16 god’s view of rebellion. And let us especially, to-day, thank our Heavenly Father for the threefold success of our arms within the past month—the seizure of the Weldon Railroad, the capture of the Mobile forts, and the fall of Atlanta. Much as we owe to our noble Generals and Admirals, with their brave followers, I would forget to-day all human agencies, and look only to the Supreme Power, who has heard the prayer of faith, and stretched out His hand in behalf of the nation’s integrity and His own holy law. Let our hearts be buoyant with His praise, and let our faith be strong in His promises and threatenings, knowing that according to the resoluteness of our faith will be our safety and success. It is He who redeems our souls from death and hell by His blood, who also controls the movements of our earthly life; and as faith gives us the victory in the one case, so will faith give us the victory in the other. Let us, then, know no wavering; but as lovers of our country and lovers of our God, resting upon the truth which has formed the subject of our morning’s consideration, let us with a firm determination set our faces as a flint against this iniquitous rebellion till its last nerve has quivered and its last breath has fled.
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