Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-01-10

text, "Aii things work together fo
good to them that love God, to then
who are called according to hi
purpose these were the controllin,
principles of his life, the secret O
his success.
1t was my proud privilege to know
Stonewall Jackson personally, ant
to see a good deal of him during th
two years Of the war into which h,
crowded illustrious deeds which hav,
filled two continents with his fame
and made him one of the greatest
soldiers of all history.
| ] confess that love sometimes K
recall some of the great battle pic
lures in which he fgured-Manas
sas, where he replied to the despair.
ing cry of the gallant Bee, "They
are beating us backl" "Sir, we will
not be beaten back. We will give
them the bayonet." And where Bee
about to yield up his noble life, raj
lied his shattered legions by ex.
claiming: "Rally behind the Vir-
giniansl Look! there stands Jackson
like stone WALL Let us determine
to die here, aud we shall conquerI'i
and changed the name of Jackson
from Thomas Jonathan to Stone
wall. Many scenes in that famous
"Valiey Campaign" and especially
that one at Winchester, when, driv-
ing Banks pell-mell through the
streets, he was surrounded by beau
tiful women, who hailed him as their
oeliverer, and cut off as souvenirs
every button on his old gray coat;
Gaines's Mill, on the evening of
June 27, 1862, when he sat on his
old sorrel horse sucking a lemon
and gave the laconic order: ''Tell
every one of my brigades to advance
and sweep the field with the bayo-
net" Cedar Run, where he rallied
his broken legions and offered him
self to lead the charge; Second Ma
nassas, where, cut off for time from
the main army of Lee, he was every
where among his troops, the very
personification of the genius of bat
tie; Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg (An-
tietam), fredericksburg aud Chan
cellorsville, at all of which he proved
himself worthy to rank among the
great captains OF history, and JUS
titled Lees noble letter when he
wrote his wounded lieutenant: "Could
/ have dictated events, should have
chosen for the good of the country
to have been disabled in your stead.'
But, while vividly recalling many
of these battle pictures, ! prefer to
think of Stonewall jackson as the
humble, devout Christian, the ''sol-
dier of the cross" and to recall him
al he appeared in that attitude, the
deacon of his church who chad no
time to attend to anything else"
when his duties demanded his at
tendance at deacon's meeting, the
church collector who got a contri-
button from every one on his list,
the teacher of the negro Sunday
school SO devoted and true, the man
of humble prayer, and the diligent
student of Gods Word.
l love to recall him as announc-
ing his great victories, "God blessed
our arms with victory" and halting
his victorious legions for 'thanks-
giving service" as sitting among
his ragged soldiers and drinking in
with kindling eye and beaming face
the simple truths of the gospel; as
dismounting one day from his war
steed and walking with me for two
miles to talk on the religious inter
ests of his men and the subject of
personal religion; as conducting a
prayer meeting at his headquarters,
and making ore of the most appro-
pirate and fervent prayers l ever
heard; as delighting in religious
conversation, as active for the saliva
tion of others, and as so fully COM
mitting into the hands of Christ his
interests for time and for eternity
| that when cut down at Chancellors-
vile, in the full tide of his brilliant
career, he could calmly say, .'It is
all right; / would not have it other.
wise if could unless / knew that il
was my Heavenly Fathers will,'
and could leave behind record oi
his last days that showed beyond
all peradventure that he had been
taught by Gods Spirit how to die
as well as howsto live. and that ht
spoke prophecy of his own end al
well as stirring exhortation to his
followers when he uttered those last
famous words: "Let us cross over
the river and rest under the shade Of
the trees" :
Determination to use his own best
efforts, combined with his simple
trust in Christ, and full confidence
!, in the promises of Gods word
these were the silent, potent influ
enoes which raised the penniless or