The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-26

spring to sing, and pray, and breach
country. They cond even wor.b, ~ tO' one
neE itself, and cherish every bit Of 'I Sn oaa'
blood stained and tattered in bat,Io Ounillg
ed relic Surely there is no dane as saint,
crisis of our enthusiasm for the old a. A. az tha
carried too far. Thankful may we he ,e ovldg
thatl retains such power to '"'ueI
% Stir fever in the blood oe,
And make the infant sinew strong as g.
The simple thought Of its sacredOe.. >.
Yates the crime Of rebellion, and VII. asSs'
zeal laDguishes and energies decline ,b e1 n OOf
DRY of that flag profaned is the sbarno as D'l'
to renewed activity 10 its defense. Nj 'pN
moreover, could have so enlisted Ching
sympathy in this struggle, as the conpio ,.;aa
Of its righteousness. '''0D
As result, the rare spectacle has l..
presented OF thousands going forth to ba ',va
both as soldiers of the cross and their .on Dt's
and Of leaders of the sacramento ho.,.'
assuming command as captains Of con
panies. The mild, peaceful type of Dietv W..
suddenly displaced by something Steiner srs
more sanguinary; aud now many man looL,
back in wonder at those days when the pos,s
was thought to paoclam only peace and gaoJ
viii. Almost every loyal minis er mas hear
transformed at heart into fighting par,o~
and the meekest disciples under them ara.
changed in the temper Of their uinds, if no,
in outward aspect, that they can hardly be-
lieve in their own identity. 1t is as thongn
the apostle were converted back again r.
had almost SAID, into one breathing forth
thrcateniugs and slaughter, and was takjpr
his Master at his word when he said, | come
not to send peace, but sword
Is the millennium farthet off for thi, ppv
order of things? One Of the surs sion.
predicted Of its coming is that the church
shall 60 forth to meet it, terrible as an aruy
with banners; and so this war is atfordjDs
just the preparatory discipline for that latter.
day glory. Those old battle scenes of scrr.
ture that we used to wonder at finding there
aud those terrible imprecations which sounded
SO strangely from the sweet psalmist, have
come to be most readable portions of the
Bible We are no longer startled a. SUCH
contents of the good book, and only regre,
1t does not contain more of the same sort
Some interested readers have even found
something in the sacred soil 10 remind them
Of the ancient holy land before it was regen.
Grated, and can trace rescmbla oces between
recent battles and this and that 6gh. Of
Joshua with the doomed Canaanites. No
wonder that recruiting tent on Boston Com.
mon should display as its motto for The SWORD
OF the Lord and Gideon and may thoe,
thus enlisted be animated thereby to like deeds
of heroism, 1t has indeed been mighty
upheaving tina. could bring to the surface
what seemed to have been buried out OF sight
by the new dispensation' and revive war.cries
so long extinct. Or it may be the ages are
moving really in circle, and so verifying
that prophecy of the wise man, the things
that hath been, it is that which shall be-
This rebellion is indeed something new AMI
unprecedented i'll its proportions. Its records
stand out Z loomy and peculiar in the an,
nails OF time, and modern systems of warfare
throughout the world are being revoutiouzed
by it, But the struggle to subdue it calls
again into service influences reaching far back
into the past, and draws upon sources Of
strength old as the everIasting hills. If
military science must needs be changed, not
so with theological. He whose years are
throughout all generations commands the
reverence and trust OF all the good and loys.
freely as ever. And those divine promises,
those sweet consultations that distilled their
balm into the heart year after year while til.
sea was calm and the sky serene, do not fail US
now that tempest is raging such as we had
never known before. Does any believer
tremble sometimes as to the effect of this ubon
his holy religion? He needs to have it thus
roughly tossed and swayed to test how deeply
it is rooted in his heart. And it was time
that the pure gold should pass through the
hre, that We might prize it moro, and dross
less. No matter it the furnace be heated
seven times more thau it was wont what is
passing through will come out all the pursr
and brighter Springfield Republican.