Thanksgiving-day for our victories! We went to church this
morning and heard Mr. K's admirable sermon from 1st Sam., chap, vii., v. 12: “Then
Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of
it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.” Oh! I trust that this
day has been observed throughout the Confederacy. If all our duties were as
easily performed, we should be very good Christians; but, alas! our hearts are
often heavy, and do not cheerfully respond to the calls of duty. In prosperity,
praise and thanksgiving seem to rise spontaneously to our lips, but to humble
ourselves, and feel our entire dependence, is a much more difficult duty.
SOURCE: Judith W. McGuire, Diary of a Southern
Refugee, During the War, p. 155
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