Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-01-20

Amid the din OF battle, the clashng OF
arms the roaring OF cannon, voice Is heard,
"Are there no peace makers Is there no
oalm in Giead2 Thirty million people ar.
rayed IN deadly conflict, ald not one voice for |
peace
From the inception OF this war, have, with |
each returning morn listened to hear the glad. !
tidngs OF Peace on earth, good will toward3 |
men, but hope with her beautiful tissue OF
threaded gold, yanisheth, as the cry OF tle +
carrier boy comes ringing out IN the morn
ing air, filled with the groans oil the loved |
oues | can bat ask-where is woman2 Gan |
It be she has 20 this, the darker hour OF her
countrys trial, proved reereant to her high
aud holy mision2 As 1 listen 10 hear her
pleading for peace, voice whispers, thou,
too, art accountable to thy God ri' ~
As look at armies arrayed against armies,
with swords red dripping with the hie-blood
of a brother, and mayhap a father, rushing
over the dead, needing not the shouts OF vic
tory and hear the elements wildly raging over
the slain, the waves, the Withstand see, as
it were, the Son OF Righteousness yelling the
| light Of His countenance from n scene so ap
palling that angels blush to behold, and ex
claim, Father, forgive them, they know not
what they do, | cannot longer torbear asking
woman to exert her power, and, os with one
voice, to approach the throne of the God Of
Peace
Women of Americal draw aside the veil, and
look upon the wiie-the mother--as she sits
amid the home circles, now desoate by the
lavenging sword aud look with her on the dead
heaps OF loved ones, left on the battlefield
with none to close the eyes or point the hut-
tering spirit as il trembles on the brink OF eter-
nifty, to u land OF peace, and ask, are we not
as mothers, as christians, aye, women, re.
, sponsbe ior this2 q
Strange and sad are the teachings Of war; ii
clothes our once happyhomes in mournings; it
urings decay aud mlldew in the rosy fields OF
happiness; It knocks loud-startlng ut thy
doors Oh proud America! it comes alike tC
the cottage OF the poor, and the mansions o.
2 the rich But late on the bosom Of the nigh
" river which leaves the shore at our owr
city, we saw the smoke wreathing in mad de
e light from the roaring cannous mouth, anC
n saw brave men 90 down beneath the waves
shut out from the world, TO which the histor
y ian may, perchance, leave record of the
S noble sacrifice May heavenly consolation
descend on the friends stunned by this war
extracting from sorrow its sting, blending
e their tears into Rainbow OF Hope, connecI
IS ing this land of graves with the better land
where life is eternal and happiness rolls ol
i oceans without shoals or soundingsl
/ Let us read in war u ritual Of life's vanity
n let us extend the olive branch of Peace o e
the raging pillows Of war, and Gnfnrfthe beau
IS tilul banner Of religion, with ePeace audi goo
will inscribed in characters OF living light Q
its ample folds, until every man, woman, an
child will rally around its standard, and sprei
q ent to the world the sublime spectacle of pI
9 ton acknowledging the only living and tru
i God .5sM8
lie And in conclusion to the ambassadors
a. Christ ask they will initiate the example {
the Bishop of Oxford, by introducing in the
ic church service one prayer for peace Ho,
10 ever determined both parties may be TO col
10 tinue this unhappy strife, faith tells me
prayer there is peace, Then, ministers of ii
ne Gospel, let me invoke thee not 10 bury Il
ne talent God hath intrusted TO thy keeping
i Throw oil on the troubled waters of this gre
III sea Of human strife, and use your inhuent
es for Peace, aud future generations willrise Y
es and c al you blessed p
And when the last battle is fought and Il
o. tempest shall penetrate the yoiceless ,wavV
Dl of the sea OF human blood, and we shall hel
i, the voice Of the Great Am, Womanl if tho
y hast failed to raise they voice 70 arrest d
el maddened fury of once peaceful nation
h thou hast thrown aloft the battle fash he
- will we appear at the bar Of Him who ha
- said, blessed are the peace makers, for th
1t are the children of God, .I