THE 
 
 SOLDIERS' ALMANAG. 
 
 1'8 64 
 
 PUBLISHED BY THE 
 
 Soldiers' Tract Association, of tte M. E. 
 Church, South. . 
 
 DEPOSITORY ON NINTU STREET, BETWEEN 
 MAIN AND GARY, RICHMOND, VA. 
 
 KICHMOND: 
 
 CHAS. H. WYNNE, PRINTER. 
 1864. 
 
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 MUTUAL FORBEARANCE. 
 
 The kindest and the happiest pair 
 "Will fiad occasion to forbear, 
 And something, every day they live, 
 To pity and perhaps forgive. 
 But if infirmities that%U 
 In common to Ihe lot of all — 
 A blemish, or a sense impaired — 
 Are crimes so little to be spared. 
 Then farewell all that must create 
 The comfort of the wedded state; 
 Instead of harmony, 'tis jar, 
 And tumult, and intestine war. 
 
 The love that cheers life's latest stage. 
 Proof against sickness a'nd old age. 
 Preserved by virtue from declension 
 Becomes not weary by attention; 
 But lives, when that exterior grace • 
 Which first it spired the flame decays. 
 *Tis gentle, delicate, and kind, 
 To faults compassionate or blind, 
 And will with sympathy endure 
 Those evils it would gladly cure ; 
 But angry, coarse, and harsh expression 
 Shows love to be a mere profession ; 
 Proves that the heart is note of his. 
 Or soon expels him if it is. 
 
 COWPKB, 
 
JANUARY. 
 
 Sunday 
 
 Monday 
 
 TUKSDAY ; 
 
 Wkdnesday.. 
 Thursday ... 
 
 F111DAI& 
 
 Saturday. .. 
 
 2-1131 
 
 2r,i 
 
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 ''^'* "^ ^_M . Blessed is the man tliat- 
 
 walketh not in the coiin- 
 sel of the uvigodTy, nor 
 standeth in the way of 
 sinners, nor sitteth ia 
 the seat of the scornful. 
 But his delight is ia 
 the law of the Lord ; ami 
 in his law doth ho medi- 
 tate day ani night. 
 And he shall bo lite a 
 tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth 
 his fruit in his season: his leaf also shall not wither; 
 and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 
 
 The ungodly are not'so; but are like the chaff which 
 the wind driveth awav. .. - 
 
 Theref^ie the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, 
 nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 
 
 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous; but 
 the way of the ungodly -shall perish, — Psalm i. 
 
 Hest.— Far better than rest of body is rest of soull 
 Ax is wretched to be a slave, to groan, bleed, toil ; but far 
 worse to be Satan's bondman, dragging about an evil con- 
 Bcience and an abhing heart! Rest from this cannot be 
 had but .by coming to Jesus! And, if we come, he will 
 lighten every other load. Are you poor? Come, and he 
 will make you rich forever ! Are you sick ? Come, ami 
 he will cure your worst disease! Are you sad? Come, 
 and he will wipe away your tears! Are you bereaved? 
 Come, and he will be to you a brother in adversity, who 
 changes not, and never dies ! Is sin a burden ? Oh thea 
 come to Jesus, and he will take it all away ! Do yoa 
 dread the day of death and judgment? Come, and that 
 hour will be the dawn of life and glory ! 
 
 Origin of Evil — "Many," says Newton, ''have puz- 
 zled themselves about the origin of evil. I o'bserve there 
 is evil, and that there is a way to escape it; and with this 
 I begin and end." 
 
Soldiers' Almanac. 
 
 THE BIBLE THE BEST BOOK. 
 
 The celebrated John Selden, who is sometimes denomi- 
 nated the learned Selden,' was one of the greatest men of 
 his day. Being visited on his dying bed by 8orae intimate 
 friends, he is said to have discoursed to them substan- 
 tially as follows : *' I have surveyed most of the learning 
 that is among the sons of men ; I have my study full of 
 l)oo|<s and )3apers on most subjects in the world ; yet at 
 tjiis time I cannot recollect any passage, out of innume- 
 rable books and manuscripts I am possessed of, wherein 
 I cnn rest my soul, save out of the Holy Scriptures. Of 
 aM my disquisitions and readings, nothing now remains 
 to C'lij^fort me but this remarkable passage of God's Word; 
 It IS a faithful saying, and ivorlhy of all acceptation, that 
 Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.^' 
 
 1 Tim. i. 15. 
 
 "Thig single. Book I'd rather owQ 
 
 Than all the gokl and gems . " 
 
 That e'er in monarch's coflers shone; 
 
 . Than all "their diadems. 
 Nay, were the seas one chrysolite, 
 *The earth a golden ball, 
 And diamonds all the stars "of might, 
 This Book were worth them all'!" 
 
 EEAD THE BIBLE. 
 
 The celebrated Dr. .Johnson said to a young gentleman 
 who visited him on his death-bed, "Young man, attend 
 to the voice of one who has possessed a certain degree of 
 fsme in the world, and who is about to appear before his 
 Maker; Bead the Biblk every day of your life." 
 
 Eead and revere the Sacred page; a page 
 Winch not t'he whole creation could produce, 
 Whtdi II ot the conflagration shall destroy, 
 In Nature's ruin not one letter lost. 
 
 Young. 
 
Soldiers' Almanac. 
 
 FJEBRtJARY. 
 
 Sunday 
 
 Monday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Wednesday.. 
 Thursday ... 
 
 Friday 
 
 Saturday...! 
 
 21 
 
 27 
 
 Then said J^sus unto his 
 disciples, If any man will 
 come after rac, let him de- 
 ny himself, and take up 
 his cross, and follow me. 
 
 For whosoever Avill save 
 his life, shall ln;;e it-; and 
 whosoever will-lo.'^e hiv^i life 
 for my s^e, shall find it. 
 For what is a man profited, 
 if he shall gain, the wljole 
 world, and lose his own soul 2 or what shall a man give 
 in exchange- for his ?,on\* — Matt. xvi. 24-26. 
 
 THE oklGlN OF THE NAMES OF THE DAYS OP 
 
 ^, THE WEEK. 
 
 In the museum of Berlin — remarks' a foreign writer— 
 in the hall devoted to Northert\ antioiuities, they have the 
 representations of the idols from whom the names of our 
 days MQ derived. From the idol of the sun comes. Sunday'. . 
 This Mol is represented with his face like tl e sun, liolding 
 a biuming wheel, with both hands on his brer.st, signify- 
 ing his course around the world. The idol of the moon, 
 from which comes Monday, is habited in a short coat, 
 like a man, but holding the moon in his hands. Tuisco, 
 from. which cometh Tuesday, was one of the most ancient 
 and popular gods of the Germans, and is represented ia 
 his garment of skin according to their peculiar manner 
 of clothing. The third day of the week was dedicated 
 to his worship. Woden, from whence Wednesday, was a 
 valiant prince among the Saxons. His image was prayed 
 -to for victory. Thor, from wh'ence Thursday, is seated 
 on a bed with twelve stars over liead, holding a sceptre 
 in the right hand. Friga, from whence we have Friday, 
 is represented with' a drawn s^'worcl in his right hand, and 
 a bow in his left. He was^the giver of peace and plenty. 
 Sefter, from whom is Saturday, has the appearance of 
 ij^erfect wretchedness. He is thin-visaged, long-haired, 
 with a long beard; He carried a pail of Water in his 
 right hand, wherein are fruits and flowers. 
 
Soldiers^ Almanac. ^ 
 
 THE VALUE OF THE SOUL. 
 
 "What, if- it be lawful to inclul.c;e such a thouE^ht, would 
 1)6 the fiinernl obsequies of a lost soul? Where shall we 
 find the tears fit to be shed at such a spectacle ? or could 
 Mm realize the calamity in all its extent, what tokens of 
 jCommiseration ^.^id concern would be deemed eqyal to 
 tlie occasion? Would it suffice for the sua to veil his 
 light, and the moon her brightness; to cover the ocean 
 with mourjiing and the heavens with sackcloth ? or we»0 
 the whole fabric. of Nature 'to become auima^ted and vo- 
 cal, would it be possible for her to utter a groan too deep, 
 or a cry too piercing, to express the magnitude and ex- 
 tent of such a catastrophe? — Young. , ' ^ . 
 
 be wise ! 
 Nor make a curse of immortality ! 
 Say, knowest thou what it is, or what thou art? 
 Knowest thou the importance of ^ soul immortal 
 Behold this midnight glory ; worlds on .worlds ! 
 Amazing pomp ; redouble this amaze ; 
 Tea thousand add; add twice 'ten thousaffd mftre; 
 Then weigh the whole ; one soul outweighs them all, 
 And calls the astonisl.ing magnificence 
 Oi" unintelligent creation poor. — Young. 
 
 ORIGIN OF ALMANACS. 
 
