The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-23

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| go. noble yirginians, have know n',y,t ZION
courooc amidst dangers, your resn .a. VI
,,ndor d;tf,cnlies. your niagnaninsy y,
u ,,auJa c.;n,.J and foe and who is thcie III
al sh;s h,,nod southern lana VINO nae ,,,
,,a,.sod tho tender ministratiofs VI I'D
,"n,,cn to his hungry, sck, "ou' ,.aC,,,o to
Jying brethren who wouia nov, nov he = kind
| bn.nc,y;dcncc MS the gTound-swcli OF the slcss
| ito.,n still heaycs beneath you 10 no'
stvc ,yay. I cntreat you, to the spirit OF IN
Sdol;tv Stand now as orce you stooa ~
'uosn;,t ,tiyclv ON the first battlefield OF our
i,;,,bty struggle stand now against tne
;rr,,niions OF skcpticisn1, firm ana lfhIio.a,-
hlc rs = stone wall Let the dust NIiSn
now the fevcrcd conflicts OF life forever I'.stt,
slccDs peacefully in yonder grave pre ;aat
TO YOU the duty OF praying M. .nrs
filling homes and thick-coming ais;tsteIs;
,In ,irst nf your own dead, but irlniortai
I,cLsnn lie is now where we arc not he
;S .wbcre the wicked cease from troubling
and tbc weary are ut rest and the pur-
rlo ,;"ht Of vouth,' like the blush OF morn,
NO shall ljncer forever around his holforca
ma,nn He was an excmplar Of tho power OIL
mraycr. A spiritual as well asmilltary nero.
c,cn in his ashes live his Wontcd nccs.
Ict ZIG kindlc the torches OF our devotioi,s
ot those sacred fires until our Whoic 'li n
larkcncd land is lighted up with tnc Iiai',; y,
that burn on the affairs OF the hvihs uou
To exborted his brethren in eloquent
strains TO continue to have faith III prayer,
and concluded with the following appear 10
tho younc men: "Lct me, my young
friends affcctionately and earnestly OK.
hort YOU to perform this all-lmpo'ean0
dutv and TO rise to some proper cor
rcnf;on of this exalted and lnestlnlapie
,,r;,.;,crc- PRAYER is the breath Of Our Spi-
rituol being. communion with Goa INC ilc
Of the soul. Confess yourselves to nc Sniity /,
and pray for salvation through inc l'loou y,
the Lamb. Acknowledge yourselves 10 w
dcpravcd. and pray for the sanctnylnS :ra.'
Of Gods spirit. Realize that you arc lSi.o-
rant. and pray for that heaven! iily i i;
tior without which all earthly Wlsd1in II
i'rt ;, dumb oracle, all earthly knowledge
darkncss. and all earthly gifts, hoWcle'
Snlcudid. hut sounding brass ana fnk-
Inc cvmbals. Said the great Berhiru'
in words which deserve to ne e.
",.sycd on every students heart .Read-
inc is useful, learning is uscful, pilI
mich more useful is unch0n, when tc'c,i-
eth concerning all things Go to the hatIle
of life with PRAYER, and you VIII DC llVGsCea
with the panoply and attended ny tlc iios"'
of God. Go to the duties OF lille WIN prayer
md Won will he animated by Divine mn
10 In thc temptations of life with prayer,
and the arts of the devil will be foiled, the
solicitations of the flesh will be resisted, ana
the frowns and Establishments of godlesS,
world will be robbed Of their lcrrors ana
strinped of their charms. Go to your acath-
beds with prayer; the groans Of dissolution lion
will be converted into songs oil pral>e, 'I't
the frowning gate of death into tho golden
portals of eternal day. ...-.,,.,.
80! venture not, ! bcsccch you, without
prayer for pardon through the blood OF
Jesus, and for Gods protecting grace, TO
the dangers of life. the terrors OF
death. and the tcmpcsts of the Judgment
day !" 80 :,
tho PRESBYTERIAN church. TO Il large and
dreply interested congregation. "Com-
week. has begun most allspl-
riou,ly. You shall have Il daily bulletin OF
its progress. LEAlN"ToN'