Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-11-07

VI war, as dld the brave COl. Baker, and
triangle saddening presentiment with the
,and of fpatriolism. Sure the wife, mother
ind sister feel deeply: vet comparatively
ew tears are she'd. With smile of en-
.ouragement they arrange the wardrobe Of
loved ones leaving home, bind on their ar
NOR, bid them God speed, aud retire to their
loneliness Not that they love themselves
less, but their country more. Think not the
stream Of endearing Tenderness is dried up.
No, they only shut down the waste gates of |
affection for the occasion. The pent up
waters accumulate TO burst forth in flood
of tears when the soldier is out Of sight. This
is true moral heroism. There is courage and
and skill, patriotism and cheerful endurance
in camp, but weeping and prayerful anxiety
at home This feeling is universal. Woman
never forgcts the soldier. lie goes to the
altar Of his country to offer sacrifice, willing
to be inundated ifthe Great Disposer 80 or
ders IL she weeps er the danger, prays for
his safety, and labors to secure his comfort
and salvation both temporal and spiritual.
The good and the brave are akin to her in
stincts, and the crown of the gloryi is to assist
them to the submit of moral excellence
Never has this been more fully demonstrated
than in the present unfortunate campaign.
When the brave soldier boy takes an inven-
tory of his knapsack, he finds in the bottom
n small bible---a mothers gift. Surely he
may quote the poet:
THUS little hook is all tbsrs lcit INC now,
Tears will uubidden start
With quiyrrng liz and tlrobbing brow
press II TO my heart
Why prize it thus? All i! it points to a
trio of glories 1t enshrines three words,
either Of which should melt the hardest
heart Mother, Home and Heaven
Surely the presentation Of n bible to a
regiment of soldiers, under existing crcum-
| stances, will constitute an epoch in the his
tory of each mans life How elevated and
noble the meaning it conveys. Actions are
significant things, and this net, when proper
ly interpreted, exhorts to cheerful obedience
to the powers that be to correct moral de-
pertinent as the road to honorable promo
| ton to eternal vigilance as the price Of
| liberty and the secret of success, and an un-
ceasing confidence in the overruling Provi-
dence of God. Let me repeat our obligation
to the donors of this book, not so much for
| its nominal value as for the treasure it con
tains, and the language it whispers, Rich
| in blessings they have blessed us indeed.
- y. hove rroffered us aims had hnncc.
and nakedness moved their compassion they
might have fed and clothed us had chiv.
alrous deeds of Pythias or Olympia sort de
manded an expression they might have
thrown us laurel or IVY had courteous at
tention invited notice they might hav,
wreathed response in embryo blessing
Yet better than these they have given u
the Great Revelation. This Book leads III
back Ger the commngled dust of drifting
\ ages to Nature starting point, and seats III
with angelic hosts who shouted o 'ercreation'
natal hour and forward DER temples ant
battle fields. o er cradle beds and graves o
potentates-o' er the rise and fall of empire
and republcs-o' er the wreck Of matter an,
the crash of worlds and seats US beneath th
Great White Throne, where the righ.eou
shall find home and the impcnitcnt traito
"a hell! ....
One fact, in connection with the prescn
proceedings is, of itself, sufficient to justif
the Northern loyalty in the prosecution o
this war. mean the dependent and in
d separablo connection of Christianity will
Republican principles. The Christian re
ligion thriyes under the fostering patronag
Of well ordered Republics; vital piety take
deep roots and spreads exuberantly, eve
pointing to the consummation OF man
highest bliss And we know that the nd
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