The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-02-17

me- Psalm 81 10. On the South Side
were two pine trees, the only ones, |
think, in the Stockade. Possibly there
was small tree of some sort, not far
from the South Gate. / preached sew
eral times at the two pines / there be-
came acquainted with Serg't j. G..
Miller, Co. B, Goth Ohio Vol. Inf !;
Corporal Rose, and Private McCollum
These and other brethren carried on a
prayer meeting at that point. / spoke
there Thursday night, July %, from
Romans, IA: p: so then every one
of us shall give account of himself to
God On that day man was shot by
guard while he was dipping up water
from the brook.
"On the South Side, not very far from
the brook, was long house made with
tent-poles and covered with pine boughs,
or possibly with blankets This the
10th Conn. occupied. Robert II. Kel-
logg, Sergeant-Major of that regiment,
was one of our religious men. | re-
member preaching in front of that tent
once from the words, Their rock is not
as our rock, our enemies themselves
being judges Deuteronomy, 81: 81.
In his book, Life and Death in Rebel
Prisons Serg't Kellogg speaks of a
sermon which l preached Sunday night,
July II, from l Timothy, 4:21: Fight
the good fight of faith That meeting
was attended by All unusually large
audience, and was deeply interesting. 1t
was on the South Side, but little way
from the dead line, near a very large
house or shanty, which l think was
called the Masonic Tent. Serg't Thos.
A. Cord, 10Th u. S., tented there. He
was one of the brethren whose ac-
quaintance | formed on first finding my
way to the meetings. One more extract
from my diary will, / think, express the
feelings of many others as we'll as my
self. Il have now four preaching places
How blessed in this horrid place to be
laboring for souls. How good such en-
ployment in prison and in Distress
$50 occupied was at times with my
interest in religious work as to shut out
almost every other thought. / do not
doubt that our work was life-preserver
even in the low sense of an occupation
which prevented brooding over the
horrors of the situation. The work had
also blessed effect on Others. Acts,
1925, properly translated reads: Paul
and Silas were praising God, and the
prisoners we're listening to them This
Bible experience of prison life was
repeated in Andersonville. S. E. Shurty,
Co. F, Goth Ohio, has written to me:
Il lived on the South Hill. When you
preached on the North Side we, on the
South Side, could hear you plainly A.
A. Spencer, Co. E, 18th Iii. Vet. Inf,
has written: i have often thought of
you during the last IA years. l have
often told my friends of the religious
meetings held in prison. o. B. Camp
bell, 18th Wis, in long and interesting
letter said: They had preaching in the
prison at Cahaba, Ala, and also at
Macon, Ga O. B. Chester, Co. H, 10th
Wis, speaks of the sermon from Fight
the good fight and said that he attended
a prayer meeting at Andersonville May
19, 1864. He heard preaching there
for the last time March 19, 1865.
"This brother, as we'll as the writer of
this sketch, returned to Andersonville
in the Winter of 1864. The meetings
were resumed in February, and closed
with our final departure. l think it
likely he heard the first and last sermon
of the second series. Ssrg't j. G. Miller
has written we'll remember the many
precious meetings we had there, and how
they strengthened and cheered US. /
have good reason to believe that many
were truly converted in that place of
We had but few public
prayer meetings after leaving Anderson
vile, but we had little hut or cave at
Florence in which we had daily prayer
Gone of our Union Generals writes
hat at Libby religious services were
Kept up for some time by Chaplains.