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4 (Fica ike Cotamba* Tan ) -• »BlSUOP POLK.Wo giro the following extracts from a tor woo. recent!/ delivered by Bct. Goo. W. Sticknoy in tbit city,entitled the -Sainted Workman.” from the text ‘‘A workman tku ncedetb nut |o bo aibamcd.” 2 Tim ^16:•'A Hero le ilair, I a Patriot' Mien I the Choroh of (’jlt;1 has boon baraeted I The eleo trie spark kao scattered lu s»d talc, and anon oomo ti.liago, in reply.- from every source, plaoiog t»3»r mementoes upon' the grave oftho gallant-doad. —r—--V i,* * ' » • *As wafts tbs prtui tutdu of tatwon and veneration for one so highly rtapeoUd, and from tbs memories and sayings of others, U is bat meet that another, associated in peculiar manner, should bear his part, in raising the living monument to his worth-• ,n. . * * •The term workman may, we think, well beapplied to tho Bishop, Lit at. Gen. Leonidas Polk, for wa JUr every phase of his character through life; .we And him rightly and most folly enrUiaing this position.« * a . * * It was upon Sunday, December 9, 1SS8, that the RsP. Leonidas Polk was consecrated, or eot apart and elevated te Iks highest earthly offioo in the cbureb of Ood. .The cVent took place in Christ Cknrcb, Cincinuli, Ohio, among those very people, from whose soil and oo-op-erailon vile bands have uplifted themselves to smite down tho^aan of Oc4, defending his own and bU neighbors hops from tho hand of tho tafllan plunderer and .fiendish foe. I«et the (and well blush, as the t«lt is told, and It falls upon.them written indellibly, with fire and blood, that their tyranny was so great; that their I/-Jostles so nnoallsd for; 'their oppres* •Ion so great, that the man of ?od, consecrated to th« salvation of souls of men. was celled from-his peaceful cures Of life, to protect their bodies that their eoals eight be saved) Let the people, then united in fond and pr»nd nationality as they beheld one let apart for the rich and glorious laada of the Sonlh, now hide ib'emeelves, aJ tho tale is toU that their man of Ged has been murdered by thelr ewnhst.de! Te Northern men—jefoul in voders—ye false end persecuting creatures cf the earth—think ye (hat bis blood shall not rest upon you?Let Ue blood of tho faithful workman, the sainted one, cry aloud for the bodies and souls of men; and do “thou, O God, eittiag upon the thrcue that judges! right, jodgc between us and ear enemies.”• * * • •It ie to the ohorshss in Alabama, Louisiana and Texas vs appeal for testimony as to what he has dose. Who hue vs, who sea tell, how mnoh has been docs la those places and by btm-frr Qoi and tbs son’s of men t fas, 1st Louisiana tell 1 .Let her now, as betrayed by those who should be her brethren, those who tested cf the pleasures of our ways of Zion, speak of the Wveks and the labors of him who labbred for her preod welfare!Let Louisiana speak of hiss, c ware's man or not, of his works, his labor* of love; aad let their proud admiration of him towtt to the utmost sky 1 As up Bishop they loved him, far he was’faithful to ais trust ia the Choroh of God And as the maiden*! North raised its voice tor pari ecu tie n and extermination, ho led foe people ia mighty aad strong voice •into the safe aad trusty ena| of the church in the Confederacy. * * • ' *As Ckarlcslen shall rise upon the pinnacle ef fame for having moved first in jest resistance to eur oppressing countrymen, an shall the name ef Bishop Polk stand topmost ia the church, in her completed independence, iSt having led the church In the Confederacy to her standard of feme and prosperity.Jsdge Wpr. S. Seen. 41 T wm ia towa yesterday, says the. Macon Ceniederate. His well-kaown efforts in be*, half ef the preen ere appreciated aad his high abilities ead unwearied exertion* as u member ef Coagraaa command the admiration and respect of tbs peeple. We trust he may soon hate the pissrnja ef retaining to his native Staid.i ■■ ■ A i . * . *Somecc the Eoglkh paper* are growfo Ug because Qgsea Victoria etUl accepts the 83.000.000 allowed her a year for for reception yotrrtaiameats, altbocg afo has given none for three years. One at them eu -rests that n portion of that salary ought to be maned./
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Atlanta Southern Confederacy
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Fri, Jul 08, 1864
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