The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-08-22
WASHINGTON CITY, AUGUST %, ls5

assaaib the reoi IN ilamcs, The shouts d the troop
ers fhey dispatched their victims, the ciies fo
mercy and The pleadngs OF Innocence for pty.
might paint this all again, in the vivid colors o
the terrible reality, If thought your courage
needed such Wild excitcment
but Know you are strong in the might OF God
Yoaswiii march forth to battle on the morrow
witA bghs hossts aud determined spirit though the
solemn cuty--the duty Of ayenging The dead---may
rest heavy on your soul
Aau ~ the hour OF battle, when al around Is
dslkness lit BY the tiid cannon's glare, and the
p'eteiag nushet fash, when the wounded strew
the ground, and the dead litter your path, then
repscnber, soldiers, that God is with yon Th,,
eternal God fights FOR you---he rides on rhe bat
tie-c oud, nc swecpe onward with the march OF
the hurricane charge God, the awful ana inf.
mite, lights for you, and son will triumph.
sword" ''o
fou have taken the sword, but not n The sniril
OF wrong or ravage. Yon have taken Tho sword
Iof yonf homes for your wives for your litte onca
iQu Aaye taken the sword for trlth and jltstlce
and right, ara tUyou the promise is---be ei pood
ceheer, Tor your foes have taken che sword In de.
iiahce Of all that men hold dear, in blaspheIny OF
Hod--they shall perish by the sword
And now brethren and soldiers, bid You all
farewell. Many of us may fall in the hattie al
m9nyoi US may live to tell the story OF the Rght
TO morrow, and in the memory Of all will ever
rest and linger the quiet scene of thia antmnal
night.
Solemn twilight advances over the valley the
wools on the opposite heights fling their long
shadows over the green of the meadows around
US are the tents of the continental host the sup
pressed hustle Of the camp, the hurried tramp o
the soldiers to and fro among the tents the still
ness aud awe that marks the eve Of BATTLE
When we meet again may the shadows Of tw
light be flung over peacelut land. Col in heaven
grant II. Let Us pray.
PRAYER or TIE REVOLUTION
Great Father, we bow before thee; we invoke
thy blessing, ne deprecate thy wfath we return
thee thanks for the past, We ask thy aid for tl,s
iituie For We are il times OF trouble, Oh Lord,
and sore beget by foes, nerciless and IMPLYING.
The sword CLEANS over our land and the ilCst 4
the soil is dampened with the blood OF our neigh
bors and friends
On 'iod Of mercy, we pray thee 70 bless the
American aims Make the man Of our hearts
strong in thy wisdom; bless, we bcseeci thee,
With renewed life and strength, our hope, and
Thy instrument, even George Washineton-
shower Thy counsels OH the Honorable, The Con.
tinenai Congress; visit our host, comfort tie sol
dier IN his wounds and aflictons, nerve Bin 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, aad in the hour of triumph, be
thou our guide.
Teach us to be merciful. Though the memory
OF CALLING wrongs be at our hearts, knocking for
aGinittthc that they may fili Us with the desire
OF revenge, yet let us, oh Lord, spare the van
quished though they never spared M In the hour
OF butchcry and bloodshed.
and IN the hour Of death, do thou guide us 10
the abode prepared for the hlest so shall we re,
turn thanks unto thee through Christ our Re.
deeIner fod prosper Tie cahse Aman.