Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-11-15
a Day Of Fasting, Humiliation ANA

By proclamation of the President of the Confed.
crate States this day is set apart as day of fast
ing, humiliation and prayer" and the Reverend
Clergy and the people Of these Confederate States
are invited in the chaste and impressive Language
Of the President to repair to their usual places Of
public worship and to implore the blessing of Al
mighty God upon our arms, that He may give US
victory over our enemies, and preserve our homes
and affairs from pollution, and secure to US the re-
storation of peace and prosperity" We are also
invoked to ackno wledge shat not unto u.s. but unto
Him belongeth the victory"
There is a solemnity and impressiveness in the
occasion of q whole people, upon whom the storm
of war is now beating, with all its desolatng fury
and who believe their cause to be just and holy,
thus-securing the assistance and appreciation Of
HesyeH. with one accord bowling down before the
throne Of jehovah and imploring His protection
and the restoration of peace and prosperity. There
is solemn reality in such scene, which iHpresses
the mind with confidence in our struggles, since
who can overcome us if God be for us? And if
the God of battles be against u.s. cannot hope to
overcome His counsels and vsnquish our enemies.
But that He is with US and for us, is as clearly
evinced as though His hand were visible in the
Heavens above to the physicical sense.
at Bethel His arm was seen, when the Hessisn
invaders fell by hundreds and were yet so blinded
and panic stricken that they could not even
see their foe before them Likewise in that terri
bic panic and rout on Manassas Plains, when the
invaders were scattered before our countrynen like
leaves of the fores: before great hurrican, and
when even they fell out and differed about the cause
of the panic, the strength and might Of tde 0mnpo
tent were clearly visible.
On the battle fields of Oak HILL Lexington, Cars
nifax Ferry, Vienna, Greenbrier Leesburg, Del.
mont, Santa Rosa and at the Passes of the Missis.
spp there are no less undoubted indications of the
blessings of the God of battles upon our righteous
cause and of his manifest dlsfavor of the invaders
efforts to subjggate and destroy u.s. With the sbest
Generals and the brsvest troops in the world, we
should ever remember, we can gain no victory
without Him, who has been unto as shield"
As people, grateful for so remarkable protec.
ton and such unvaryiDg successes against pow
erful and Tindictive foe, who would grind US be-
tween 'the upper and the neither millstone > If is
manifestly becoming and proper, that we should
not vaingloriously attribute triumphs alone to
our proves in the field and the skill of our valiant
and capable leaders; but that we should humbly
acknowledge the great Source CT our victories and
ferventy invoke continuance of thatcheering favor
which has enabled to lift up heads in praise
and thanksgiving in the face of naughty and i'm.
perious foe, and which will ere long withdraw the
lurid clouds of war, and pour upon our bleeding
tand suffering country the dawn of new and bright
er era of peace, prosperity and happiness than our
most sanguine statesmen AMI ssges have ever con-
emp!stei