 Vestegan, alluding to our ancient Saxon ancestor!?, 
 fray? : " They used to engrave upon certain squared sticks, 
 about a foot in length, the courses of the moons of the 
 ■whnle year, wlierel)y they could alw^ays certainly toll when 
 the new moons, the full moons, and the change should 
 bappen,"as'also their festival days ; and such a carved 
 Stick they called an almond ayht — that is to say, 'al-mon- 
 heed' — to wit, the regard or observations of the moon; 
 and hence is derived the name of almanacs." After the 
 invention of printing, almanacs became generally in use. 
 The first recorded account in England of ^u almanac is 
 the "Year Book of Henry VII." 
 
Soldiers' Almanac. 
 
 MARCH. 
 
 Sit i\ DAY 
 
 VoNUAY ; 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Wedxksday., 
 Thursday ... 
 
 FlUUAY.,; 
 
 Satuuday .... 
 
 u 
 
 1^^ 
 
 7 
 
 14 
 
 8 
 
 15 
 
 9 
 
 I'O 
 
 1.0 
 
 17 
 
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 K) 
 
 Ask, and it shall be given 
 vou ; seek, and ye shall 
 nnd ; knock, and it shall 
 be opened utito you: 
 
 For every one. thtit asV 
 eth, receivetl) ; nnd he that 
 seeketh, findeth ; and to 
 him that knocketh, it shall 
 be_ opened. 
 
 Or vrhat nian is there of 
 you, ^vhom it his son ask 
 bread, will give hini a stone? 
 
 Or if he ask a fish, -will he give hiiii a serpent? 
 If TO then b(?ing evil know how to give good gifts unto 
 y-Q ur children, how miich more shall your Father which. 
 .0? iu'iieaveu give good things to them that ask hini ? 
 1 • Matt. vii...7-ll. 
 
 OPI^^ION OF THE BIBLE. 
 
 Sir William Jones' opinion of the Bible was iiritten 
 on the last leaf of one belonging to him in these strong 
 ■words: "I have regularlyand nttentively read these Holy 
 Scriptures, and am of opinion that this Volume, ind^'pen- 
 dently of its Divine origin, contains more sublimity and 
 beauty, more pure morality, more important hi.-tory, !ind\ 
 finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be found . 
 in all other books, in whatever age "or language they may 
 have be&n written." • * . 
 
 Within this awful Volume lies 
 The mystery of mysteries. 
 Oh! happiest they of human race 
 To whom our God has given-grace 
 To hear, to read, to fear, \o pray, . 
 To lift thie latch an'd force the way ; 
 Bat better had they ne'er been born 
 Who read to doubt or read to scorn. 
 
 BrRO>'. 
 
 He only is exempt from failures who n^akcs no efforts. 
 
jSulc'.icrs' Almanac. 
 
 MEANS OF PRESERVING HEALTH IN CAMP. 
 
 I. Keep the feet di;v and w-arra, as far as jou can ; tli'e 
 head comparatively cool. , , , 
 
 II. Regularity in the evacuation of the bnwds is most 
 essential to health. You will be sure to anffor if you do 
 not pay attention tq this. A person should goout, if be 
 can, without fail, every day, at the hour that it isinost 
 habitual and found most' favorable-, , or as soon thereafter 
 as possible. 
 
 3. Exposure to dampness and cold produces little risk 
 to health so long as a person is in motion. The danger 
 is when a person is standing still or sitting, but most of 
 all when he is sleeping. ' / 
 
 Never go to sleep, if you can help it, vrith d;ni;p clotttes 
 or damp feet. 
 
 4. When clotjaes are damp, change them or dry by a 
 fire as soon as you cease moying. If you take anything 
 internally, a cnp of .coffee, or of ginger, or red pepper 
 tea, will answer a very good purpose. Following these 
 directions you will have no need, except in a most extreme 
 case, such as will hardly occur, to usq. any ardent spirits. 
 A warm blanket and a good fire are worth more than all 
 the liquor in the world. Never use this, without absolute 
 necessity; never use habitually, even if some doctor can 
 be found who will recommend yonr doing so. Why jump 
 into the river to avoid be ing drov/ned ? Wh_y run into the 
 fire to escape being burned? Better run the risk of dy- 
 ing by disease than of dying a drunkard. 
 
 5. Sleep, if you can, on something elevated above the 
 ground, if it^be^but a plank. This is especially import- 
 ant in damp weathev. 
 
 G. Guard againstfI)eamaMsm by using the precaution? 
 and counteractives Which I have given against dampness 
 and cold. 
 
 7. Blankets and woolen lining to clothing are bettor 
 than wadded comforts or wrappings or- wadded clothing. 
 "Woolen is warmer for its wti-iht, and resists cold.weather. 
 ■■ 8. If a person has two pair of. boots or shoes, it will 
 
Soldiers^ Alincci 
 
 APRIL. 
 
 bUNUAY 
 
 Monday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Wednesday.. 
 Thursday ... 
 Friday..: 
 
 S.'^.TURDAY.... 
 
 17 14 
 
 Blepsed isthe.mnn tliat 
 endureth, teaiptation, for 
 when he is tried, he shall 
 receive the crown of life, 
 wliich the Lord liath pro- 
 mised to them that love 
 him. 
 
 Let no m{in say when he 
 is tprnptcd, I nm tempted 
 of God ; for G'bd cannot be 
 ' tempted with evil, neither 
 tenipteth he airj' man. ^ 
 
 Jiut every man is tempted when he is drawn away of 
 his own lust, an^l enticed. 
 
 Then, when lust hath conceived, it brinjjeth forth sin; 
 and sin, when it finisheth, bringeth forth death. 
 
 James i. 12-15. 
 
 probably be best to keep the heavier pair for niuddy and 
 cold weather, and use the lighter pair on the march, es- 
 pecially if it fits well. 
 
 9. TRe comfort of boots and shoes greatly depends on 
 the fit. ^ Have them made or get them, if you can, close 
 at the instep and full wide and long at the toes. You 
 v*ill find this to save you from corns, and add fncompara- 
 bly to your comfort in walking. Kever get shoes wide at 
 the instep and clo.^c at the toes. 
 
 10. It is much morfe important in cold or damp wea- 
 ther, to put on extra clothing or wrfipping after our ex- 
 ertion i's over, ,than when wo are taking exercise. 
 
 .11. Be careful.to rul.> the throat an(f baokof the neck 
 dry, when they are damp, if you would avoid toothache 
 or sore t!»roat. 
 
 V2. Take, besides your other flannel, a baud of that 
 material with sti-ings to it, to tie over the bowels whea 
 ycu are threatened vnth any kiiid of bowel complaint. 
 
 13; If your under flannel irritates t!ie skin ^''^'i^tly, ^et 
 some softer flannel, if you can, or wear the flannel shirt 
 outside the over shirt. 
 
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 , \ ' : 
 
 Jl4. Wash and cleanse the shin frequently, especially ' 
 in warra weather, and in hot, d«st3' weather, \yash the 
 ■feet every day, if you can.. 
 
 15. When there is any tendency to a disordered condi- 
 tion of the bowels, begin immediately to draw in {^s, to 
 your eatinp:, especially a.s to tlie use of fat nioa,fs, vc|:;e- 
 tables and frnits. Use rice, if you can get it, when tluis 
 unwell; if not, live on crackers or the best stale bread 
 that you can get, with a little coffee or tea. Keep some 
 of the last named article about you. • - »■ 
 
 1(3. The moderate use of good sound fruit and vegeta- 
 bles, when thei-e is no derangenient of the system, fs pro- 
 moti-ve of health ; but beware of those that are unripe, 
 ov have been too long gathered, 
 
 17. Take ground red pep^per and ginger, well wrapped, 
 up. Or in a small strong .bottle. You will find these ex- 
 cellent to use, especially when your food is not very good, 
 to keep off disorders of the^torai\ch and bowels.' Indeed, 
 thoy are iilvaluable. • 
 
 18. But the most important means of keeping off most 
 diseases is not eating too much, espacially when the food 
 is not wholesome, or a poison is indisposed. 
 
 10. If a person have not a *' havelock," or something 
 of the sort, the head may be protected against sun stroke 
 in hot weath.er, by a handkerchief orpriper stutl'ed iutlio 
 crown of the hat or cap. I would think white paper 
 best, or a towel or handkerchief slightly dampened, 
 ■ 20. If you want to keep up your health, keep employed. 
 Idiots, lunatics and beasts can, perhaps, live in idleness, 
 without being much hurt by it; but a man who.4s worth 
 anything cannot. Such enrployment as engages the mind' 
 while it exercises the body, will in every way promote 
 health. Do something — do anything not vicious or inju- 
 rious — rather than remain idle or listless, in the intervals 
 of military duty. 
 
 21. To keep up g6od spirits is one of the very best 
 means of preserving health. Tireri!f(h^e seek through 
 Christ the favor of Gbd. Place your trust in Him for 
 yotirself and those you leave behind you. Ask Him daily 
 to take ca"r,c of you and of them ; and then go cheerfully 
 
Soldiers* Ahnanac, 
 
 11 
 
 MAY. 
 
 Sunday 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 22 
 
 2'J 
 
 Monday 
 
 2 
 
 9 
 
 ](. 
 
