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had exhausted their ammunition, and were on the point of giving way. At this critical moment, the newly-arrived soldiers, having fired five deadly rounds into the enemy, and repulsed five of their desperate charges, made that memorable charge, which recaptured all the lost artillery and the ground which the exhausted soldiers of Hooker's division had yielded.

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During the night of the fifth of May, which followed the battle, young Smith wrote in his journal: "We stood in arms amidst the enemy's dead and dying, cold, wet and weary enough. For all this bravery and skill our noble general was publicly thanked by General Heintzelman, and eulogized by General McClellan." But the modest journalist does not say, what was the fact, that one of the most distinguished generals openly pronounced the youthful officer himself "one of the bravest of the brave, one of the heroes of the day, from whom we might expect a future of great usefulness and honor."

Before the attack on Yorktown he made a short will, yet in all the haste of a camp, he closed it by adding this remarkable paragraph: “And now, having arranged for the disposition of my worldly estate, I must say that, possessing a full confidence in the Christian religion, and believing in the righteousness of the cause in which I am engaged, I am ready to offer my poor life in vindicating that cause, and in sustaining a government the mildest and most beneficent the world has ever known."

So he gave that life to his country. Let his memory and that of our kindred martyrs be embalmed forever in the nation's heart. He was fit to live and fit to die, and his crown was ready for him.

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VII. THE TWO BROTHERS.

The following simple and touching letter is from the brother of John W. Chase, a member of Co. G, of the Fourth Rhode Island Regiment, who recently died in the hospital in Carolina City. James and John were twins, and both members of the same regiment, noble boys, of whom a friend writes very justly: "This letter will convey a touching idea of the loss which the mother has experienced in the death of one of these Christian youth, who might truly be called 'Cromwellian soldiers." With genuine patriotism, childlike faith in God, a filial and fraternal affection, James conveys the sad news to his mother; and this is another instance, in the humble classes, of that genuine heroism which has been brought to light by this war.

CAROLINA CITY, Saturday, 26th. DEAR MOTHER: -I now take my pen to say that there has been a great change since I wrote last. John has got through with fighting, and with all his hardships and trials. He has gone to rest. His sickness was short. He was seized with typhoid fever, and soon followed Denham and William. This makes three deaths in our company.

John wrote you a letter two or three days before he was sick. Then, mother, he was as well as I was; so you see we cannot tell what to-morrow will bring forth. Death is certain, and life is uncertain. But the Lord knows best about these things; and when he calls us, we have to go. Oh! I wish that I was in John's place! Thank God, mother, there is one consolation, that if we do not see each other again in this world, we shall in the one above.

I prayed every night while John was sick for the Lord to bless him. I left him in His hands. It was so ordered

that John was not to be shot in the battle-field, but to be taken by sickness; and it has turned out all for the best.

I have tried to do my duty since I have been in the war. I have felt that this was the place to remember and look to Him who is our best Friend. And he has proved so. He brought John and me both safe out of danger in the field, and now he has called one of us to go to him. He may call for me next. I do not care, mother, how quick; for I can say that I am ready to go when God calls me, and I believe I shall meet John with the angels above.

He died at four o'clock this morning. I send you a lock of his hair. Remember, mother, if we part with our friends here, we shall sooner or later meet them before God.

I close by saying, do not take it too hard. The Lord bless you.

From your dear son,

J. S. C.

VIII. THE BIBLE IN THE KNAPSACK.

A gentleman from one of the Western cities, says the "Banner of the Covenant," at a recent prayer-meeting in New York, rose and said,

A few days ago, I was present where a body of soldiers, an entire regiment, having been drawn up in line, were asked if they would accept of copies of the Bible. The question was put to them by the commanding officer, after having stated that the citizens of the place, anxious to show their interest in them and to promote their welfare, would be happy to supply each one of them with a Bible if they were willing to receive it. "Now," said he, "as many of you as are willing to receive the Bibles are re

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quested to raise your right hands." The result was, (said he,) every hand was raised, and many tears were falling as they responded to the proposition. In addition to this, as the commander stood on the steps of the hotel, one of the distributors approached him, and gave to him, also, with appropriate remarks, an expensive and elegant copy of the Scriptures, in the sight and hearing of all the men. It so happened that one of the spectators in the crowd was a missionary from Turkey. "Oh," said the missionary, "I never expected to live to see such a day as this! I never expected to see such a sight as this. I never expected to see the legions of an army going out to battle, voting the word of God into their knapsacks." The men declared, by this act, that they needed the Lord of hosts as their ally, and that, in performing their duty, they could look to him for his blessing on them.

IX. THE PENNSYLVANIA ROUNDHEADS.

The interesting sketch which follows is from Rev. Solomon Peck, D.D., so well known for his philanthropic labors in behalf of the freedmen at Beaufort, S. C.:

It was said by Cromwell of his regiment of "Ironsides," who "were never beaten," "I raised such men as had the fear of God before them; as made some conscience of what they did." It is from them the "Roundheads of Western Pennsylvania, descendants of Scotch Covenanters and English Puritans, derive their name-a name first given in derision by the "Cavaliers," but afterward well understood to be a synonyme for Invincibles.

Soon after the battle of Bull Run, and on the expiration of the "three months" service, application was made to the Secretary of War, by Colonel D. Leasure, for leave to

raise a regiment for the war. The Pennsylvania "Reserves" by that time had been filled out. "Can you bring Roundheads, Bible-men?" asked the Secretary. "I can bring no other," was the reply.

It was my lot to meet the Roundheads, officers and men, for the first time in the house of God, the Sabbath after I landed in Beaufort, December twenty-second. The chaplain of the regiment, Rev. Robert A. Brown, of Newcastle, Pa., lay ill of fever at that time, and the colonel had invited me to preach to them at the usual hour of morning worship. The appointment was made accordingly; and at bell-ringing the colonel marched his men, nine hundred strong, into the Baptist meeting-house, under arms, and with measured tread; but quiet and reverent, as became the place, the service, and the day.

It was an impressive spectacle. The soldiery, intermingled with members of other corps, filled the entire area of the lower floor, and most of the spacious galleries, which projected on either side. At the end stood, close crowded together, groups of "colored people." There, listening to the word of God, or rising in prayer, or singing, after their ancient metrical version, some of the Psalms of David, the Roundheads joined in worshipping the God of their fathers, - their God and our God,—just as they had been wont to worship, in their several sanctuaries, with kindred and friends at home. What added to the interest of the occasion was the presence of two other ministers, who took part in conducting the services, one of them the chaplain of the Eighth Michigan Regiment, Rev. Mr. Mahon. The service, moreover, was only the second had by the Roundheads, in Sabbath public worship, since coming to the South.

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