Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-04

The following beautiful letter has been sent ne By one
Of the oopOrtsursiu my employ. place Ii ct your ds
possl. Yours,
AE DICKINSON.
Il has been my privilege recently 10 spend few days
in the town Of Winchester, whiting the campo but more
especially the hospitals. UnG The sick and s,ores
removed with reference 10 evacuation Of the pic
three four Of busily engaged in .pi.us Ia
bors among the soldiers. During my whole stay oily
two men refused to taks tracts from income Of whom
was unable 70 read. As would 70 from cot TO cot,
leaving tract or Testament and speaking Of Jesus Is
vas not uncommon for sufferer 10 another part Of
the rosm TO call out "bring me one" shall never ier
get my frs; visit 10 Of these hospitals. There,
stretched out before me, on coarse, hard beds lay per
haps hGa6red sick soldiers noeuy young men, some OF
them the flower Of the land. They were my bro heu-
far from happy homss-lously, Departing, sck-sone
OF them SICK unto DEATH How cheering the right OF
auy friend What opportunity for the child OF God
The Saviour event sbou; doing good"-He went Ehefe
there was sickness aud misery and death. This Was
srca, conoern Bic meat and drink He never isl.erec,
nor ueared nor turned aside. Are you oae OF hisf-
Taen there work for you and II you Cannot prsonsl
~ engage in it, hen help to send Others out into this
G,ld so vast ard 90 inviting Thus shall you win sous
VITO aha. deck the disdem Of your Rsdee1er-who shall
be glitter in ycur crown Of rejoicing forever and
eTer.
A, tho Union prayer meeting (of all dsnomiustions)
one afternoon that gallant soldier and pious man. Gen
eal (Stoneva Jackson present and led In prayer.
At the supper table some protesting christians, when
told Of r. expressed regret at no: having bsen present.
Had they known that Gsrrd Jisk'on was 10 have been
there .hey would certainly have gone Alas they for
got that greater than Jackson any other mere man
had promised to meet with his people, even the Lord Of
life and glory.
Is is certainly gratifying fact that General Jsckson
en- active, hunbls consistent Chrisral-rsstranipg
profanity and Sabbath breaking army col
por,er' distributing rscp, and anxious to have every
regiment in his army supplied with chaplain. Iadeed,
our officers generally disposed 10 favor efforts for
the moral and religious improvement Of the soldiers
AN told that general 10 command OF an important post
man notoriou.ly cross and profane, welcomed col
porter his division with words something like these
Sir you have coms hope TO do oil the good 700 can"
IL then invited the coporter to stay q. his headquAr
ters, mess at his table, and share his blsnkets.
lay my pen down with sadnes', as l remember tia:
Winchester IL in the enemy's poisesssn-the town Of
tho Revelation, with lie crunblrs old Fort Loudoun,
bull by Lieu.ensn. Afterwards General Washington, and
where lie the remains OF Lord Fairfax, half owner
Of Virginia, and Morgan the Nsy Of the Revolution
Winchester has bean spoken Of az the old heart Of the
border which sl every blow and poured ont her blood
freely In behH OF the frontier" Aud she and her
noble psop!s suffer again. Nay the Lord hasten the
limo whom Virgaias sacred soil shs be rid Of the IT,
ysdAr's pOllutng tread.