Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-11-04
THE BATTLES OF THE BIBLE.

ed iu the Bible, that the result is repre-
sented as depending upon the will Of 6 Cd,
aud no, merely on the numbers Of the
soldiers, or the skill and experience Of the
commuters. Tae Sovereignty Of God is,
in almost every instance, particularly
asserted aud Acknowledged.
In the fast series Of Conflicts mentioned
in The Scripture, which was closed by the
feat Of the kings and the rescue Of lot
by Abraham aud his servants, Malchize-
dek blcsscs the most high Col, (which
hath delivered thine enemies into thy
hand" When N pses led Israel against
Og, king Of Ea,han, the Lord slii, fear
bini not, for | have delivered him into thy
hand" It Is especially mentioned as one
Of the cou>eqgeaces of obedience to the
Lord by tie children Of Israel that "the
Lord shal. cause thine enemies to be
smitteu bcfre thy face" lu coLGrma-
ton Of this tn va Is O.. Jericho fell, mira
culously fell, as the result Of simple ohcd-
ieuce, and the lsr4elites strangely fl j
before the people Of Al, simply for dlsl-
bedieDce.
We might quote to like purposes all
the battles Of Joshua and the judges, and
Of Saul and David, and Of the rest Of the
kings The chronicle Of each is 10 almost
the same words Israel sinned, and the
Lord delivered them into the hands of
their enemies round about them; or, the
people rcpenled of their sins, and cried
unto the Lord ard the Lord raised up q
delverer to the children of Israel, who
delivered them. And in doing this, the
Lord showed 10 respect to the strongest
bat,alions. This Nlpoleouic doctrine tiuds
10 support in the Bible. We never read
Of vii. Of God being frustrated because
his people were ouiuumbered and out
hanked Take the case Of Gideon
and the M.1ianites. Here three hundred
men, armed with none of the usual imple-
IDeuts of warf,re, tut merely with trum-
pets, and pitchers and amps in their hands,
put TO & sht an army that came grasshup-
ers for multitude. 50 Ben hadsd, king
Of Syria, in three separate attacks on S4-
maria, was defeated with great slaughter
by very small bands, and the third time
s.,lo I - ,,,, J., ~, L,s, ,f tLa Sr,;sDs d,
hear noise of chariJts, and a noise Of
horses, even the noise of great host
and "hey arose and f,d in the twilight,
and left their tents, and their asses, even
their camp as i. was, and fsd for their
life" Likewise, when Seunacherib came
with great army, and wrote to llszekiah,
saying "Lat not thy God, in whom thou
trustest, deceive thee - and ii zekiah
prayed unto the Lord, "save thou cut Of
his hand )" sand it came to pass that
night, that the angel Of the Lord went out,
and smote in the camps Of the Assyrians
hundred four-sc1re and fse thousand"
Now the Almighty has resigned none
of his power, aud aband med none Of biz
principles lie Is as mach the God Of
battle as ever, and is influenced By the
same motives. II. may not display hi.
power, as being the immediate cause o.
events, 50 prominently as formerly, bu'
still it Is the same procuring cause Of a.
things that it ever was, and is guided b
the same principles. Now, as ever, tn,
people that honor him be Will honor, anC
those that sin az inst him he will deliver
into the hands Of their enemies.
The application Of these principles eact
one can make for birnself We hav,
written with special reference to the pres
ent aspect Of affairs 10 our oWn cpuutry
To all other sius have we not added tha
Of depending upon the number Of ou
soldiers, and the skill and experience Q
our commluIe.s? And is not God pun
i.bpg US by leaving our generals TO sue
petty aud contemplate jea.ousies aud riy
sries as would be ridiculous in set {
schoobOys, but deserve the severest par
ishment in men in their position? Au
is it not time to humble ourselves uadl
the mighty hand Of God?
All histories have their crises, and
seems to US the crises in our nations BIZ
tory has come. The demand Of the holr
that every one be faithful! to God and h
country. notwithstanding the dalkne.
Of the present, we hope. We can n,
believe that God has led US thus far
destroy US now. But every oae must d
his duty.
.Wc arc living, dwelling
In a grand and ami q "a iul t4as-
In axe a-rs telling.
t. be faithfGl, l. sublime"