 2:5 
 
 ?0 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 3 
 
 TO 
 
 17 
 
 21 
 
 31 
 
 Wednesday- 
 
 4 
 
 11 
 
 Ih 
 
 25 
 
 
 Thursday ... 
 
 
 12 
 
 I'.i 
 
 2') 
 
 
 Fbidax 
 
 6 
 
 13 
 
 ■2 'J 
 
 27 
 
 
 Saturday .... 
 
 7 
 
 14 
 
 ■1] 
 
 28 
 
 •» ■ 
 
 Finally, my bretbren, be 
 strong ia the Lo.rd, and la 
 the power of his niiq;]^. 
 
 Put on the whole armour 
 cf KJod, that ye maj ba 
 able to stand against the 
 wiles of the deviK 
 * Fonve v^restle riotagaiust 
 flesh and blood, but against 
 piincipalities, against puv.'- 
 eis, against the rulers of 
 daYkness of this woild, against spiritual wickedness in 
 high places. 
 
 Wherefore take unto you the whole arViour of God, that 
 ye may bo able to withstand in the evil da/, and having 
 done all^ to stand. 
 
 Stand therefore, having yonr loins girt about with truth, 
 and having on the breast-plate of righteousness; 
 
 And your feet shod. with the preparation of the gospel 
 of peace; 
 
 Above all, taking the shield.of faith, wherewith ye shall 
 be able to quench all the fieijy dai-(s of the wicked. 
 
 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the 
 Spirit, which is the \Kord of Code 
 
 Praying always with all prayer and sapplicatioii in the 
 'Spirit, and wntcliing thtreunro with all perseverance and 
 supplication for all saint>^. — Ephe. vi. 10-18. 
 
 forward in the discharge of every duty, trying to keep up 
 your spirits and tho.>*e of every body else around you. A 
 clieerful mind will do a great deal to enable you to bear 
 hardships and exposure without injury; and you need 
 not fear anything that nlay happen if God is your friend. 
 
 Industry, ^f it'be only a iiahir, is at least an excellent; 
 habit; if you ask n»e which is the more destructive vice 
 of human nature, do you imagine I should answer slot!;, 
 or ambition, or egotism ? I shoaht say indolence, and he 
 "Who conquers indolence conquers all the rest. 
 
12 fSoldiei's^ Almanac. 
 
 THOMAS JEFFERSON'S OPINION. 
 
 Pr'esiilent JeiFerson once paid: "The l)fibit of lining 
 ardent spirits, l>y men in office, bns occa.sioneil more in- 
 jury to the public, and more trouble to nie, than all other 
 causes ; and were I to commence my adnjinistratjon a^ain, 
 ■with the experience I now have, the fir.^t fiucstiou I would 
 ask respecting a candidate would be, ' JJocs he use ardent 
 spirUs?' " 
 
 PATRICK HENRY'S LEGACY. 
 
 The following is the closing paragraph of the will of 
 Patrick Heni-y : 
 
 " I have nov/ disposed of all my property to my family; 
 there is one thing more I wish I could give them, aiid 
 that is the Christian religion. If they iiad this, and I 
 had not given them a shilling, they would be rich ; and 
 if they had not'that, and I had given them all the world, 
 they would be poor." 
 
 ^YESLEY'S REPROOF OF A YOUNG OFFICER. 
 
 The late Rev. John Wesley once traveled in a stagO 
 coach with a young officer, Avho swore and uttered curses 
 upon himself in alniost every sentence, Mr. Weslej'- 
 asked him if he had read the Common Prayer Book: for, 
 "if he had, he might remember that collect beginMng "0 
 God, who art ever more ready to hear than we are to 
 pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or 
 deserve." The young ■,gentlen{an, who had contracted a 
 very common, but despicably vulgar and sinful habit, had 
 the good sense to make the application, and loehave ac- 
 cordingly. 
 
 The -power of duly appreciating little things belongeth 
 to a great mind ; a narrow-minded man has it not; for 
 tojhim they are great things. 
 
SoJdt'ers' Ahiianac. 
 
 There was a man of the 
 Pliarisees named Nicode- 
 mus, a r'nler of the Jews : 
 
 The same came to Jesus 
 by nicjht, and said unto him, 
 Kabbi, we'know that thou 
 art a teacher come from 
 God: for no man ean do 
 these miracles tint thou 
 doest, except God be witli 
 him. ^ 
 
 ■ Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, YcrilV'. I e,^y 
 
 J into thee, except a man be born again, he cannot sec the 
 nngdoni of God. — John iii. 1-3. ^ 
 
 - JUiNE. 
 
 ^Sunday 
 
 Monday 
 
 Tuesday...... 
 
 Wednesday.. 
 Thursday*... 
 
 Friday 
 
 Saturday .... 
 
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 ^ DAVID HUxME. 
 
 •^I am affrighted and confounded," says the infidel 
 Hume, "with that forlorn condition in which I am placed 
 by my philosophy. When I look abroad, \ foresee on 
 every side contradiction and distrnction. When I turn 
 my eye inward, I find nothing but doubt and ignorance. 
 Where am I, or what? To what causes do I owe my ex- 
 istence, and to what condilion shall I return ? I am con- 
 founded with these questions, and bt'gin to fancj' myself 
 in the most deplorable condition imaginable, environed 
 ■with the deepest darkness." 
 
 A CHALLENGE PROPERLY TREATED. 
 
 After the battle of Preston Pans, a witty Scotch farm'^r 
 amused himself by writing a humorous ballad upon it, 
 •which so stung one of the Jlnglish officers who had be- 
 haved very badly on the occasion* that he sent the poet a 
 
 challenge to meet him at H , for mortal combat. The 
 
 second found the farmer busy with his dung-fork, to whom 
 he delivered the challenge of the redoubtable hero. The 
 good-humored farmer, turning towards him, with his ag- 
 ricultural impkment in his hand, coolly said, " Gang awa 
 back to Alester Smith, ane tell him I have nae time to- 
 
14 Soldiers^ Almanac. 
 
 , ■ • 
 
 come to H to give him sati^factian ; but that if be 
 
 like* to come here, I'll just do as he di<I — I'll run a^va!" 
 It. would be -well if many a bullying, cowardly chal- 
 lenge were treated in a similar manner. 
 
 • THE BELIEVER. 
 
 All joy to the believer 1 he can speak — '• 
 Trembling, j-^t happy; confident, yet meek, • 
 Since the dear hour that brought me to thy foot,* 
 And cut yp all my follies by the root, 
 I never trusted on an arm but thine, 
 Nor hoped, bat in thy righteousness divine; 
 My privyers and alms, imperfect and defiled, 
 V/ere but the feeble efforts of a chjld ; 
 Howe'er performed, it was their brightest pj^^t 
 That they proceeded from a grateful heart; 
 Cleansecl,in thine own all-purifying blood, 
 Forgive their evil and accept their good; 
 I cast therfi at tby feet — my only plea 
 Is \^'hat it. Avas — dependence, upon thee; 
 While struggling in the vale of tears below, 
 That nevet faded, nor shall it fail me now. , 
 
 COWPER. 
 
 *,«NOVf IS THE ACCEPTED TIME." 
 
 Yes, "and the day of salvation," too; God says so; 
 ond' there can be no doubt of its truth. ISeader, canst 
 thou say amen, it is so? God l^as been saying, "now is 
 fae accepted time" ever since you first knew of a Sa- 
 viour's death on the cross for your sins. And have you 
 not yet agveed with God that this word of His is tnjth? 
 It has ever been an accepted time with God, and He has 
 been pow a long time waiting for the accepted time with 
 you; and if it does not soon come, the day of gracious' 
 visiti^tion may pass away forever, and you have to take 
 up thflt lamentation, " the harvest is past, the summer is 
 ended, and I am not saved!" answer the qusetion of 
 a friend ; why is* not the present with you an accepted 
 
Soldiers' Almanac. 
 
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 JULY: 
 
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 TUES1L\Y 
 
 Wednesday.. 
 Thuksday ... 
 
 Friday 
 
 Saturday .... 
 
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 :il 
 
 The Lord is not pla^k 
 concerning his promises, 
 as some men count slack- 
 ness;' but is long-8uffor- 
 ing toui-ward, not will- 
 ing that an}' should por- 
 ish, but that all should 
 come to repentanco. 
 
 But the day of th^ 
 Lord ■will ceme as a 
 41iief in the iiiglit; ia 
 the which the beavensshall jfiss aAvay ^vith a great noi.*e, 
 and the c'lcments shall melt with fervent heat, the earth 
 also and tlie %orks thj^t are therein shall be burned up. 
 Seeing then, that all these things shall be dissolved, 
 whi-^t matinejj of persons ought ye to be in all holy con- 
 versation and godliness; 
 
 Looking for and hasting unto the corning of the day of 
 God, wherein the heavens being on fire shal^be dissolved, 
 and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? ' 
 
 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for ne||r 
 
 heavens anil a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 
 
 AVherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, 
 
 be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without 
 
 spot, and blameless — 2 Peter iii. 9-14, 
 
 time to give up your sins and to gfvQ your heart to God? 
 Ponder this question seriously till y^\x find an answer 
 that satisfies youi" own conscience Ask yourself agaia 
 and again, why is not to-day an accepted time for me to 
 become a Chrisdan.? God requires an answer to such a 
 question, look sioout you for an answer that will satisfy 
 God.' • . ^ 
 
 Liberty is not a fruit of spontaueous growth. It is, 
 rather, a hrarijy plant, which grows only when watered 
 by the blood of brave men, and the tears of widows a&d 
 orphans. So great a blessing ia the reward alone of long 
 sulfering, of patient endurance, of high resolve and 
 bloody sacrifices. 
 
