REV. SAMUEL A. PHILIPS, A. M.,
PASTOR OF THE REFORMED CHURCH, CARLISLE, AND AUTHOR OF “GETHSEMANE AND THE CROSS,” “THE CHRISTIAN HOME,” ETC.
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“No reader of the Bible can have failed to discover the prominent place occupied by blood-shedding in the Levitical services, and in the grand fundamentals of Christianity. The blood typical was the precursor of the blood shed on the cross. While some of the ‘voices of blood’ considered by the author, may be considered as only remotely bearing on the great subject of atonement, yet they are all designed to illustrate it. The atonement by blood is the marked feature of the gospel, without the shedding of which there could be no remission of sin, and the vitality of the gospel is lost where it does not stand forth prominently. It is the author’s design to illustrate this blessed truth, and he does it Scripturally and practically, that all may see the harmony between the voice of blood from the altar, and the voice of blood from the cross. The volume comprises much precious truth in various respects, and may be profitably read.”—Presbyterian.
“In this work, the author first analyzes the voice, its structure, functions, capabilities, as a material organ of the spirit; then the blood in which is the life; then blood as the voice which utters mighty truths and testimonies; then ‘the voice of accusing blood from the ground,’ beginning with the blood of Abel; the ‘voice of typical blood from the altar’ comprehending the Jewish sacrifices; ‘the voice of atoning blood from the cross;’ ‘the voice of martyr-blood from the church;’ of ‘sacramental blood from the Christian altar;’ of ‘pleading blood from the mercy-seat;’ of ‘witnessing blood from the judgment throne;’ of ‘avenging blood from hell;’ and, finally, of ‘glorifying blood in heaven.’ These topics are treated in a fervid and impassioned style which seldom flags. The reader is never wearied by dulness. Without endorsing every sentiment, we find the work evangelical, earnest, and quickening.”—Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review.
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Footnotes:
[1] I take great pleasure in this connection to direct attention to a large photographic view of the Ruins of Chambersburg, by Mr. C. L. Lochman, of Carlisle, as the most satisfactory picture I have yet seen. The same artist has also prepared a number of smaller pictures and a series of stereoscopic views, embracing general views and the most prominent local objects of the town.
[2] Reference is here made chiefly to the New York Herald and the Tribune, both of which sheets have manifested a spirit towards our deeply afflicted sufferers akin to that of our worst enemies. The Tribune, instead of allowing itself to be corrected by the Hon. A. K. McClure, in the Philadelphia Press, turns aside from the subject with miserable jokes, as trivial as they are heartless. And these are our friends!
[3] Since the foregoing was written it has been ascertained to a certainty, that there were three thousand men, exclusive of the eight hundred and thirty-one who were in the town; almost as large a force as that which, one year ago, routed Milroy’s whole military force, cannon and all, at Winchester.
[4] Among the many thousands who have been quartered and encamped here, I have never heard of a single soldier who did not speak in the most grateful terms of the universally kind treatment towards them from our citizens. For proof I appeal to these thousands among the living, wherever they may now be found.
[5] This and several following paragraphs are quoted, with a few slight modifications, from a brief and well-written article by the Rev. Joseph Clark, in the Philadelphia “Presbyterian” of August 6.
[6] McCausland had also insisted upon burning the town in the night, to which Johnson persistently objected. Mrs. Greenawalt, a most worthy and intelligent woman, overheard this consultation of the officers in an adjoining room. The increased horrors which must have resulted if McCausland had not been overruled in his determination, may be imagined. B. S. S.
Transcriber’s Note:
The original text does not contain a Table of Contents. The Table of Contents included near the beginnning of this file was created by the transcriber as an aid for the reader.
The following misprints have been corrected:
"geting" corrected to "getting" (page 20)
"sacrified" corrected to "sacrificed" (page 23)
"guerillas" corrected to "guerrillas" (page 57)
Unmatched quotation marks were left as they were in the original.