Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-06-22
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FOR THE kEOWEE COURIER
The Keeping Of the 18th Day of June.

| inform you. Of the doings of our people on
the said 18th day OF Jun BY reading your
interesting and welcome visitor, the GUuricr,
we saw that our excellent President, JEprER.
SON DAVIS, had requested us all to observe
and :pcnd that day in fasting aud prayer
Our Governor did likewise request it of us.
We, being willing TO do what we can in the
great work now going on, MS we have great
interest at stake, VIC also believing that the
Allwise Providence, and President of Heaven
and Of Earth is raycr-hcaring and answer
ing God, VIC believing Him to be rs good MS
His promises at all times we laid aside our
farming tools. With one accord we took up
our bibles AMI hyuln. books. and read God S
sacred Scriptures, and sung hymn's Of praise
to His great name. We read where he says !:
Sanctify yc a fast and cry unto the Lords"
and where Asa prayed for help against the
Ethiopian army Of thousand thousand. men,
and prevailed; and whore II says. if we seek
Him lie will be found of u.s. We learn that
Hc torgcttctlr not the cry Of the humble. IIe
says. lie will be with Ills people in six troub-
les, and not forsake them in the seventh He
says lie is our refuge, stronghold, in tho day
OF trnuble. And many other passages do we
find that make us conlidc in Him. us being
able aud willing to bring us through the fire
unsingcd. and to bring us out Of the battle
field with victory in hand. lie is able to
screen us from the sword, shot and she'll aimed
at us by our enemies. lie is willing too, to
do all these things for us if We will see and
feel our dependence on Him as we ought to do.
Our people all met at their respective places
of worship, hymns of praise were sung with
the spirit, and with the understanding also,
we trust; and prayers were heard ascending
to a throne of Gods rich grncc--all did faith
fully WELD the weapon of praycr-pridc was
not in our midst on that occnsion but did all
humble themselves down; all was apparently
humble in heart, and contrtc in spirit. The
great am was'invokcd for blessings in future.
ms in past times; lie was asked for his favor
and appreciation, smiles and protection. a
strong @cs;tc wal; manifested rcr Ills aid IN
this our timc Of trouble and peril, lie is the
slvcr OF health, of happiness, andprospcrity !;
of 10 is with us VIC nerd fear no evil we will
still enjoy our liberty and freedom. religious
and national, and none dare modest us in any
way; thcstorul of danger will pass over, and
we will not be hurt; the dark aud bcgcrent
clouds OF war will pass from our sight and
from our soil and we will be happy people
Wc hope our people will lay aside the suit of
arrogance and clothe themselves in sackcloth
and ashes, as it were.
Our praying people promised and jointly
agreed to remember our young men, our. vol-
mnteers, IN their prayers at all times. On
them principally, depend our future happiness
'thrm for the progress of our affairs in church
and State; they are great men, and true to
our interests md institutions; they have for.
sock the embrace of friends aud sacrificed
property; they have left doar wives sand chill
drcn, homes, and all the .cndcarmcnts Of it,
and rallied to the standard of our country
They say our great cause shall not suffer ut
tho risk Of their lives they, will nnEnrl to tie
breczc our colors, and fight under them; !; thcy
gill cling to our flag staff, and claim the lib
crty thatonr noble nhcrstors purchased Mt the
cost OF millions OF property and blood. Then
let lis rcmcmbcr that the God wo worship
now, aided in that great work llo is still the
snme God, yesterday, to day, and forever.
without tho least variation OR shndow of turn
ing May we rreollcct this. and pray without
'ccasing; may Ho bless our volunteers ,nuy
i!c be their God aud guide; may lie screen
them from all danger. Volunteers if YOU
shall ever read this. | ask you to nut your
Trust in Him; and if you must go into the
battlefield, pray tho God of battles to hoad
your. army to be your commanding officer, as
iCwerc, and bring you out each time with
victory glindd. 10 all praying people let us
strictly observe cyery day rs q. day Of prayer,
i not Of fpstipg, let us try to cut asundor the
stfongholds Of tho enemy, with the sword Of
Ptayotj ypad do. siDuch good with that
,Wespop; without taking our firearms 10 hand.
Near spid tQSbo the. salt Of the earth, and it
Ssi our rcasonablesapd becoming duty. to pray,
syslnsooncusion, ~ 7 ask you, volupteers, ono
and all to join yourselves to Christ, tho rock
Of eternal ages, and 9 theaif t4a yoarlbodiss