16 Soldiers' Almanac. ■ 
 
 HIDDEN TREASURES. 
 
 lii the ** grGen-roorn" in DresJen, where for centuries 
 the yaxon princes have gathered their gems fiml treasures, 
 until th(i^' have become worth nxillions of dollcTf.s," may be 
 seen in a silver e*g, a present to one of the Saxou queens, 
 which, when jou touch a' spring, opens, and reveals a 
 golden yolk.- 
 
 Within this is hid a chicken, whose wing being pressed, 
 also flies open, disclosii^g a splendid golden crown, stud- 
 ded with jewels. Nor is this all: another secret spring 
 being touched, hidden in the centre is found a, magniticeut 
 diamond ring. ' t 
 
 So it is with every truth and rn'oraise of Gi>d's word — 
 a treasure within a treasure. -The more y^Q. examine it, 
 the richer it becomes^. But how many ne;^oct to touch 
 the spring":! ! 
 
 ''URIGIIT, INSUFFERABLY BRIGHT." 
 #"If God' is everywhere present, show him to me," said 
 a Roman emperor to a Jew. 
 
 " He is too glorious to be seen by mortals," was the 
 reply. 
 
 The er,^pe#'or sneered, and insisted. 
 
 "Let me, then," said the Jew, "first tryyou upon o-ne 
 of his a"inb;issadors " 
 
 It was nooji, anlH, walking out with the emperor, tlie 
 Jew, pointing to the sun, said: 
 
 " Look at him !" 
 
 There is a sublime philosophy in the iij^cidcnt. 
 
 Wonders of thic Human Voice. — Respecting the range 
 of the human 'voice, the editor of the Medifal Times suyrf: 
 "•There are about nine perfect tones, bat 17,592,18().,014,- 
 41'5 dift'erent sounds; thus, 14 direct muscles, alone or 
 together, produce lf>,383; •30 indirect muscles, ditto, 
 173,741,823, and all iq co-operation produce the number 
 we have named; and these, independently of different 
 degrees of intensity." 
 
Soldiers^ Almanac. 
 
 17 
 
 AUGUST, 
 
 Sunday 
 
 
 7 
 
 14 
 
 21 
 
 28 
 
 Monday...... 
 
 ] 
 
 h< 
 
 \iy 
 
 •)•) 
 
 21) 
 
 TUKSDAY 
 
 'j 
 
 9 
 
 IG 
 
 28 
 
 30 
 
 Wednesday.. 
 
 • 3 
 
 10 
 
 17 
 
 2-1 
 
 ■^^\ 
 
 Thursday ... 
 
 4 
 
 11 
 
 18 
 
 2-3 
 
 
 Friday....... 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 10 
 
 26 
 
 • 
 
 Saturday.... 
 
 6 
 
 13 
 
 20 
 
 27 
 
 ' 
 
 And the soldiers likewise 
 demanded of him, saying, 
 And what shall we do? 
 And he said unto them, 
 Do "violence to no nin;!, 
 ^^Q ' neither accui^e nny falsely; 
 and be? content with your 
 wages. — LiiJce iii. 14. • 
 
 *If a Ti'ian is not tr»o mad 
 ''r.'z^=^ to intend what he does, he 
 
 is not too mud to be puni:ih8d for it., 
 
 SLANDER. 
 
 It does not depend upon me, said tlio Gi-ccian,^to pre- 
 vent bving spoken ill of, k is only in my power that it 
 may be not done deservedly.. So ought every man to feel 
 who v/ishes to live in peace, rather tb\n exercise a .spirit 
 of retaliation, or even an attempt to repel false accusa- 
 tions. We have ever found that a* man who could malign 
 us, could also Ije to support his cause, and when he could 
 no longer sustain jt, would black-ball his opponent "to 
 hi<!e his own liltliiaess. 
 
 What if people -do speak against you? Lot them feel 
 that yon are able to bear it. What is gained by stojipiiig 
 to correct every word that is whispered to your. discredit? 
 Lies will die if let alone ; but if you repeat tliein to- this 
 one and another, because your enemies had" the inipiu- 
 dence to make them, you keep thG>fire burning, and open 
 the way for a dozen slanderers. Keep on your conr.>-e, 
 go 'straight forward, and trouble not your h^ad about 
 what is repeated, but feel all the better and wear a less 
 frightful face. Slaiider never killed a sterling charact'^r, 
 and it nevef- will. Her coat will not sit upon him, with- 
 out a pull here, a jerk there, and a twist below; srd 
 'while t'lis work is going on, the false words are forgotten 
 b}' the multitude. 
 
 Hatred stin^eth up strifes ; but love covereth all sins. 
 
18 -~iSoldi€rs' Almanac. 
 
 ''SAVED! SAVED!"- 
 
 There is a world of joy shut up in that little •word, 
 Raved! How many a dawn ot" rich nnd golden beauty 
 for the soul has it ushered in, after a gloomy night of de- 
 fer-jed hope and anxious wat-ching! It is alwnys a sweet 
 word to hear— a sweeter word ten speak/ So full of happy 
 music'when ih'i lips utter it — so full of happier mo^.ning 
 wlien the heart feels it. The voice never breathes it, but- 
 tLe faoe becomes radiant with y.y, raid the eyp sparkles 
 witii delight. Every chord of the heart vibrates with in- 
 expressible pleasure, as. its music falls upon the ear long 
 waiting in anxious expectation. . 
 
 It has -a history of its own, written in the ming-led eX' 
 perience of sorrow hnd joy of many a- soul. Few there 
 are wh.o have not uttered it in to ore or less of the fulness 
 of its niganing; few through whose soul it has not sent 
 a thrill of delight, filling it too full for utterance. Sound 
 it in the stilluess'of. night, and some" aching liea.rt will 
 take it up, 'and send it joyfully back again through that 
 gloom and darkness. Wluspcfl- jt ever so softly, and there 
 will be some -soul that cannot contain itself for vfery joy. 
 It is the avenue through which the soul breathes out its 
 overflowing gratitude. Its whole expression, is tiiat of 
 thnnkfulncss. ■ 
 
 Saved! and from what? Ah! from a life of intemper- 
 ance,* of misery,' of crime, of degradation, of shame, of 
 infamy, and from death.' If you have known, kind 
 reader, what it is to have 'had the dear objei^t of .your 
 heart'sbest affeictians snatched from any of tliese. calami- 
 ties, you have found no word that could so fitly express 
 the outgushing thankfulness of your heart, as that little 
 word — saved ! 
 
 He that wjthholdeth corn, the people shall curse him ; . 
 but blessings shall be upou-the head of him that selleth it. 
 
 lie that diligently seeketh good procureth>favor ; but 
 he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto hira. 
 
Soldiers' Almanac. 
 
 TTT 
 
 SEPTEMBER. 
 
 iSUNUAY 
 
 jviondav 
 
 It.uf.sday 
 
 j Wednesday.. 
 IThursday ... 
 
 Friday..' 
 
 Saturday... 
 
 =^ I . For Moses describetli tlio 
 ii righteousriHss w'.iuh is of 
 11 the law, That the man 
 T7?!| which doetJi these things 
 or;'" shall livo by them. 
 ."/-•^ But the rifihtonu«ncS3 
 o!J' which is of faith speaUetU 
 9fJ' on this wi?€, Say not m 
 ' heai't. Who shall as- 
 cetuliDtohoayc'i? (that is, 
 
 18 
 19 
 20 
 21 
 
 28J5o:i thy J^eai^^ 
 ■M ••• I cetuluito I 
 
 — -"-l*^-;' to briu;; Chri.t down Irom 
 
 *^o'!who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring 
 UD Christ nffaiu from the dead.) . ,, 
 
 ^Bntwh.t^saithit? The wori h nigh th^eeve^m .hy 
 mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the >^ord of laith we 
 
 ^'ThlVif thon Shalt confess with ^^y rnovUh the Lord Je- 
 sus, and Shalt believe in thy heart that God hath i-ai«od 
 Mm from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 
 
 For with the-h^art man believcth unto rifr.i eousnCss, 
 and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation^ 
 
 Rom. X. o-ivT. 
 
 Laziness— The cause of la:>.iness u physiologicaL It 
 is an infirmity of the constitution, and its victim is Jis 
 much to be pitied as a suflferer from any other c^'nsf.tu- 
 tional infirmity. It is even worse than many other dis- 
 eases : from them the patient may recover, while this is 
 incurable. It holds the same rank amor.g evils that 
 Shakspcare docs among the poets; like li'.m, it endures 
 -not for a day, but all the time." A young and ^:turdy 
 bcff<rar once held out his hand -to Maiivaux for reliet 
 #Why do you not work?" said the poet. "Ah,_ said 
 the otiier, "if' you only knew how la^sy I am. Ihis was 
 giving the rationale of the thing. 
 
