Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-19
INSTRUMENTATION.

Fla remarkable fact that the three battles o. thn
war In which Proviencs has most sgnaiy avo,so our
arms bear Scripture names all OF tnsm e'os,v -
nes,ed With the history Of Gsds pecul ar peof
IA uyessys of an in erestng event in the life Of J!eon
the patriarch from whom ali Israsl should be named
At opcs recalls The memory Of the fugitive and wanoerer
from bis fathers houe when f1eisg, 70 escape tns i
which his brothers wrath would have iorosd uPoh Mn
How gloomy the crcumslAo:s which then s''soss
honss Of the exile a. be laid bis weary head upon the
pillow Of s;onsfl How unpromisng for enc she n.e
INDUCED the hope that in his ssed,-uhica we're 70
BE- mers numerous than the sahas upon us
shore-all the nations Of the cara snoaie 70
pleased He was alone, friendless and seeminsy'
forssksn 10 the very depths Of solitude aud silence,
when vsarinsss and exhaustion came upon DIM, no y
down 10 rest Bat what Q view was opened 70 MN
there when heavenly visitanu came down on erraps "
mercy; touched the eye lids 81 the ssePsr ana hee
again the hopes Of the fanting oucis AL me pleoke
Of the mast were renewed whilst BIO wssspsoAly assured
that be wsuld 10 again brought into the land from sncn
he vas then being driven. And J icoo Az k'nee 1us
Of HI, ,lc.p and be said Surely the Lord In 'nis
psoo aBd knew Il not" Aud be called the nA%e "
that pace Bethel, which siguh.s the house OF you
Here his drooping spirits we're eheereo snu VI, Pse
~ Diype pro,sotion renewed Il was Bethel indeed,
and 10 wondsr that Jacob set up pillar 70 com nem'
rate the rrea. experiences Of that occasion.
And there have been other Bsthss Whilst Goo eic
not sneak audby to the little band Of heroes asssnsed
At Bstbs on tho l0.h Of jane last yet, the Wohdsu
dslyerauce youcSsasd 10 them in that they we're ena
Ma !. bpr hack four or Eve times their numbers, and
.rsv the plain with tse epemys Dead whilst Of their
o.a Number not man, siVs one, was sliin-and D
by ra,tly exposing hnself-indioae Divine interio l.
lion 10 behalf Of those who are struggling Tor ,nsir
| bones against the hosts Of the invader i! was tns
house Of God AID tho gate Of heaven which served n
shield them tha! Occasion and, therefore, 10"
| be known a. Bethel, forever.
hannasseb or MANASSAS; what glorious associations
cluster around this IL vas that borne oy the nrs
bern of Israel In Egypt After Joseph had endured GU
rage and wrong at The hands OF his own sresnrp sou
bad pa.sed through bitter experience In the Lar Of
Egyp:-the land whittier he had been carried captive
| tas blessing came con the head Of Joseph, and toe
erswn Of the head OF bin that was separated from h'
| brstbren," He was loaded with horors, and ehlore
we're born unto him. Ia call d his first born sanas'eo
signiiyng "forsetuiaess obitsraop OF all that oouhe
him 10 the pist, for said he God hath made me Tor
get all my toll, and all my fathers house. And We nav
nd or from which had good reason TO infs
th. favor OF Prov deBcs. And served moreover TO
sx I'M sh any SngFgs might have indu ga up te
tha. time, for SCR on TO our fathers hoass@"nNf
should be forever to u.s. laud Of strangers. Oar at'
brethren Of the North have srrrd Us even verse thai
Jo,eph's brs h'on DID him fer they spared his lie
.hdush they sold bin inc esp witty Whilst our hrehret
you'd destroy both freecom and our live' LIT Ma
nIsstl to obierStl al the pleasant recohechob
| sc have ever b. Of them.
We come uox 10 Shiloh, Uhi,h means "Ssut." Il
was as GATED ia the minds Of the Iiseitss with tb
ano 70 Dslirei O; Who to b. AMI in due time Th
siloh or Sent Iorsaadoved IN the glorious vsoE
OF Jacob when reveal ng TO the pstraIeas what shoa
bsall them in the lat days' Af.& the forty year
wapdsoss Of the Israssa in the wilderness, aud whei
their enc mics had been driven out ct the land oil ihe
taIhe thsy came aud set up the tabernsele at hioh
The was thrn "subdusd before theD, their inherit
aaee secured, and the tabernacle, the fyGbo OF ihei
faith aud hope which they had borne through the noo'
! he wil pchei for the last in
On the plains Of 9 lob Aud ihus "the tabernacle o
Col VAS with usIP s., gp at Shiloh, it bre6gursd ih'
Sent the 1oinisd the Dsysrer the shilbh that was
| como, 49,,
On, need but think OF the cii,niiss BY Which "
should have b,ea weigbC down, had not the Great Ru
Ter Of EAiiors secured such sguL d.lFerspce q
Shiloh to sn,ble him to estimate the importance OF tia
v'cory Il WAS ser ibe overthrow OF vain glorious
boa,,iu end cruel eremy, AID calls for d-Voat 30
sem,nts 10 toe Gvsr Of all good. Here forth
Bethel Menasseb aud Shsh viii be Distinguished II
our hissry they in that Of God. ancient people
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