The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-27

1 Ing 70 All Of his religious dlitie ]. ord,
what VIII Thou have mesto do Ys,l seemed
the motto or his lie. Rsg0ias.ifi insetiie dit
OF his religious obIig ttons. he walked
straight along The path of duty. doing with
bis might whatsoever bis hands found 10 d..
In The army his; .piets, despite I'LL obstacles.
Iaeemed TO brIghsen as the pnts gold Il re.
fined By the furnace. He beautifully iilns-
trated To bis life the lessen OF The great
apostle Is Not siothtii III business, ferYenti
in spirit, serving the Lord He was q
man of prayer scsust ouned In all She did
| to. ask the DIVINE blessing and guild
ance. His old body servant said that he
cnnld always lellwhen battle was near
at hand by seeing the General get up /,
/ great many times in the night to pray
He was freqnenlly observed in the begin.
! ming and in the midst Of the battle 10 lift
up bis hands towards heaven, and these
near could hear hts 81 iculatory prayers.
Just before the battle Of Fredericksburg
4 be rode ont I'm front OF his line of battle and
1 offered earnest prayer for the success or his
/ arms that day. The morning Of the battle
| Of Charlottesville he spent long time ia
prayer before mounting to ride to the field.
| At council of war held at Manassas after
/ he had made bis successful move to Pope,s
| rear in the campaign Of '62 be listened
| quietly to the opinions of the other mem.
bers of the council, aud then asked until
i the next morning to mature bis ownplap. A
/ general officer present remarked to another.
| as they went from the council -" Jackson
| wants time to pray over II. About - o'clock
/ That night this officer had occasion to 20 to
/ the Generals headquarters, and there be
/ found him on his knees, and heard his earnest
pleadipgs with the Lord for wisdom 10 direct
him 10 the circumstances then surrounding
him, and to enable him 10 devise such plan
rs would give victory to bis eountry's arms.
The DeX: day be came before the council
wltb plap entirely different from any that
had been proposed the evening before, and
set one that SO commended itself to all that
It was Immediately adopted.
| The distinguished off :er who relates this
incident was so deeply affected by 1t as to be
led thereby 10 make profession OF religion
Jackson was u diligeDt student Of the Bible,
frequently rising before day that lie might
find time TO study portion before goiog to
i
constant living trust In God. whom be sac
knowledged in ill his ways" A lew days be-
fore the battle Of Charlottesville be said SOL
EMMY. when speaking of the impending strug.
gle: my trust is In Got, ;" ard then straight
ening up be added with flashing e, e, 81 wish
| they would come. He was 1ccn.tom ed TO an
nouDc, his victories with such expressions
as, "Tnc Lord blessed. Us with victory"
t"God has crowned our arms with abundant
success" dc. He would af:er eJch Of bis
victories have thanksgiving day" aIr-
pointed for his command. When the srag-
CART Pope bad been pacsd 10 command OF
the "grand army Of the Union that was
{, capture Richmond in thirty days." aud
Jackson sent with bis corps to watch bis
movements, a friend said to him jocularIy
There is u new candidate for your favor,
] General.''
'.Yes, and by the help of God will dis
pose of him." meekly replied the great war
rior.
Jackson delighted in religious conversation
and frequently engaged in 1t with his whole
soul at times asst expected by those who
did not know him. During one OF his bat
les, while he was waiting in the rear of q
part Of his command, which he had put in
position to engage the attention Of the enc.
my wblle another division had been sent to
flank them, young officer on his staff gave
MIN copy of The sketch Of :" Cap ain Dabney
Carr HARRISON" young Presb, terrain minis
Ter, widely known and loved in Virginia. no
| had been killed at Fort Donclson. He ex.
pressed himself highly gratl6ed at getting the
| Sketch, and entered into warm conversation
on the power Of Christian example. He was
interrupted by an officer, who reported
.tthe enemy advancing" but paused
only long enough to give the laconic
order, "Open on them," and then
resumed the conversation, which be con.
tinued for some time, only plusiug now and
then to receive dispatches and give necessary
orders. A chaplain relates that on the eve
of the battle Of Fredericksburg he saw an
officer wrapped 10 bis overcoat, go that bis
mai kS of rank could not be seen, lying Just
| in rear of battery quietly readiog his Bible.
| he approacheda aud entered into conversation
on the prospects of the impending battle,
| out the officer soon changed the conversation
to religious topics, and the chaplain was led
| to ask, What regiment arc you Chaplain
OFF," What was his astonisbment TO 6ud
thu, the quiet Bi5leresder and fluent talser
upon religious subjects was none other tfaa
the fam ous StoneWall Jackson.
| 1t was the privilege of The writer, in COM
nany With brother chaplin, to spend day
| at the Generals headquarters short time
| before the battle which deprived the country
of bis priceless services. After dinner he
| came into the tent where we had been doing
some work as chaplain's committee, and We
| had long chat with him. Military matters
| were scarcely alluded to, and then he would
| soon change the sutject. The burden of the
conversation was the religious condition Of
| the army and the best means of promoting
| the spiritual welfare of the soldiers. Then
we got on the subject of personal religion
| the obstacles to the growth of grace 10
| tie army and the best means of orercom-
| ing them-and I confess that, for one, bad
| to lay aside my office of "teacher in Israel !"
and be content to "sit at the feet" of the
great warrior and learn OF him lessons in the
| Way of life. Upon another occasion the
! writer found him just going TO prayer.
| meeting held for the benefit Of bis stah ana
couriers. 1t wasa delightful season OF Wor-
| ship. and the General seemed to ENJOY u
| very much. After the meeting we remained
to chat very pleasantly for an hour or so on
religious matters. He spoke of the impor-
lance of having some of the ablest men OIL
| the different denominations to preach IN the
army, and mentioned number by name
whom he would like to see come. he also
spoke Of the military power Of religion. ana
said -" If our officers and men were only
earnest Christians would not be afraid 10
meet the world in arms"
General Jackson did all in his power 10
| promote the spiri ,ua welfare of his man, ana
| to his influence is to be attributed the fact
! that his corps was better supplied Win