 IIe«hat trnsteth in his riches shall fall 
 eous ehall flourish as a branch. 
 
 but the right- 
 
20 Soldiers' Almanac. 
 
 CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL., 
 
 It is frequently remnrked that the most laudable Joedg 
 are achieved in the shades of retirement, and to.its truth 
 hi3tory te.stifies in every page. An act of heroism or 
 philanthropy, performed in solitude, where no undue 
 feelings can aff;ict the mind or bias the character, .is 
 worth, to the eye of. an impartial observer; wlnjle volumes 
 of exploits displayed before the gaze of a .vtiipid and ad- 
 miring multitude. 
 
 It i.s not long-Kince a gentleman was traveling iii one of 
 the counties of Virginia, and about the close of the day 
 stopped at a public liousc to obtain- reCreshment and spend 
 the nighf. lie had been there but a short time before an 
 old man alighted from his gig, with the awpaient intention 
 of becoming a fellow-guest with him at the f^amo house. 
 As the old man drove up, hg obs<Srved that both the shafts 
 of his gig were broken, and that they were held together 
 by witlies formed, from the bark of a hickory sapling. 
 Cur traveler observed farther, that he was plainly clad,- 
 that his knee buckles were loosened, and that something 
 like negligence pervaded his dress. Conceiving him to 
 be one of the honest yeomanry o,f our land, the courte- 
 sies ef strangers passed between them, and they entered', 
 the tavern. It was about the same time that an' addition 
 of three or four young gentleman was made to their 
 Dumber: most, if not all of them, of the 4egal profes- 
 sion. As soon as they became conveniently accommo- 
 dated, the conversation was turneil by one of the latter, 
 upon an eloquent harangue which had that day :been de- 
 livered at the bar. It w^s replied by the o*4ier that he 
 had^ witnes.sed, the same day, a degree of eloquence no 
 doubt equal, but that it v>'as from-the pulpit; and* a warm 
 and able altercation ensued, in which the, merits of tln^ 
 Christian religion, became the subject of discussion. 
 From six o'clock until eleven, the young champions 
 wielded the sword of argument, adducing' with ingenuity . 
 and ability, everything that could be said,.j»/-rt anri con. 
 During this protracted period, the old gentleman listened 
 
Soldiers* Almanac. 
 
 21 
 
 OCTOBER. 
 
 Sunday. ..... 
 
 Monday 
 
 ;Tttest)ay 
 
 Wednesday. 
 Thursday ;, 
 
 Friday 
 
 Saturday ... 
 
 10 
 
 ■lo 
 
 ;io 
 
 17 
 
 ■24 
 
 31 
 
 18 
 
 •2.-) 
 
 
 10 
 
 2(i 
 
 
 >(i 
 
 .>■-• 
 
 
 21 
 
 28 
 
 
 'I'l 
 
 29 
 
 
 i There were preseift 
 at til fit season .t^onie that 
 I told liim of the Galile- 
 I an.s, whose blood Pilate 
 I bad mingled with their 
 j sacrifices. 
 
 I And JesTis answering 
 
 I said unto them. Suppose 
 
 ye- that these Galileans 
 
 wore sinners above all 
 
 the Galileans, because 
 
 they suffered such things? 
 
 I tell you, nay; but except ye repent, ye shrtll all like- 
 wise perish. 
 
 Or those eighteen, upon wlioin the tower in Siloara fell, 
 and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all 
 men thiit dwelt iu Jerusalem ? 
 
 I tell you, nay : but except ye repent, ye shall all like- 
 wise perish. — Luke xiii. 1—3. 
 
 with all the meekness and m^de.sty of a child, as if he 
 were adding new information to the stores. of his mind; 
 or, perhaps, he was observing, with philosophic eyes, the 
 facnltic's of the youthful mind, and how new energies are 
 evolved by repeated action ; or, perhaps, with patriotic 
 emotion, he was reflecting upon" the future destinies of 
 his co.untry, and on the rising generation upon whom 
 these destinies must devolve; or, most probably, with a 
 sentiment of moral and religious feeling, he was collect- 
 ing an argument, which, characteristic of himself, no 
 art would be able to elude, and no force to resist. 
 
 Oiir traveler remained a spectator, and took no part in 
 what was said. At last one of the young men, remark- 
 ing that it was impossible to combat with long and es- 
 tablished prejudices, > wheeled around, and., with some 
 familiarity, exclaimed, " Well, my old gentleman, whalt 
 think you of these things?" If, said the traveler, a 
 stroke of vivid lightning had at that moment crossed the 
 room, their amazement could not have been greater than 
 
22 , Soldiers* Almanac. 
 
 i^as with wlint followc<l. The most eloquent and unan- 
 swerable appeal was made, f'or nejMly an hour, by the old 
 gentleman, that he had evoi* heard or read. So perfect 
 was his recollection, that every argument urged against 
 the Christian religion was met in the order in which it 
 ■was advanced-. Hume's sophistry on the subject oi" mira- 
 cles was, if possible, more perfectly answered thai it had 
 already been by Campbell... And in the whole lecture 
 there was so much si'mplicity and energy, pathos and 
 sublimity, that not another word mis uttered; an attempt 
 to describe it, said the traveler, would be an attempt to 
 paint the sunbeams. It wa's immediately a matter of cu- 
 riosity and enquiry rwho the old gentleman was. Tiie 
 traveler concluded it was the preacher from whom the 
 pulpit eloquence bad been heard; but no, it was the 
 Chikf Justice of the United States. 
 
 INFIDELUY IN THE HOUR OF DANGER. 
 
 The late Samuel F. 'Bincroft, E<q., in his travels 
 through North America, relates the following: 
 
 As they were traversing one of the extensive lakes of 
 the Northern JStates in a vessel, on board of which was 
 
 Volnei/, celebrated, or rather, notorious, for his atheisti- 
 cal principles, Avhich he has so often avowed, a very 
 h(?avy storm came on, insomuch that the ves.><el, which 
 had struvk repeatedly with great force, was expected to 
 go down every moment, the mast having gone by tiie 
 board, the helm quite ungovernable, and 'conset^netitly 
 the wliole scene exhibited confusion and horror. There 
 were many femaloi, as well as male passengers, on board; 
 but no one exhil)ited such strong marks of despair as 
 
 Volncy, the famous infidol ; throwing himself on the deck, 
 now ini{)loiing, now imprecating the captain, and remind- 
 ing hitn that lie had engaged to ca'rry him safe to his des- 
 tination, vainly threatening in case anytiiing should hap- 
 ;^en. At hist, however, as the probability of there being 
 lost increased, this great mirror of nature, human or in* 
 human, began loading all the pockets of his coat, waist- 
 coat, breeches, and every place he could think of, with 
 
Soldiers' Almanac. 
 
 23 
 
 NOVEMBER. 
 
 Sunday. .:.... 
 
 Monday 
 
 Tuesday 
 
 Wednksday.. 
 Thursday ... 
 
 Friday 
 
 Saturday .... 
 
 13 
 
 8 
 
 18 
 
 20127 
 
 21 28 
 
 22|20 
 
 23 30 
 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 I Then ono of them which 
 ! was a lawyer, asked him (w 
 I question, tempting him^ 
 j and saying, 
 ; Master, which is the great 
 
 comtnandmetit in the law? 
 
 Jesus said unto him, 
 
 ; Thou shalt love the Lord 
 
 j thy God with all thy heart,' 
 
 and with all thy iioul, aud 
 
 r-rzi^'with all thy mind. 
 
 This i^ the first and great commandment. 
 
 And the >«econd is like unto it, Thou shalt lovo thjr 
 neighbor as thyself. 
 
 On tliese two commandments hang all the law and the 
 prophets. — Matt. xii. 35-40. 
 
 dollars to the amount of some hundred, and thijs, as he 
 thought, wa8 preparing to swim for his life, should the 
 expected wreck take place. Mr. Bancroft remonstrated 
 with hifu on th(i folly of such acts, saying, that he would 
 sink like lea(J with so great a weight on him; and afc 
 length, as he became so very noisy and unsteady, Mr. 
 Bancroft pushed him down the hatchways. Volney sooi^ 
 came up again, having lightened himself of the dollars, 
 and in the agony of his mind, threw himself upon the 
 deck, exi-laiining, with uplifted hand'^ and streaming eyes, 
 "0, my God K my God! wh^ shall I do?" This so sur- 
 prised Mr. Bancroft, that» notwithstanding the moment 
 did not accord with flashes of humor, yet he could not 
 refrain fnmi aildressing him. "Well, Mr. Volney, what! 
 have you a-God now?" To which Volney replied, with 
 the most trembling anxiety, "0 yes! yes!" The ship, 
 however, got safe, and Mr. Bancroft matle every company 
 which he went into echo with the anecdote Qf Volney's 
 acknowledgment of God. 
 
