Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-08-23

captains.
8. The armorcrs are made glad in their !
hearts, and the countenance of the money
changers is lifted up.
CHAPTER ".
l. Yet is the great host secretly disqui-
etcd, and the people foam at the mouth as
a war horse that champeth the bit.
O. Then is doubt and fear and anger,
and men gather at the corners of the
streets.
g. And the chosen of the chief council
say unto the captains The people mur-
mur, therefore tell US now, is there indeed
to be unto you day of battle ?
4. And the captains lay the finger on
the mouth and say, shall we open our lips
to the foe ? shall the enemy come into our
councils.
5. Listen, now, aud keep silence, lest a
bird of the air carry the matter.
6. The host hath no RAMRoDs More
over, yet thirty days, and the Spring rains
shall loosen the carrots, and young child
can pluck up the parSnipS.
7. Then shall the long sareS abound,
and our hearts being strengthened, the
enemy shall be scattered like the chaff of
the thrcshng floor.
s. So the wise men Of he council were
appcased and they came forth and said
unto the people, 1t is all right and the
captains are wiser than we.
CHAPTER V.
l. But the people doubted And they
said, tax US even to the latchcts of the
shoes; and our silver and our gold are the
rings, and our young men in the flower of
their strength,
?. Shall the rebel defy US forever, and
the traitors laugh US to scorn!
3. Even now, they send ambassadors
unto our enemy of old, and await the COM
ing of his ships of war.
4. And the people came together, as the
sea gathers its tide when the whirlwind
rides on the waves.
5. And they said to Abraham, even the
king, stand forth
6. Art thou not our ruler We have
lifted thee up from the dust, and have put
thee in the seat of him in peace and in war
among our rulers.
7. We have placed in thy right hand
the sword of this great people, and have
given to thy arm the sinews of their
strength.
8. The great book Of the Constitution.
The Supreme Law, is before thee; thou
hast sworn an oath to keep it's mandates
!, and walk in its light
, o. Turn aside for no man, black or
white He, the rebel and traitor, is be.
: fore thee for him alone is thy sword whet-
led.
10. Strike subduo him; by the law,
| according the law, In the strength Of this
people, in the favor of the Almighty, thou
canst do this thing.
IL. Ii preadyenture, hereafter, the land
odce med and purified by blood, shall, in
order and justice, bring forth season Of
better life and hope for the bond-servants
of the law, then shall all the people say
; Amen.
t II. If need be, shrink not to defle thy
garments with the dust of the march, or tc
shed thy blood in the fore front of the bat
e tie.
l3. Art thou not our leader : To whom
. look we for deivorance, but to the kin!
who is mighty with the might OF the whole
+ people?
IA. He who is higher than kings shall g
P before thee, and thy name shall be hel,
in everlasting remembrance.
It Is. And the sound of the multitude wa
as seven thuadcrs uttered their voices, an
e they said;
t l6. If thy heart fail thee, give place =
For even now is there need unto us tha
C we have Man.!
IT, And King Abraham was troubled
n
i. 81. And the rest of the acts of Kin
5, Abraham-are not recorded in the book
&c of the chronicles Of Seth, the Scribe
n 3s. And the Songs of King Abraham
and the book of his witty sayings, and tn
'e picture of his beauty, to be desired of VIC
men, and the maui wherewith he maule
Il rails in his youth, and the special plea
whereby he dscomftted his adversarie
before the judges of The prairie, are laid u
t, in the Patent Office.
. 80, Even there are they laid up in clot
l. of gold, with the patent churns, and wssl
ing machines, and perpetual motions, an