Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-12-10

o1 with him. OF the battle Of ChieL
maugs. you know that although :
. suffered severely, yet we held and at
; hold the position contended for. an
bsfiisd the rebel plans. KnoxvilIs !
e now ours. The Mississippilriver isous
> to its mouth. The States Of Missour
o Mississippi. Alabama, Tennessee. sKer
lucky; Arkansas. Louisisus, .Texa,
Virginia, and North carolins. are no
all measursbly under9 Federsi coutro
and the city Of Chsrleston Is silhi
! range Of our guns. and its defences ar
, daily weakened. For all OF these in
dicstions of Improvement, let as prais
God to-day, and not only for these, bu
for the cheering indications which com
to Us nom North Carolina, Askansa
and other points. ofa desire to rssaf,
70 the old Union. Isasx - "a.
And when We look abroad and Sc,
the dark clouds of foreign inter
vention lifting, and know that France
and England have put an end to pirati
cal ship building, and that the English
Minister was the first 70 warn Us Of
danger from the Canadian border;
when We have heard the voice of the
mighty millions at the ballot box elect.
ing men who are pledged 10 stand BY
the Government and the Union, we
have cause to thank Godj for the blood Y
streets of New York have shown us
the reign Of terror from which the land
has been delivered. 100 .
And if you ask why I have dwelt so
long upon the details OF such things as
mere changes Of Generals, aud why /
have spoken Of the disasters TO which I
have alluded, have done it to carry
you to the throne Of God that Won
might praise him that He did not give
us over to man worship. We called
Gen. Mcclellan a young Napoleon, but
God ordered his battles. We put our
trust in Gen. Burnside's military skill,
aud God astonished US as he punished
us for our atheism. Then we felt con-
6dent that with Gen. Hooker in com.
mand, the army of the Potomac must
be inyincible. But Gen. Hooker failed.
Then when the North was invaded;
when our faith in that army was at its
lowest ebb; when Gen. Lee. seemed to be
driving everything before him; God
put man in command Of whom we
scarcely knew anything. The army
was attacked while nearly half Of It's
corps were scattered. We suffered Sc
verely, but the next day, as l have
told you. God saved the army by de.
laying the attack until we were equal
in numbers TO the rebels, and taught
US that to Him and not to man, belongs
the victory. To Him be the praise IL
And if our defeats have taught us this
lesson OF dependence unon Him still
more ImpressIVely, thank God for them.
III. We must praise God that He
has visited Us with but one Of his ter
rible judgments. II we suffer so much
because of the war, He asks US from
his word, GLOW much more when |
send my four sore Judgments, the
sword, and the famine, and the noisome
beast, and the pestilence."
Ny dear hearers, we cannot say we
rave not deserved them all, but blessed
De God, He has still dealt with us in
mercy. We have suffered from the
word, but j trust that God has used II
or discipline, and not for destruction.-
instead ol famine, we have been blessed
With abundance. WeIhsye had enough,
nd to spare. We have not only had
n immense overplus Of food 70 sell, TC
ut even while the English were fitting y
ut ships for the rebels to prey upon
ur commerce; when the cry Of the Q
came over the sea from
fauchester and other manufacturing j
owns Of England, we had enough to s
led them, and without money, as Q
1T 10 the starving we sent over IN the
ngle ship George GrisWold, II, 1885 Q
arrels OF -four, 200 boxes Of bacon,
0 barrels Of pork. 500 bushels Of corn, i
nd 800 barrels Of bread. a-7 81. u
Thank God il reached them safely, =
though the ship on her return was
lp.ured BY one Of those rebel pirates
lilt in an English port. i,-:- go asga ;,
Let us praise God that not only have u !!
g not suffered from famine, but that ~
eu agricultural returns for the last ~
.ar show q decided increase over the
'evious year. And although some Of :,
lr armies have been called to pass the =. =.
miner and autumn in the most un- ~
'althy portions OF the South, the Lord w
Is projected them and Us from the
'adly pestilencs so common TO war in
re. and as the President tells US, W
Population has steadily increased, th
twithstsnding the. waste that has
en- made in the camp, the siege, and
e battle. field" No noisome beasts vi
We .des5ated the land. The cater th
lar, and locust, and worm, have not en-
vaged our fields. Surrounded on
cry hand with the manifestations Of
, goodness OF the Lord, let us exsltI mr.
s name and praise Him with thanks pc
ring, and 10 our praises, let US not y.
get that da
w. We should thank the Lord ait
the blessed work Of the Sanitary
d Christian Commissions. Praise vii
ID that He has put it into the hearts mo
these who sustain those institutions Aid
mercy to care not only for the
lies, but the souls OF our noble SOL ,t'
RS 10 the field. a. .utrL .is sd Sal
need not occupy your time with an tbr