 Volney, for a considerable time, w'as so hurt at his 
 weakne>-H, as he calls it, that he was ashamed of showing 
 himself iu Philadelphia and other places ; but afterwards, 
 
24 Soldiers^ Almanac. 
 
 like a modern French philosopher, said, that these words 
 escaped him in tlie iiit:tant ol' alarm, but had no meaning, 
 and he again utterly renounced thorn. "The Uop re-, 
 turned to liis*vonnt, and the sow that was washed to her 
 •^allowing iu the mire." 
 
 LOST HOURS. 
 
 '•Lost wealth," says Mrs. Sigourycy, "may be restored 
 by industry; the wreck of health regained by tempe- 
 rance; forgotten knowledge restored by study; alienated 
 friendship smothered into forgetfulness; even forfeited 
 reputation won by patience and virtue; but who ever 
 looked upon the vaui'ihed hours, recalled liis slighted 
 years, stamping them with wisdom, or effaced from hea- 
 ven's record the fearful blot of wasted time.? The foot- 
 print on the saud is washed out by the ocean wave ; and 
 easier might we, when years are fled, find that footprint, 
 than recall lost hours." 
 
 THE EIGHT TRAIN. 
 
 Not long since, a venerable man rose in one of the cars 
 |K)f a railroad train, and addressed his fellow-passengers 
 in these solemn words: "My friends, we are passengers 
 on this train; -we occupy these seats; to-morrow they 
 •will be occupied by others, perhaps entire strangers to 
 us. W(B are more or less interested in each other's wel- 
 fare, and hope that we nia^^ safely reach the end of our 
 journey. To pursue the figure, we are passengers bound 
 to thp eternal world. Let us, then, be'wise, and get into 
 the car of salvation, whose conductor is the Saviour of 
 the world. May Heaven bless you all, and may we all 
 meet where there is no parting, and where all teai's are 
 ■wiped away." 
 
 Ten thousand of the greatest faults in oar neighbors, 
 are of less consequenGe to ua than one of the smallest in 
 eurselyes. 
 
JSoIcJiers' Almanac, 
 
 :^o 
 
 DECEMBER. 
 
 Sunday 
 
 Monday 
 
 ijTUE.SDAY 
 
 Wednksday.. 
 'THURf<nAY ..; 
 Friday.. ....... 
 
 Saturday.... 
 
 11118 
 
 12 19 
 
 13120 
 
 14 21 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 24 
 
 . Lord, -who shall abide in 
 thy tabernacle? wlio shall 
 dwell in thy holy hill? 
 
 lie that walkelh upright- 
 ly, and worketU righteous- 
 ness, and ppeaketh . the 
 truth in his heart. 
 
 .ITc, that backbiteth not 
 with his.tony^ue, nor doeth 
 evil to his neighbor, nor 
 taketh Tip a reproach 
 
 is contemned ; but he hon- 
 He that sweareth to his 
 
 against his neighbor. 
 
 In whose eye a vile p,erson 
 oreth tUera that fear the Lord, 
 own hurt, and chanpeth not. 
 
 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh 
 rewfird against the innocent. He that doeth these things 
 shall never be movei}.— Psalm xv. 
 
 The Evidbnce. — Many inexperienqed Christians are 
 apt to look for wrong kinds of evidences, and so distress 
 themselves about their state. The question-^ which we 
 should pat to ourselves, in seeking the best evidences, 
 ore: "Do L tiate sin ? Is it my grand fear? Is it my 
 g^itf tliat, while 1 have a good hope of pardon, I yet 
 should make such ill returns? Have I* brokeTiness of 
 
 epirit 
 
 Godliness is analogous to the principle of gravi- 
 
 tation, in that it reduces everything to its proper centre.^ 
 
 A Clear Conscience..— How bravely a man can walk 
 the earth, bear the heaviest burdens, perform the severest 
 duties, and look all n^eu boldly in the face, if be only 
 bears in his breast a clear conscience, void of offence to- 
 wards God or man! There is no spring, no spur, no in- 
 spiration like this. To feel that we have omitted no task, 
 and left no obligation undischarged, this fills the heart 
 "with satisfaction, and the soul with strength-. 
 
 Open rebuke is better than secret love. 
 
26 . Soldiers^ Almanac. 
 
 . THE SONG O.F THE CAMP, • 
 
 A C^.IMEAN INCIDENT — BY CAYARD TAYLOp. , 
 
 The subjoined touchingly bsautiful poem — for it is a 
 poem ill the fullest sense and meaning of the tvrm — was 
 written by Bayard Taylor wliile the fortress of Sebasto- 
 pol was beleaguered by tlie allied armies. To a full un- 
 derstanding and appreciation of it, let it be remembered 
 that "Annie Laurie" is tiie t-ong of tha Britisji cam'p, 
 and wherever there is a iiiitish regiment— whether in 
 Canada or India, England or China — whenever the sim- 
 ple Scotch air that accompanies 
 
 Maxwelon's banks are bonny, 
 When early falls tije dewp 
 And 'twas there that Annie Laurie 
 
 Gave me her pj-oniise true — • 
 Gave me her pr( mise true"; 
 And ne'er forgot will I, 
 . But for bonny Annie Laurie 
 I'll lay me down and die, 
 is struck up, the lieait and voice of every soldier responda 
 as promptly as would their hands if the order were given 
 to chai*^e the<enemy : * 
 
 THE INCIDENT. 
 
 *' Give us a song!" the soldiers cried, 
 
 Tiie outer trenches guarding, 
 "When the heated guus of the camp allied . 
 
 Grew, weary of boinbarding. 
 
 The dark Redan in silent scoff. 
 
 Lay, grim and threatening under; 
 And the tawny mound of the Malakoff 
 
 No lodger belched its thunder. 
 
 There was a pause. The guard then said; 
 
 " We storm the forts to-morrow ! 
 Sing while we nifiy, another day 
 
 Will bring enough of sorx'ow-" 
 
Soldiers Almanac. 27 
 
 Thcj' \\y along the battery's side, 
 Below the smokmg catinoik — 
 ^rave hearts from Severn an'l from Clyde, 
 And from the b inks of Shannon, 
 
 They sing of love and not of fame ; 
 
 Forgot was Britain's g^ory — 
 Each licart recalled a different name, 
 .But all, all sang "Annie Laurie." 
 
 Voice after voicd caught up the song, 
 
 Until- its tendtr passion 
 Rose like a:i anthem rioh and strong 
 
 Their battle-eve confession. 
 
 Dear girl, her name he dared not speak, 
 
 Yet, as the song grew louder, 
 Sonffethitig upon the soldier's cheek 
 
 Washad off the stains of powder. 
 • 
 Beyond the darkgndd ocean burned 
 
 The bJAody sunset's embers. 
 While the Crimean valleys learned, 
 
 How English .love remembers. 
 
 And once again a fire of hell 
 
 Rained on Russian quarter?, 
 With stream of shot and- burst of shell. 
 
 And bellowing of the mortars. 
 
 An Irish Nora's eyes are dim 
 
 For a*sin;zer dumb' and gory; 
 And English Mary mourns for him 
 
 iWho sung of "Annie Laurie.',' , 
 
 Ah. soldiers! to your honors rest 
 
 Your truth and valor bearing, 
 The bravest and the tenderest — 
 
 The loving are the daring. 
 
 Charity is not to be atttuned at the ex.pen?e of our fait 
 and our hope. , ' 
 
28 Soldiers^ Almanac. 
 
 GOVERNMENT OB^ THE CONFEDERATE ST.^ES. 
 
 Jkfferson Davis, of Mississippi, President. 
 
 Alexander H. SxEPnENS, of Georgia, Vice President. 
 
 Aids to Fresidmt—Go\. Wm. M. Browne, of Ga., Col. 
 Jas. Chestnut, oft?. C, Col. ^Ym. P. Johnston, of Ky.,' 
 Col. Joseph C. Ives, of Miss., Col. G. W. C. Lee, of Va , 
 Col. John T. Wood. 
 
 Private Sc-cretnry to rresident. — Burton N. Harrison, of 
 Mis?iissippi. 
 
 De^yartment of State. — Judah P. Benjamin of Louisiana, 
 Secrei-aiy of State. 
 
 Department of Justice. — Attorney General, vacant. 
 Wade Keyes, of Alabama, Assistant Attorney General. ' 
 
 Treasury Department. — C. G. Meumiinjier,* of South 
 Carolina, Secretary of the Treasury. Robert Tyler, Re- 
 gister. E. C. Elmore, TreaKuver. • 
 
 War Departmeiit — Jas. A. Se^fdon, of Va., Secretary 
 of Vv'ar. Judge John A. Campbell, of ^abatna, ^Issist- 
 niit Secretary of War. R. G. H. Kean, Chief Burcm of 
 /War. Gen. S. Cooper, Adjutant aiid Inspei'tor General. 
 Lieut. Col. John Withers, Lieut. Col. H. L. Chvy, Afajor 
 Ed. A. Palfrey, Major Chas. II. Lee, MajorS. W. Melton 
 and Capt. llcilly, Assistant Adjutants and Inspectors 
 General. Brig. Gen. A. R. Lawton, of Ga., Quartermas- 
 ter General. Col. L. B. Northrop, of S. C, -Commissary 
 General. Col; J. Gorgas, Chief of Ordnance. • S. P. 
 Moore, xM. D., Surgeon General. C. H. Smith, M. D., 
 Assistant do. 
 
