Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-02-16
a SUPPLEMENT,
To "A Prayer and Confession for the
South"
!" Have faith in God. MARX J


That time is now. For your souls sake you
Need it every day in greater measure
And in holicst kind-an overcoming
Purifying taith to help you shun the
Shares and pits with which the world to you Is
Fuller now than ever.
The old temptcr,
Too, has many baits, which if known before
Were seldom used, with which unguardeds souls
Are caught akd drawn from God, + .uataiu of life
And light and love. And for your countrys sake
" Have faith In God, faith which shall make your
Prayers etfectual in her behalf,
That III her mighty travail and her great
Distress, she may dcllvcrauce have from al
Her woes, and from the wrath OF Heaven.
For the church of God and Kingdom Of His
son throughout our land, in these to Us, her
Darkest days, her saddest hours you need more
Faith. Alas how many now whose love SO
Ardent once, is waxed cold, and doh, how
Coid. Whose works Tor good were once abundant
But now how few. Then, their creed was Bible
1nfushhngrsait nnn hg ia Is the gam OF godliness but
now now o1ferent-great is thegodIiness
vi gam they read aud dreadlng pley believe:
ana now Well they practice tie acursed
Tfecept, Is known fun we'll to laany a
lQoW, ana their children too, whose cries for
Daliy bread are heard and kuo su by Him who
FROM Fl dis holy habitation hath aong
froclalm'd HIMSELF A Father to The
faLhefless and the widows Judge .sHaye faith
Ia GOD, ye poor, oppressed AMI suffering ones:
= or long ne ii judge your caust ayenge Your wrongs
And lay your proud oppressorsow. Then shall
They call upon their God 1or lIIp and to
Their deel confusion, find il shut an idol
Anu cannot hear them and as b0werless
Iosave.
so many have forsaken GodE
ana christi Of late, WHO usedto call them hv
nc endearlng names Of Fath4 Friend and
DloJncl, that Intdes seem adding to s
lhelr numbers aaily, many M Sre, who will
-loe damn q, Than the churcheshre of such as
shall be saved ..
Not many years, nay, not
many months ago, lnlquity 'tkas wont
10 moe her lmplous head aAshed.
Ashaln q, and could hot bear ale searching LIGHT
VI day to witness her enormiies-
OUT now sne stalks forth feaFessly at noon.
Giorylng Ill her shame. uhehalf and much
hiore than half of all her mealness. yileness
1aAo abandonment TO vice Id its most
hateful forms, has not and csnnot here be
YAM yet Ills true, most lanentably and
AiosC lear1ully true. But fcal We not We
Little nock, 1t is your Fatne's pleasure
10 give TO you q Kingdom. shemember We ..
Not the ldolatrv of Israel I'M
AhaD, and Wlckedness in exebel?
lake warning BY Elijah's fe,rs, and
courage III his triumphs ;-'s suase faith in God'
Does famine threaten. wheif in all
1 ne land, the arncrs have - long been full -
gfass No i6fs r. nen pondef Il II III III Iiia1 p,a
Old PROPHETS trust, who though the tg tree should
Not blossom In its time, and the vine no
Eiad Efait snouo Dear the oys too should tail the
Afford; yet in the Lord would he rejoice,
And JOY Ill the God of his saYation
y, tnel like him, have ye your faith in God.
Does Pestilence walk forth at midnight through,
The land, sowing the seeds of every hated
Fever. or some deadly plague, which
Dehes alike the remedies and skill
vi this boasted age-'tll VAIL like
EseJpt's for all her frst-born dead is heard
In many house. and fearful pangs take hold
OF many heart? Stretch forth Inen your arms
~ faith to Christ, the great Physician, who could
Or have our enemies
In vengeance drawn the sword and sworn it shall
Meier be sheath'd until it has devour'd d our
Land! Do they count their warriors as the stars
tor multitude, and hourly add numbers,
Magnitude and power to their engines
. VI destruction, and every instrument
Ot death. until their missiles tail thick and
fast and fierce as thunder-bolts from angriest
. Clouds big with devastation and ruin!
Fear ye TINS mighty foe and DO you tremble
At their terrible array SO did Elishas
Servant the AssSrlan host; but
; BY his masters faith and prayer his eyes
We're open d to behold the mountain full
VI naming horses, and charIots OF
Fire round about Elisha, waiting
The mandate from the Throne Oh High, to tread
Down and to consume his enemies from
Before his face forever - Have iaith Ill God,''
EilJahs faith, and all your trlumphs shall
| Be complete as his.
I Time would fail ME quite,
! To count the victories AHA language is as
! Truly lmpotent TO tell the nXhLiness
| Of faith! what wonders il hath wrought, almost
/ transforming man into God!-and
! Faith Is Low, as ever, OmniporenI
| TO save. Then, ye Fathers, Mothers, Sisters,
brothers. We abjure you, by the power
| Of islth--by your appalling nec0, by all
The precious promises i'll Holy wrlI
Have talth. yea, never yielding faith, i'll God;
| And never Ceaslng prayer for
our much-lov'd, brood bought, Southern Zion.
| Until the righteousness thereof 60 forth
AS brightness, aud her salvation
Lamp that burnetb Then. at least till then, let
All your wrestling he in prayer, and your faith
Alone III him your great hedeemer Goa.
Some there are whose sons have all been slain no.
| Lett to inherit their estates, or to
Perpetuate their names, On what fate:
| Others there are, aged and infrm, who
Lave been comiorsed ana blessed To know, that
| Though God Ill his wisdom had denied them
| Daughters, yet in his abounding goodness
Had given them sous, to bear their names and to
Heir their substance, TO be as stays ana props
70 steady and uphold them in their steeu
And rugged pathway TO the tomb. But ah
They have been taken from them one BY one.
Until they ale left alone, yes alone!
Aethlnks lhear them crying out, what
NlH become of me and mine! My name
Ny estates whose shall these things be for the
Which have toil'd SO hard and kept SO safef
Can words be found, with meaning OF sufficient
Height and depth, OF length and breadth to descrj
i heir too surely sad and sore bereavement?
| No, but words Of consolation can and
In GODS own Book, for there we learn that
Old as you may be, your Faith, still lives
And loves to do you good; and, too, rich
inheritance awaits you, lasting as
Eternity, ana boundless as the love
And Universe of God. " Lave faith IN Him"
Ye wives of our yeoman soldiery,
How lonely your condition anu now sad
Ie fair and worthy 0ames-for many Years
on We llv'd ana low d together with the choica
Your tender maiden hears had made now thsv.rr
Far away, expos'd to dangers thick TO
Fell disease and death. Conscious Of this how
Sad your thoughts in lonely midnight hours, and
more, tins very Loneliness, this gloom so
Dread added 10 the deeper darkness from
Without which meets you atlne op ming
of your door 20 look abroad-amid yonr
Crowded thoughis-Wnat dreadful suspense and "a
Fearful forcDodlngs torce themselves inm van
The prattle of your little ones, so sweet.
by day, Is still rs deatn; the babe hes
Sleeping, too, with chcfub sweetness and in
Perfect peace. In all this time OF soresf
Trial methinks see your bosom -s