bat
tie cloud, he sweeps onward with the
march of the hurricane charge; God, the
Awful and the lnfnile, fights for you, and
you will triumph.
"They that lake the sword, shall perish
by the sword"
You have taken the sword, hut not in
the spirit Of wrong and revenge. 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 10 you the promise is be of
good cheer, tor your foes have taken the
sword in defence Of all that man holds
dear, in blasphemy of God-they shall
perish by the sword.
And now, brethren and soldiers, | bid
you Ill farewell. Many Of US may fail in
the fight to morrow God rest the souls OF
the fallcn-many Of US may live to tell
the story of the fight tomorrow, and in
the memory OF all will ever rest and linger
the quiet scene Of this autumnal night.
Solemn twilight advances over the val.
ley; the woods on the opposite heights
fling their long shadows over the green oi
the meadow-around US are the tents OF
the continental host, the suppressed hustle
OF the camp, the hurried tramp of the SOL
diers to and fro among The tents. The still
ness and silence that marks the eve Of
battle.
When we meet again, may the long
shadows of twilight be flung over peace.
ful land.
God in Heaven grant it. Let us pray.
PRAYER OF THE REVOLUTION.
Great Father, we bow before thee. We
invoke thy blessing, we deprecate thy
wrath; we return thanks for the past, we
ask thy aid for the future. For we are in
times of trouble, oh Lord, and sore beset
by foes, merciless and Implying; the
sword CLEANS over our land, and the dust
Of the soil is dampened with the blood OF
our neighnors and friends.
Oh! God of mercy, we pray thy bless.
ngs on the American arms. Make the
man of our hearts strong in thy wisdom;
bless, we beseech, with renewed life and
strength, our hope, and Thy instrument,
even GEORGE WAsHINGToN-shower Thy
on the honorable, the continental
Congress visit the tents of our host,
comfort the soldier in his wounds and af.
1ictlons, 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, and in the hour
If triumph be thou our guide.
Teach us to be mercilul. Though the
memory Of CALLING wrongs he al our hearts,
for admiitance, that they may fill
is with desires of revenge, yet let US, oh!
Lord, spare the vonquished, though they
never spared US, in their hour Of butchery
md bloodshed. And, in the hour of death,
10 thou guide US into the abode prepared
or the blest so shall we return thanks
INTO thee, through Christ, our Redeemer.
ioD PROSPER THE cAUsE-Amen.