 N'tvy Department. — S. B. Mallorv, of Florida, Sf^cre- 
 tary of the Navy; E, M. Tidball,''Chief CUerk. Com. 
 Jbliu M. Brooke. Chief of\ Ordnance. Com. A. B,. Fair- 
 fax,' Inspector of Ordnance. Com. J. K. Mitchell, in 
 charge of Orders and Detail. Surgeon W. A. W. Spots- 
 v/oodj Chief of Medicine and Surgery. Paymaster J. 
 D<; Brce, .Chief of Cl.tliing and I'rovisions. 
 
 PoU Office- D(partment. — John H. Reagan, of Texas, 
 P-^stmaster General. 
 
JSohUers* Almanac. 29 
 
 SITUATION OF PUBLIC OFFICES. 
 
 The Treasury Puikling, formerly kno-^vn ns the Custom 
 House, fronts en Main and Bank streets, midvray between 
 10th arid llth sti-eets. 
 
 The Prosidenjt's Oilice is on the third floor of tliia 
 building, lirst sAirs to the right of Bank street entrance. 
 
 The office of the Secretary of the Treasury is on sec- 
 ond floor, in front part^ — same entrance. * 
 
 TheRegister's Oftice is on same floor, right hand side 
 of Bank street entrance. 
 
 The TreayHer's Office is oti first floor — entrance f^'om 
 Main stiect, opposite Farmers Bank. 
 
 The Fir.st Amiitor's Oflice is over the Bank of the Com- 
 monwealth, Mnin street. 
 
 The Second Auditor's Office is in the building formerly 
 occupied as JMonumeulal Hotel, corner of Grace and Otli 
 streets. 
 
 T!he Comptroller's Office is at the corner*6f ?^Iain ar.d 
 6th streets, ('/Arlington House.") 
 
 The City Post Oiiice is under Spotswood Hotel, Main, 
 street. 
 
 The Medical Purveyor's Office is on Pearl or 14th 
 street, between Main and Cary. 
 
 The Department of State is on the third -floor of the' 
 Treasury Building — ascend by staivs nearest Main street. 
 
 The W:ir Department Building, fo.rmerly known as Me- 
 chanics' In.^titute, is on 9th street, TDCtween JMaiu and 
 Franklin streets. 
 
 Tiie Secretary of War and Adjutant and Inspector 
 General are on the first floor of the building. See the signs. 
 
 The Post Office Department is in the stuccoed building 
 corner Bank and llth ^streets. ^ ^ 
 
 The Navy Department and Surgeon General's Office are 
 in War Department "Building, 2d story, right hand side. 
 
 The Ot<inance Bureau and Attorney General's Office 
 are on saine floor, right hand side. 
 
 The Commissary General's Office is on south side Main 
 street, between 9ih and 10th. 
 
30 Soldiers' Almanac. 
 
 The Qunrterraaster General's Office is at corner of Bank 
 and lOtii streets. * ^ . 
 
 The Traiisportation OiTicc is ©n, the coi'ncr of Broad 
 and Dfli r«treets. 
 
 Th^e Army Intelligence Office is over Bank of Virginia, 
 Main street. -„ 
 
 Gen. Winder's Office is in the "Windier Building," at 
 the corn.er of Capitol and lOfh streets. 
 
 Tlie Provpst Marshal's Office and'' Passport Offibe in 
 same buih^ing, corner Broad and 10th streets. 
 
 The Medical Director's Office.is over tiie Passport Office. 
 
 Maj. Gen. A. Elzey'iii Office, (commanding "Department 
 ■of Richmond,") on 12th street, opposite Bairti street. 
 
 The War Tax Bureau is on 9th street, north of Franklin. 
 
 Persons are notified not to enter any of the offices 
 ■without addressing the messengers. 
 
 . Positively no persons, on or without business, received 
 in the offices after 3 o'clock, P. M. ' 
 
 Volunteers wishing to ba . transpofted to their compa- 
 nies can do so by CiiUing at the Quartermaster's Depart- 
 ment in the Blues' Hall, on Bank street, between 9th and 
 iOth streets. 
 
 The- Government Offices- open, at 9 A, M.. and close at 
 3 P. M. 
 
 ^ SOLDIERS' LETTERS. 
 
 By an act of co-.i^ress, approved July 29th, 18G1, let- 
 ters written or sent by any officer, mnsician'or prisrate in 
 the army, may be trfvnsmitted through thcnviils without- 
 pre-payment of postage, provided said letters sliall be en- 
 dorsed Avitli .the name, etc., and shall be on account of 
 the individual sending the same. A similar privilege is 
 given to members of congress. In botjj cases, the post- 
 age- ffe paid by the persons receiving the letters.'' 
 
 Tn disputes be not so desirous' to overcome as not to 
 give Jiberty to each one to deliver hi,s opinion, and sub- 
 piit to the judgment of the mtijor part; especially if they 
 are judges of the dispute. 
 
Sddiers^ Almanac, 31 
 
 CONGRESS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES. 
 
 SENAT15. 
 
 Alexander 11. Stephenrs, of Ga., Vice Presklcnt, Presi- 
 dent ex officio: i. H. Nash, of S. C, Secretary. 
 
 Senators. 
 
 Alabama y..C\Qn\(!r\t. C. Clay, Ro. Jemison. 
 Arkansas...RohQrt W. .Johnson, Chariefa B. -Mitchell. 
 Florida... k. E. Maxwell, James M. Baker. 
 6^eor//m... Benjamin H. Hill, Ilerschel V. JoTinsoh. 
 Kentucky. ..W. C. Burnett, William E. Sims. 
 io«2,s?a«a... Edward Sparrow, T. J. Semmes. 
 3Iississippi... A\\>QYi G. Brown, J. W. C, Watson. 
 31 issouri,.. 3 ohn B. Clark, vacancy/ 
 North Carolina. ..Wm. A. Graham; Wm. T. Dortgli. 
 /touth Carolina... Robert W. Barnwell, James L. Orr. 
 Tennessee ...hfxhgdon C. Haynes, Gu^tavus A. Henry. 
 Trzas... Lom\s T. Wigfall, W. S. Oldham. 
 Virginia. .. 11. M. T. Hunter, Allen T. Caperton.— Total 
 number 26. 
 
 nOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
 
 Thomas S. Bocock, of Va., Speaker. Albert R. La- 
 mar, of Georgia, Clerk. 
 
 Representatives. 
 
 'Alaljama. ..Thomns J. Foster,^Villiara R. Smilh, W..R. 
 W.. Cobb, M. If. Cruikshank, Trancis S Lyon, W. P. 
 Chilton, James L. Pugh, J. S. Dickinson. 
 
 Arkansas. ..FeV\k I. Batson, Grandison D. Royster, Ah- 
 gustus H. Garland, Thomas B. Hanly. 
 
 'Florida. ..S..St. George Rogers, il. B. HiUon. 
 
 Creoryn?... Julian Hartridge, Wm. E. Smith, Mark K. 
 ]5laudford, Clifford Anderson, J. T. Shcwmake, J. H. 
 Echols, James M. Smith, George N. Lester, H. P. Bell, 
 "Warren Akin. ^ 
 
 Kentuchj ...\N . B. Machen, J. W. Crockett, H. E. Reed, 
 
32 Soldiers* Almanac, ■ 
 
 Oeorge W. Ewing, J. S. Chrisman, T. L. Burnett, H. W. 
 •Bruce, G. B. Ilo(Nro, E. M. Bruce, J. Y/." Moore, R. J. 
 Breckeuridge, J. M. Elliott. 
 
 Loiii3ia^na--r^Oh.iiv\QS J. Villcre, Charles M. Conrad, 
 Duncan F. Kenner, Lucien J." Dupre, Henry Marshall, 
 John Perkins,"jr. ' 
 
 Miississivpu.J. A. Orr, W. D." Holder, Israel Welsh, 
 Henry C/Clmmbers, Otho R. Singleton, Ethel Barksdale, 
 J. T. Lampkin. 
 
 J/i>5Ci/?'?...Thos. A. Harris, Caspar W. Bell, A. H^ Con- 
 roT.-, Geo. G. Vest, L. W. Freeman, (Istdi'st. vacant.) 
 
 North Carolina, ..\Y. fl. N. Smith, S. C. Yellowley, J. 
 T. Leach, J. C. Fuller, Josiah Turner, John A. Gilmer, 
 Sam'i H. Christian, J.. G. Ramsay, B. S. Gaither, G. W. 
 I^ogan. 
 
 South Carolina. ..James H. Witherspoon, W. 'Porchcr 
 l\I>.les, L^wis M. Ayer, W. D. Simpson', James Farrar, W. 
 V/. Boyce. 
 
