The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-07-08

On nclun VI cOIu peeIeu IOKtn uOm
amid the waste Of the wilderness, and
the glad music OF human voices awoke
the silence Of the forest. Nowl God
of mercy behold the changed Under
the shadow OF a pretext-under the
sanctity of the name of God, invoking
the Redeemer TO their aid. do these
foreign hirelings Stay our people. They
throng our towns, they darken our
plains, and now they encompass on
the lonely plain OF Chadd's Ford.
"They that take the sword shall
perish by the sword"
Brethren, think me not unworthy Of
belief when l tell you that the doom Of
the Brittisher is nesrl Think me not
VAIN when 1 tell you that beyond that
cloud that now enshrouds US, l see
gathering, thick and fast, the darker
cloud and the blacker storm of a Di-
vine Retrlbution! They may conquer
us tomorrow. Might and wrong may
prevail, and we may be driven from
this ield-but the hour Of Gods own
vengeance will comel
Ay, # in the vas solitudes of space
If in the heart of the ,boundless uni
verse, there throbs the being of an
awful God, quick to avenge and sure
to punish guilt, then will the man
George of Brunswick, called King, feel
IN his brain and in his heart the VEN
gesnce Of the Eternal Jehovah! A
blight will be upon his hfe-a with.
cred brain, an accursed INTELLECT
blight will be upon his children and on
his people. Great God! how dread
the punishment
Soldlers-I look around among your
familiar faces with a strange interest.
Tomorrow morning we will all go
battle-ior need l tell you that your
unworthy minister will go with you,
invoking Gods aid in the hght9 We
will march forth to battle. Need l
exhort you to fight In the good fight
fight for your homesteads, for your
wives and your children?
You will go forth TO battle tomorrow
with light hearts and determined
spirits, though the solemn duty, the
duty Of avenging the dead, may rest
heavy on your souls. And in the hour
} of battle when all around is darkness,
| lit by the lurid cannon-glare and the
piercing musket.hash, when the
wounded strew the ground, and the
dead litter your path, then remember,
e %solIers, that God Is with you. The
i Eternal God fights for you-he rides
: on the battle cloud. he sweeps onward
with the march of the hurricane
charge. The awful and the Infinite
! fights for you, and you will triumph,
"They that take the sword shall
? perish by the sword"
: You have taken the sword, but moi
in the spirit of wrong and ravage
d You have taken the sword for you
8 homes, for your wives, for your little
g ones.
You have taken the sword for truth
e for justice and right, and to you tb,
" promise is, be OF good cheer, for you
foes have taken the sword, IN defiance
: Of all that man holds dear-il
blasphemy of God; they shall perisI
by the sword.
And now, brethern and soldiers,
bid you all farewell; Many Of us ma
fall in the fight tomorrow-God res
the souls OF the fallen-many Of US ma.
live to tell the story Of the fight to
? morrow, and in the memory Of al
T. will yer rest 0nd linger the quie
scenes of this autumnal night. Solem
y twilight advances over the valley Il
=. woods on the opposite heights fin
d their long shadows over the green
<, the meadows; around US are the tent
u of the continental host, the half SUI
y pressed, hustle of the camps and th
y hurried tramp of the soldiers to az
Y, fro; now the confusion. and the still
" ness which mark the eve of battles
be When we meet again, may the Ion
% shadows of twilight be flung Over
n. peaceful land.
w God In heaven grant ii.