, 1861-12-04

to be pointed to this man Or that man, who at
home Waa an ornament to bis neighborhood, who
Eb9 e asW q ans aeS @
mem have already periIed and loss their pay N
aaranes Tor several II months and @ then tntempeI n
entirely prevented by the officers, and as far as
wae able to Observes is prevented to great extent
--intemperance follows; and there Is no vile,
mon thing with men who are living these
rude lives. and SO a. man begins to COZ
fIae1 m h9 ss II II enc I'm b
gamble, and Of men who drink. and Of men who
swear, cannot be too feasfnily estimated There
tat @ nf aef sn tHG Ram II IN u
tain sense nnscathed, hut they will be the worse
for having been n il nan may enter 2 e9a "a
aga agan ~ can @ have t the fsee in bis
lungs which he would have had had he never IN
haled ths poison So 1he5s aomes to MsR 1, the Pc
filed with men not only WHO are wounded not
only who arc scared, not only who are MANNED,
no po' cqedt Tag 10 3her M homes men who win BE-
service to their Creator. men who will be living
spectacle Of the demorallzation Of var. These ef-
troops are lisbanded. tho soldier very seldom re-
Turns 70 be good citizen The h1nits h,, OF camp
lie and the ts scf Of to eaP
What Then IS our duty, Christian brethren
aqa oon Fl Tsw 4ea1d vat
permitted by Cod, and though 1t seemed to be
Strange at frat. get God has been lifting the
nation of mysteries that before could not COM
prehend; and We understand, too, that His Ptovl,
deuee is leading us into higher, and puIer, and
u free1 civilization. But the exists; Its evils
as eeen on property, On life and on morals. are not
to be disputed or satnsaid. What Is onr duty: It
strikes ME that asa time Of peace sto succeed the
TING Of war, and that as the disastrous effects OF
always in proportion to the length Of time
during which the is protraeted, that as Chris
tian men re ought to see to 1t that tho war j j.
puEhcd with such energy as to be speedily and en-
cicntly closed. II one man in twenty only who is
in the war, is struck down on the battlefield, and
the @ M hoss 9s s I
issue Of the war? II yon withhold money, Il you
Thich thiz end can be accomplished It seems to nc
you arc not diachargtnss your duty a. Christians,
which is to put these e;ils away from the nee q
the earth-to that the war shall be closed just
50 soon ae the Providence Of God shall Indicate It,
aud that no Chrieians contribution is wanting for
the accomplis shment Of that end.
the duty Of prayer This was impressed upon ME
by some Incidents that occurred in my presence.
Christian men IND Christian wGmS have yoa
men and women Have Eon thought how lm-
naensely your prayers and their influence may con-
tEol n ths matter and how often il fhese e1 DE- not
thoughts Of comfort and such words Ut cheer to
the poor, sick and exposed ones: Pray then for
Inc DfhfE n1fn VINO QAFE gone OuI Lo QelGlQ our
land! Some Of them have been SO unaccustomed
to the voice Of prayer as that when they arc rc-
duced by suffering they cannot pray they
hnss eSotsn wha5 sha waf one p
it proved within the. honr wandering and
and yet apparently rational had forgotten all
about the rl1dcness of the hospital where he was
lying had forgotten that there WAS but plank
1nor beneath lin, had forghttcn that there were
no lu1urles. that there was no home. no mother
near, but all his thoughts we're Of mother and
ia rf tarF he11n
d. S'e aot not yeaa ofhs fa nj
whom yon we're talkinS jpet now; teach you to
Pa P%oi give ths Se sona G1aq psay ps %e
try to pray now; In hour you mat be where
Is M s Re yoq a nsc9sei snrRp5 @
again, and he seemed to make an effort to fold his
hands and said. Now lay me down to Sleep
and it was his last sleep, for he said, pray
the Lord my soul the suul went up into the
presence Of God. Oh it is the duty Of every Chris
tian man and woman to pray for those men who
cannot o. do not pray for themselves aud then
| to a poor sick man, as he is wounded or
enecbled by disease, to know that there il heart
! someherc praying for him, stood by the bvdsidg
OF boy, a mere STRIPPING, l suppose not oyer Il
years Of aye, who had wandered away from his ia.
theirs house, and without permission from home
followed as it w Mgn t. ent y to the y hwar dis
| 60 weak that you could tcarcc expect to sec him
t breathe from moment to moment. was talking
With h quietly Sn and er sa'd ra IT, him. e
Veg said I. = do. and there are great many
people that are praying fo5 boys who are expose9
Is e and hs ppea y ca
nearer to him: as to prevent the occupant Of tht
next couch from hearing what he Eald, MY mo
ther has pFayed for me1my mother is praying io
at his request offered up prayer to God, and rost
from my knees and was about to leave the room
said be- Thank yon sir; wonl1 1't t say God bles
Pray for such men and boys as these-oh, hoy
earnest should be our. prayers! Will
That ,hd ba ah0a a., mas ask
coyer. strength ere they 60 hence to be here III
morcl And. as Christians, We are taught TO pra,
for our enemies; and If we have any enemies, dea
| Christian men and women. they are those wicket
| and ambitious mcn. wEG, for the sake Of place. o
for the sake cf power, hare plunged rs INTO thi
was-men who were not content to live under tn
hest government on which the sun ever shone
| men who were not content to be surrounded b,
the blessings which were brought to them BY
nigh eivllzat,on.bat men w9 mnst M n have diilsI
With things as they were; Let " pray for them
that they may return to their right mind that the
pepsnt OF Of Of
course. Aud as there is one great fact whisl an
fss al thfr h hGtgt .gstfona cxisPcncc
asss aHd t. q on III the lookout for tie proyidcht
| movements Of God which will take away that stall
md leave freedom in its place. It seems TO n
that the protracion nj thi. with all its terri
BILE evils will have. been the greatest blessing tt
the earth if with the war goes tyranny, oppression
elayeryi Applause. checked By the speakers re
mark. :" It is the Sabbath day, Gods honsc] As
Christian people we are taught to look for and an
ticipate the coming Of day when war in ull it
forms shall cease. when oppression in every shap
shall vanish before the riumphal progress Of God
"A time to kill and time to heal; time Of VA
and time Of peacc.-' but the fact only be left o
record that men may know how sad has been til
history Of the earth and how fearful the blshtin
Of its 'sars. With faith in ourselves, with praye
to Almighty God, with firm, Clrietfan, patrio
hearts We ought to stand shoulder to shoulder t
the right We opght to snee side BY sid
and never to give up maintaining the right an
praying to God till the morning dawn u peac
shall break again upon the world, and our flag. i
our Bishop placed it, Just below the cross, kisse
by the morning breczcs and floating out in trump
over al the land, be the record Of history. Il
stripes the lesson Of the past ite stars the enblel
| Of our future.