Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-08-06
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Rev. DR.. Quntart OF Atlanta. officiating at
the funeral ceremonies Of Lieutenant General
Polk. IN the course OF his remarks made the fol
lowing statement in regard TO the religious char
screr of the fallen hero. We extract from re-
port in the Atlanta Register:
IL was nv privilege 10 enjoy Ms iriendship-lt
was nv privilege 10 share his lie. hours Of uure-
strained social intercourse And il there was
cue thing above another which alway- shone
forth. IL was his mistaken confidence in Cod
proyidcnce-unshaken trust in Gods iove-bie
unseIfish confidence in Gods iaithfulness.
He WAS eminently a Of prayer. Not pray
ing where he could be seen OF men. but retiring
10 commune with God in secret. He never
ceased his devo,ions. He was instant in PRAY er;
and remember how. after the bloody field Of
Perryville, when the noise and heat of the battle
had passed, we were in the town of Barrodsburg
There wasa beautiful church there, rich in arch
itectual proportions and carved work He asked
me 20 Visit It With him. As We walked up the
aisle alone. he exclaimed with emotion On
for the days when we went up 90 the house of the
Lord. and compassed His altar with the voice oil
prayer and thanksgiving
Reaching the chancel lie said t0 ne Can we
not have ayersI" and we kneelcd down. poured
ont onr hearts 10 God. and he left the sanctuary
With face all bathed in tears Such soldier
did not fight for fame. | remember AZ Chcka
manga, when We were seated upon the ground
rev DAYS after the battle, he said TO ne, God
answered my prayers IN giving Us this great vic
tory; prayed long and earnestly thar he might
bless our arms"
\ ct he was emphatically man OF prayer The
last few weeks OF his lie were more than ever
c0nsecrated to prayer A we look back upon
them, now that he has gone, We see how God
was preparing him for tic higher communion of
the church triumphant
At midnight, with faithful few. be baDtised
ono OF his companions in arms the gallant Hood.
and received TOW DAYS later his commanding
General into the Church O: Christ. His LAST
Sunday on earth he gathered ali his staff and ~
PENDANTS about him, and with PRAYER ard litany,
supplcaten and praise seemed % leave them his
oenedic'on tie was greatly beloved by his
troops The tears Di al commanding General
were mingled with those oi his privates when he
fell And oh! belovei, are all smi'ten--the
army, the country AMI the church We liit NJ
our voice here. between the porch and the altar.
Fnd cry To God TOR mercy Go oar bleeding land.
mercy 20 the hearts that arr crushed b. This
monster calamity. OH God. lift up tie rod lest
We De utterly consumed Judge. on God. be-
tween Us and our enemies
Bishop Elliott delivered IA address upoa the
occasion of Bishop Polk's funeral The Angus
IA Constitutional says:
AT The close OF the deeply interesting remarks
Bishop Elliott let the desk. and turning his face
TO the North said: In the na me of his Episconal
Office in the name OF the blood that like that Of
Abei, called aond from the ground for ven
geance on those who lend the sanction 81 the
church 70 this crusade against religion: in the
name of desolated homes ana biackened roof
trees, of desecrated churches. OF affairs profaned
and the Holy Sacrament trampled in the mire in
the name and by the authority of God. and nv
the enchanting spelI-word evoked from the pres
ence of the martyred dead-in his name who
closes for this hour tine list OF pIelates murdered
Thus did the Bishop summon such OF the
Episcopal Bishops and clergy Of the North IS
have urged on this war. 60 meet him and their
victims. alive and dead. at the judgement bar Of
Almighty God there to answer.
Few there are that did not thrill Is the Bishop
concluded, And mas God have mercy upon them
in that dav