The Covington Journal of June 22, 1861 re-printed this piece.
The Lutheran Observer, a strong Union paper, says:
"Of all the awful judgments of a justly incensed God, WAR, and especially INTESTINE WAR, is the most terrific and destructive. When God determined to inflict condign punishment on His ancient people on account of their offenses, He submitted to David, their King, his choice of three fearful scourges, to wit: Famine, War, or Pestilence. David would rather fall into the hand of the Lord, "because His mercies are great," than of man, and chose pestilence as the least appalling.
about the American Civil War now focusing
on stories from Campbell County, Ky.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts
-
On this anniversary of perhaps the most famous and most often memorized speech in American history, I was thinking about the Gettysburg Addr...
-
Photo from findagravecom , memorial 66529335 Private Foster Caseman was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, perhaps in Cincinnati, in 1841. In 18...
-
I'm not really sure what to title this post, but it is, again, just an update on the book project that has been my focus for the last...
No comments:
Post a Comment