[278] is now heard, subdued and calm, as if overcome by the presence of the Supreme Being, in holy appeal to “the sapphire throne.” Few such spectacles have been witnessed in modern times, and it is needless to add that few such examples have ever told with more wondrous power upon the hearts of men. Are you surprised, after this recital, that “Stonewall” Jackson is invincible, and that he can lead his army to certain victory whenever God's blessing precedes the act?
Rev. G. T. Gray, chaplain of a regiment stationed in western Virginia, writes to the Bristol Advocate that, several Sabbaths since, ‘the sacrament was administered to all the field officers and staff except one, and to eight captains, and to upwards of one hundred other officers and privates. I doubt,’ he adds, ‘if the annals of war ever witnessed such another solemn scene.’
