Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-09-11
For the San5orJ
ENCOURAGING FACTS s.s ''anda'

fOT the Standard
ENCOURAGING FACTS
Since June 1st, under the approval If oil
tots Of this City. we have reprinted esnecia ras-
the soldiers over goo pages OF each of tn" Tor
ibS appropriate Tracts (" A Voice from Hoa""'
Don't pst it Off," '"A.sutRciencv .f 'l es
Standardization to God sPri7ate Deyot;o, GlrSt"
ses OF Fahb Ihe Sentinel" and motives to Enc 5ne
y Pfety in all Of these over 6lS 600 naoos Lar
Oh the excellent tract Come to Jesus" " SS anu
les, or o4I2oo pages-niaking in ali ranr;. up
l,l63520 pages; in valse $3.50 56 These p pd
got out at the prices heretofore paid to the nave
can Tract Society, n. VI SOC pages far -1'erl-
and Come to Jesus" for three cents cow uSaT,
ly all Of these have been sent to the sosro wear
or less, OF ali the Confederate States most o .Ore
receive them gladly, saying, "This is the LIN Oa
reading we want to help US ful6A the promises Vi
made to our wives, parents, sisters ministor" .' we
loved ones on leaving home that we wo,,ld 80 ana
to be our guide and refuge" uchexpressions k uou
frequently heard from great many of the
600 soldiers with whom have talked ON nora s,a
| religion Peisola
Recently soldier of intelligence came to 49,
richmond va, to express his thanks for the CO..; III
influence of the Tracts he had received
i'll camp. He believes they were sent him ;r oelhs
to pfo,ls mothers prayers He stated that AsSer
leaving home he felt but little interest in
but now it is his delight and comfort '''eOn,
Another soldier in Mississippi regiment ,rri..-
that the tract "Come to Jesus has been tba rU,
OF Leading him to Christ since being in yjroina "'S
prominent officer IN one of the regiments :.
Virginia writes, "I.feel it my duty to sa1- h. III
good influence exerted upon the minds and a. Tue
OF our men by the Bibles books and tracts Won huns
sent US, Is lncalculable; and to my knowledge bs
have been blessed of God IN producing snr;t Of ey
| llgous inquiry with many of a most encou-n
character L trust you and christian frienJs g
nome Will continue to supply all soldiers with
this means OF grace, which is so well adaped o on
spiritual wants, and can DC diffused amona No Ous
| perhaps no other can so efectually.',
An efficient Colporteur, who has been laborir, ..
such many years about Charlottesville, Va W.T.
~ am deVotinS almost my whole time to the sol
ders, and especially to the Hospitals in which tbn
| is large number of sick and wounded hero onJ
about as many at Cupeper c. H. This is ono e of
the best heds for usefulness as they have so mncb
| time LOT reading and thought Over half of them
are well enough to read and most Of them are very
| thankful for religious reading | furnish NAM e
| them with Bibles and larger books to use wbio
mere, and tracts and smaller book to take with them
| when they leave. Yesterday was conyersinp With
quite sick soldier, who told me he embraced ,cI;
glon since being in camp at Harper's Ferry. whiIs
| engaged IN prayer alone with his cousin. + want
one thousand copies of Come to Jesus and great
! many more OF the other kinds You publish As
christians we ought to improve every means noss
BILE for doing good to the souls and bodies of these
soldiers, and this is one OF the most effective reIir
| lous lnstrumentalities" This Coporteur should lie
| kept well supplied with religious reading to dis
| tribute IN his labors of mercy and love- And there
are several other points of about the same impor
lance, all oil which are calling upon us, through
Chaplans and others, for religious reading
| BY special donations, I have supplied 1910 25
worth OF Bibles and Tesaments to destitute soldiers
Since my last statement, the following collections
have been received and applied as directed Milton
Friends, 50; Rev. s. 4. Stanfield ST; RcIdsvile
NJ d L., 81; Pennington Division, by s. O.
Tatum, S. Winston, by Rev. j. E. Mann, IS Lex
| ington Female Tract Society," So; Ladies at Chapel
HlIi by Rev j. B. Shearer, $2+ 10 Rev. Jno Tllett
Richmond county, $40; Windsor, BY A. r. Thomp.
son, S3; Salem Tract Society Si25 and Salem
| Church collection SIS &C. by Rev. S. Thos. Pfobl {;
Paw Creek church, near Charlotte, by Rev. R. Bur.
! well, $24; Salisbury Female Tract Society. s16
Rocky River church, by Rev. d. A. Penick, $17 :
Ladies at Newbern, by Geo. Allen, S1O9; Rev. r.
\ Hearn near Greenve, Sl1 the Soldiers Friend,
CiemmonSville, 81 Bethesda church, Caswel coun-
! ty, by ). Neal, SO; Chatham county, Bear Creek
church, sl3 81, and Rives' Chapel siS 40, by Rev.
K Ii. Marsh; Henderson, Miss L. Y Speed Sc 80 ;
Sardls and Sharon churches, near Charlotte by Mrs
John Walker. $50; Lenoir county, Miss Nancy F.
| Miller, So Is, and Mrs. E. j. Jarman 81, by Rev.
| II Farrow Central Presbyterian Office, Richmond,
Va, by Mrs. E. II. Brown, $24 Rev. N. B. Cobb
Chaplain 4th Regiment N. c. Vols, 81; IN E.,
Augusta county, Va, S.. The other donations by
individuals from $40 to so cts. acknowledged by
! letter.
| The demand for grants of Tracts to the soldiers
! IS tar beyond the means in hand to supply. While
IN Virginia recently, had calls for 800 900 pages
OF grants, most of which have been able to supply
| by the noble efforts of few ministers ladies and
treuds. And feel it only necessary to ask that
each minister bring this subject before his congre
| CATION, to secure aid Immediately by public colec
tons, or by friends making private application As
| L have to give my whole time and labor to getting
out the Tracts and sending them off, and in being
among the soldiers cannot go out collecting as in
former years. do hoN none will wait for Inc to
| call on them in person. During this week have
been written 10 for over 200, 900 pages which we
can and will supply, if we have the means furnished
US. Some oftheae applications are from Regiments
that have no Chaplans, and their wants for the
! gospel are of a most urgent character. What
amount shall We give them? Reader. you can per-
haps help us respond literally, and. under God,
saVingly, by your donation and prayers. By the
| great kindness of the Express Company, we can
send religious reading to your husband son. brother
neghbor and friend, without freight charges
Surely Gods people and patriots will at once aid in
the duty and privilege of sending the Bread of Life
to our hungering soldiers while on the field of ex
posture and death for our protection. l do hope
that many will follow the cxampeof Messrs. Elan,
Sharpe & Co., ofthe Southern Presbyterian, Colum-
bla, s. C., who recently sent me an order to supply
10 S. G. Regiments each with $40 worth, or 10 900
pages in all 0,000 pages, which has been done.
Let each one do what he and she can in this work
OF faith and love. Yours truly,
w. J-W. CROWDER, Tract Agent
Raleigh, N. c., Sept, 1861.
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