Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1862-03-15


and hearts of our people. Our pride and self.
reliance have received rcbuke, and We have
learned more than ever before. of the strength
OF. our cncmy, us well MS Of his furocity and
hate. The spirit of patriotism aud of prepa.
rstlon for the fierce struggle Of liberty and in.
dependence, will now rise higher and higher
And trust too that our people, citizens and
soldiers, will be brought nearer to God and
to the path of virtue aud morality The Oh.
servancc of this day Of humiliation and prayer
is ominous Of good. think God that we
have 3, President whose lpind and heart arc
EhabitIally turned 'in 'flis direction; who Il
capable OF writing such Proclamation as the
one that has convened us together tot day /;
and can say, in his Inaugural Address, in the
presence OF Senators and Representatives and
let it 90 forth to the world, "To Thee, oh
God trustingly commit myself, and pray
crfully invoke Thy blessing on my country
and its cause"
My text declares if We seek Him lie will
be found of you. o. my brethren, let us seek
Him to-day and every day And let us seek
Hin "aright with IL sense of dependence
upon Him; with humility and pcnitcncc on
account of our own sins and the sins of the
nation; and let us seek II i'm IN tuih, trust
ing alone III the righteousness and intcrccssion
OF our glorious High Priest, and relying upon
tho promises that God hath given us. \ na.
ton is this day bowed before the mercy.scat
of the Sovereign Of all worlds and the Disro
scr of all events. May this nation be enabled.
now md henccforth, to seek Gods favor and
blessing Alright! aud may our pooplc have
grace to put away "the accurscd things" that
I4hayc provoked the Divine displeasurc Let
|ns bc with God and then lIc will be with us
IN And can. llcsnot heIp,us? Iruc, we have n
powerful gcncWy to contend with, having su
pcrlor advantages III numbers and munitions
OF war; buttllcis is an unprin:pled aud MI un.
christian enemy and "lle hat is with us >
| (it we ablde with llim) SIS greater than he
enat ~ With them. Read the 14th and 18th
chapters OF I'd Chronicles, and learn how God
can save those who are with Him, although
On. ehey DC numerically weaker than their enc
miss. N'll,e'truth&ls, my hearers nc cannott'o
|S,eiist2Nt eg9 ~ Wcml.st have
and Ills wisdom,
tt.gltl tl.Nt Sc will lin
ssso , ts
e !
|WilI ba depi:}v. bn,,oLt "a ,n;,l .sl
Fin aIIs dsnlea sros tl,,t M e. %ss,sS,
4 to feel md acknowleilSso oi,r s;nfnncss> o.
4 our dependence upon Him. "IIeisns ;c,lous
EGod andSwill not give His glory 70 anotb bas &
nor wiliMIIo bestow spcc;aI f,vors N,n Nmnn
/ those WHO nersist.i in tbe;r evil wnvs = !
. IIop.nte nj,d bclicv;nr thot DIV mno,,,o ,y;,l
ytarn; from, at least thc;r oncn on1 a,rr,n,
3Ewandcrings from Cod, and viii g. In viii
,lsHims' III honorine HIN and in scc,;nr lin,
!, I would say to.you. my brcthren IN conclu.
i sion. as tie pfophct was h;,)dcn ,o s,v r.
4 Judah, in the words Of tho lottcr norton n
nv text, Z. BE yc strony. tbcrcfurc onI lct
not your hands be weak for vo,,r ynrl sl,l
i be rewarded" BE strono--not IN vour nw,,
l STRENGTH. but in the cultivation and nract;co
i of podl;ncss and :thcn vnn vii, g hn st.o,,,
ain lthc lord and in ~ . nnw.r of Tic m;nh, !;
i If ffi,c lord be With US wc shnl chnsS
4 a|thoasaud and two but ten thousand TO aipj't .
4 "i,ct not your hands bc veal, n.--ns, I'll rho
5|lneains that God and nature havo furnished
4 to your hand s for we are rconircd to nse
mqans for tho ACCOMPLISHMENT Of ulI The ends
i tlrat we desire. and means nronorl ;onutc r. thc
magnitude Of tho work to be accomn];shrI
d We cannot expect God to work m;racl,s Fl,
lms we chn oniv, osL Him to ou;lo NO IL tI,,
use. of proper means. and to nccomn,nv thoso
means with Ills blessinm ''
| And let us not IA drsnopd;nr. our co,so
ia by no means dcsncrotc nor nr,. our sufTnr
inas greater than nrc cnmn,n,,v oxnor;om.oa
in such struggles. I,iberty-esncc llv h at the
hands of unnrncnl,rl onI f.ro,;t,,s .,,y,. s"'
nnt ~, .oaoIs ~ a .i, Wy ~ nave
nr;vat;ons ll,at W.. ,onns,m,, III '"us"'c 'l s """
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