Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-04-08

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Iin Christ and hold themselves aloof ffom
the wickcdneas incident to life in camn
1he feptntent seldief - asked 70 Subscribe
70 % sRD Of doctrine, nor to Unite With
any particular denomination. Thus the
revival = entirely De- finn seetArianisu
and no ones predictions or pfeiudices ore
In 81 p0snded All honor = til faithful
minisfen whose zeal for their Masters ser.
vice has saaAlsd them b ~ eide all the
tramnels which might hinder their cordial
ICoOpefati0n IN the eood vork. aad 10 Ia
bor solely Tor the glory Of Christianity and
the good Of M. ssucs
IxcIpExrs n lrs PnooRHaa
The revival has been confined TO NO par
ticulsr portion Of the corps, but ! have
observed is progress principally In the I'd
division (Maj. Gen. Garrard). and more
lclosely In the I'd brigade (Brevet Brig.
Gen Gilbert) than any other Meetings
take place every night, snd from earliest
tandie-light TO Top m there may be heard
oil over the eassps the voice Of prayer and
praise In fact. unless military duty for
bids, meetings are held frequently in day.
time. also. and groups Of soldiers may fire.
quently be seen, who, instead Of INDUCING
in low, unseaniy and vulgar jcsta vile
slang intemingled with profanity, or
coarse, obscene and indecent anecdotes, are
talking earnestly of the condition Of their
souls, If their obligations to God, and of
their duties to their fellow men. Nay,
have, in rambling amongst the woods, more
than once CHANGED to pass young recsuits.
~ well ~ bsttle-scarrpd veterans, who had
suught the solitude Of the for. 1t t. I've alone
with God. and there upon their knees wers
servently bese. ching Him either for grac,
and pardon for themselves, or mercy for
their erring comrsd,s Surely the Diety
Who never turns deaf EAR to prayer, de.
lights in listening to such petitions, pre-
sented under such circumstances, aud in
such sacred cause
MEETING ON tine NIGHT OF MAnCn Esp.
But | must not forget the particular
spectacle about which commenced to
write
II was the evening IF the 23d Of March.
1t was calm, still. starlit, Southern night
Retreat had just been sounded from the
different headquarters, when from portion
Of the VI st Of our tents heard sung forth
by chorus of manly voices. ~ simple
and delicious melody, the words of sacred
hymn.
Without any well defined purpose in my
mind. l found myself straying toward thu
place whence the music proceeded. A
bright broad flame sire aiming up from sew
erAl differ, nj points, indicated the ground
where the worship Of God was gong on.
As came near the song erased; aud then
an earnest supplication went up to God,
for His blessing upon the soldiers assembled
there, and for His aid and presence that
night The prayer concluded just a.
took my stat amongst the throng.
REMARKABLE SPECTACLE.
What scene was that Under the
branches Of these somhrc pines through
which the winds Of centuries had chantcd
their solemn anthems !: those pines which
had never before witnessed any other wor-
ship save that Of nature to her great Crea
tor; nearly thousand living men were As
sembl,d. to worship in the name of Christ
At the three angles Of an immense trian
gle were erected three platforms. resem
bling rude affairs, each about six feet in
height Upon these had been placed heaps
of pine knots, which, being set ablaze,
illuminated the entire audience and the
woods tor many rods around, with bright
and steady light Near one of these was
a smaller platform, similarly constructed,
behind which stood tn, minister, who was
that evening tn rcprove for wickclness
and poi't the ing T., the Lamb of God
that takth away the sins of tn world"
| such OF tn. soldiers as had amidst all
temptations cndca, ored to lead moral
and r. ligi Us life, together with those who
I had been converted to God during the pro
grrss of this revival. were collected in a
large group near the preacher. A deep
and splemn silence hung Nvcr the crowd;
and the beautiful bright stars. peeping
through the branches of the trees, shone
on in mild, calm radiance No doubt, to
the vision Of faith, each member Of that
starry host WAS IN eye If God. looking
down pityingly and approvingly upon this
scene.
TIE SERMON
i, The minister, Rev. II Cobb, Chaplain If
the 9Th Minnesota comm need prcnouncing
plain, earnest and practical discourse upon
the 3.tl verse IF the Cd chapter Of Act~-
And when they heard it they were priek,d
F, in I'll, ir HEARTS" The sermon was very
, properly brief and was list ned to with the
closest attention by every man in the audi
ence. did not hear Il single whisper, even
amongst those who were standing upon the
very outskirts of the crowd.
TIE MouRNERs.
Wien the preaching ended call was
made for mourncrs a number came for
ward whose souls were evidently filed
with agony under conviction If guilt;
| these were at once surrounded by those
who had already profcssed faith IN the
Savior and prayer after prayer, IF deepest
earnestness and power and fervor was Of
fcrcd up to heaven for the pardon Of these
stricken souls Some Of these petitions
were couched in words of eloqucncc 81
rude SO wild, 81 thrilling, that the knc
ing throng around caught the inspiration,
and hundreds If voices in concert breatlied
out loud Amen"
HYMN OF REPENTENCE AND FAITH
Then all rose to their feet The words Of
one Of Charles Wesley's immortal melodies
were chanted by large number Of voices,
and the close ofeach stanza the whole joined
in chorus who's, tones loaded thu still air,
and piercing the silence Of the night. rolled
in prolonged ech".s through the dark aisles
VI the forest, making the lone sentinel upon
the outposts pause m his beat to listen.
II will arise and 90 to Jeeua, Il
He win embfnce IT, hs arms,
H. the arms OF my dear Savior
O, there are ten thousand ehaSms."