 Tennessee, ..J. B. Heiskell, V/m. G. Swann, A. S. Col- 
 yar, John P. Murray, H, S. Foote, E. A. Keeble, James 
 McCullom, Thomas Meuees, J. D. C. Atkins, John V. 
 Wrio-ht, D. M. Currin. 
 
 Texas....!. A. Wilcox, Claiborne C. Herbert, A. M. 
 Branch, Frank B. Si.'sr,on, JL 11. B.iylor, S. H. Morgan. 
 
 Virginia. ..Ro. L. Montague, Ro. H. Whitfield, Willianis 
 C. Wickham, Thos. S. Gholson, Wm. C. Riva«, Thos. S. 
 Bocock, John Goo<le, jr,, D. C. DeJarnette',' David Fun- 
 fjten, F. W. M. Holliday, John B. Baldwin, V/aller R. 
 Staples, Fayette McMuUeh, Sam'l MHler, Robert John- 
 Kton, Charles W. Russell. — Whole number 105. 
 
 To PREVENT Flies from Wounds and Sores. — Beat 
 eWer leaves into a green poultice, and put it on the out- 
 side of tiie dressing. To extract ini^ects after they have 
 ' got into the flesh> put a poultice o^ it on the wound or 
 sore. Wlien boiled into a strong tea, it is a good wash 
 for the head, to kill vermin instantaneously, and very 
 good to~ bathe in.". It will kill them wherever it reaches 
 them, if strong enough, and qau be used'without any ia- 
 jary to the human system whatefer. 
 
Almaiuic. 33 
 
 THE CIIRISTIAX PANOPLY. 
 
 Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of liis might. 
 Put on the whole annOr of God, that ye may be able to 
 * statid against the wiles of the devil. Fur we wict>tle, not 
 against flesh and blood, Ijut against principalities, against 
 powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, 
 against spiritual wickedness in- high places. Whereforo 
 take unto you the whole armor of Go 1, that ye may bo 
 able to withstand in the evil .day, and having done all, to 
 stand. Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about 
 
 ^with truth, and having on the broast-plate of righteous- 
 ness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the 
 gospel of peace; ai)ove all, taking the shield oF faith, 
 wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts 
 of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and 
 the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of G'^d ; pray- 
 
 • ing always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, 
 and watching thereunto withUxU perseverance and suppli- 
 cation foF all saints. — Ephe. y'x. 10-18. 
 
 iNTEliESTiNa TO Wearers OF BuFF FACING s. — The 
 white or buff fhcing of the Confederate uuiforoi. is so 
 easily soijed and so difficult to clean, it is fast going out 
 of use. In defiance of the regulations, our officers are 
 having their coats made plaii^ .without any facings. In 
 the English army many regiments have white or butf 
 facings, and they find no difficulty in keeping ttiem per- 
 fectly clean. A little dry pipe clay well rubbed into the 
 cloth, and then brushed out, is ihe only means used hj 
 them. If the cloth is greasy, make the pipe clay into a 
 paste with a little watei-, rub this paste on the cloth with 
 a pieije of sponge or any other suitable thing, dry it well, 
 rub the dry powder in and brush out ; it will clean both 
 the cloth and lace. A coat can be cleaned in this way in 
 ten minutes. 
 
 Ja visiting the sick, do not presently play the physi- 
 cian, if you be not knowing therein. 
 
34 JSohUcrs' Almanac. 
 
 "PRAY AS WE MARCH." 
 
 , It was on the day of the' Battle of Bunker Hill, the 
 17th of June, ninety years ago. The battle had already 
 "begun. The fiv<t attack of the British haiJ been repulsed. 
 Eut the brave Prescott and Putnam were confident of a 
 renewal of the conflict, and the latter had sent an urgent 
 appeal to the American camp at Cambridge for reinforce- 
 ments to the devoted litlle band behind those breastworks 
 on the hill. ■ A few men were hastening to Charlestowu 
 in xbedience to the.sunimons; Life and death^ perhaps 
 liberty, depended on their spe6d. . 
 
 Just as they reached the foot of Winter hill, they were ▼ 
 overtaken by a chaplain, a brave man, but rather tied tb 
 the formalities of his profession. '•Captain, captain," 
 he shouted, " halt the men, if yon please." The captain 
 still kept on, though he courteously beckoned the chap- 
 lain to his side, " What is it, your reverence ?" ',' Cap-^ 
 tain, the men are going to battle, perhaps todeath, let • 
 us halt for prayers." '|I cannot halt for anything," was 
 the captai-n's reply; *' our brethren are falling at their 
 posts, and we are needed to fill their places. God help 
 us, we mnst prcn/ as loe march to-day." 
 
 ■ Reverently did those manly hearts respond, "God help 
 us," and each foot pressed rapidly on to the scene of 
 strife. And what more fitting illustration of the duty 
 find propriety of connecting religion with our daily du- 
 ties can be given than the conclusion of the captain, 
 " We must pray as we march!" 
 
 A Cure for the Itch. — A gentleman who has tried the 
 remedy informs us that Alum water is a certain and in- 
 fallible cure for that troublesome disease, the Itch. 
 'Wash five or six times, all over, with the water, and the 
 cure is effected. The gentleman who gave us' the infor- 
 mation had been cured thoroughly of the camp itch in its 
 worst form. 
 
 Let your recreations be manly, not sinful. 
 
Soldiers' Almanac. 35 
 
 "THEY WILL NOT HURT ME." 
 
 "T am aware," said a Christian soldier, "that I have 
 innny hardships/trials and dangers to meet ; but they 
 •wiy not "hurt me, if I will only do my duty. All these 
 privations and perils tend to humble me, and if lean, 
 by their means, more succes^sfully mortify the deeds of 
 the body — if, by their means, I can uproot pride, vanity, 
 covetousness and aU kindred passions — I shall have occa- 
 fcion to thank God that duty called me to be a soldier." 
 
 How true is this sentiment! If we will but improve 
 the present troubles so as to benefit our hearts, we wilj. 
 have occasipn to thank God' for his chastisements. Jjot 
 if we allow our hearts to grow hard — if we allow our af- 
 fections and finer feelings to become blunted under our 
 present advert^ities — then is our loss lamentable! As 
 physical hardships and the heavy hand of adversity are 
 presiding us sore, let us be sure that we do not bring upon 
 ourselves a worse calamity, the loss of moral purity and 
 religious refiriement. " Walk in the Spirit," and thou 
 "will your Chri>tian graces grow stronger and brighter in 
 consequence of your calamities. Then can you say with 
 the Tsalmiat, " It was good for me that I have been af- 
 flicted." • 
 
 Any man who is not prepared to recognize the claims 
 of Go(.i to his body, houl and spirit, to his time, itjfiuence 
 and talents, and to his money also, cannot be his disci- 
 ple. — Br. Thomas Smith. 
 
 Use no reproachful language against any one, neither 
 curses nor revilings. 
 
 Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you 
 esteem your own reputation, for it is better to be alone 
 than in bad company. 
 
 When you speak of God or bis attributes, let it be se- 
 riously, in reverence and honor, and obey your natural 
 parents, although they may be poor. 
 
36 Soldiers' Almanac. 
 
 THE SOLDIER GQIl^G INTO BATTLE. 
 
 PSALM XCI. 
 
 7Vic Safely of the Righteous. - 
 
 1, lie that dv/elleth in the secret phice of the Most 
 High, shall abiile under the shadow of the Almighty. 
 2. I will syy of the Lord^ he is my refuge and my fort- 
 ress : my Go'l ; in him will I trust. 3. Surely ho shall 
 deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the 
 noisome pestilence! 4. lie bhall cover thee .with his 
 feathers, and uiider'his Aviiigs shal't thou trust; bis truth 
 ^all be thy shield and buckler. 
 
 5. Thou shalt not be airaid for the terror by night; 
 nor for the arrow that fiieth by day; 6. Nor for the pes- 
 tilence that walketh in darkuQss ; nor for th^ destruction- 
 that wasteth at no'onday. 7. A thousaifid. shall fall at thy 
 side, anii tea thousand at thy right hand; but it shall 
 not come nigh theo. 8. Only with thine eyes shalt thou 
 behold and see the, reward of the, wicked. 
 
 9". Because thou hast niade the Lord which is my re- 
 fuge, even th^ Most Righ^ thy habitation; 10. There shall 
 no evil befal thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy 
 dwelling. 11, For he shall give his angels cho.rge over 
 thee, to keep thee in all Jhy Avays. 12. They shall b^ar 
 thee up in their hands, lest thou dash. thy foot against a 
 stone. 
 
 13, Thou shalt tread upon the lion and add^r; th<J 
 young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet; 
 14 iiecause he has set his love upon me, therefore will I 
 jdliliver him : 1 will set him on high, because he hath 
 known my na*ne. 15, He shi\ll call upon me, and I will 
 answer him : I will be with him in trouble ; I will deliver 
 liim, and, honor him. 16. With long life will I satisfy 
 him, and shew him my salvation. 
 
 Soldiers' Tract Association, M. K Church, South.