Year: 1864

the last Sith scattered and diminishe,


ranks.


Do these successe for which tci


thousand temples Of God arc to-da,


musical with praise publish nothin.
concerning the viii Of God d


they not forcshadow the end I? ID,


they not as clealy foresliadow the


method Of the end steady, unrelaxing


armed pressure, till rebellion have n,
fooihold lefts DO they not staml
that method with sanction high AM
hopeful and cheering a. Gods bless
ing


Is this the time 10 furl he banner
to sheaihe the. sword, to call home th,
armies with the final victories so near
ly in their grasp? To confess thai
armed authority cannot restore the
supremacy Of the law, to put the at
tempt on the historic page as a failure
and 10 enlreat rebels 10 tell US on wha
terms they viii forgive US and be a
peace with US


Look northward from Atlanta to
where the host Of GRANTS Tightening
its mighty coil around the rebel capi.
tal and lis companion in arms and in
doom.


Is there any relaxing there Of the
grasp that carries the gripe of desti-
ny in It's hold? Are there any faint
hearts there? Isn't the progress sure
though. slow? Do they not tell us that
their enemy is known to be weaker
than ever and with no possibility Of
succor sufficient TO turn the tide Of
fate


So far as there is hope within all The
Confederate borders what is that hope?
It is not the hope of foreign recogni.
ton. That is dying out. II is not
The hope Of overcoming by strategy or
force Of arms. That has been often
enough rebuked, and its ventures be-
gin TO look desperate. 1t is not the
hope OF enduring until the whole
strength Of the North is exhausted
1t is not the hope of a divided North.
1t is the expectation that the power Of
the government will be paralyzed at
home. 1t is the looking for measures
and revolutions that shall weaken the
rigor of the Northern sword and re-
call the veterans that hold them now
gasping with their last breath painful
ly drawn. 1t is any thing but the
plainest and most demonstrative truth
TO say that The one hope OF rebellion
to-day IS in The domestic enemies of
that government which is welding
such urgent forces to make short work
of it.


1t is that single hope that keeps the
rebel flag flying. We hear the cry of
peacei peace give Us peace Stop
The horrors, the fratricide OF war -
That one hope Of Northern distraction
is all THAT keeps the rebel armies in
The field and prolongs the war. Let
hat hope be crushed and peace would
come tomorrow.


1t is the rebel sympathizers that
engthen out the strife and make rebel
valor obdurate and necessilates the
shedding Of Northern as well as South
srn blood.


Among all the nations and races Of
men the most criminal rebellion the
world ever saw, or history recorded,
inds lis most stimulating encourage.
nent among those who still profess al
egiance to The government thus en-
and patriotism to the coun-
ny thus betrayed.


But God does not slumber. His
purposes are ripening fast they are
developing fast. He bears forward
he swift issues on the current Of his
'esistless providence. We will trust
i'm while we pray and work and fight.
\ few more such victories as those for
which the Chief Magistrate of the peo-
'le invites to-day our united thanks
living, and the only task of The gov
rnment will be the adjustment of its
e-established supremacy to the rights
md the welfare Of all parts of its ter
itory and all classes Of its people.


Oh let each man be sure that he is
N Gods side in these grand over
urnings Of our times, and study well
he judgments that show him where
0 stand in fellowship with the divine
ouncilS and the divine power.