A SERMON ON THE WAR, BY THE Rev. ELIAS NASON

"...Our father's God, to thee--
Author of Liberty, To thee we sing--
Long may our land be bright,
With freedom's holy light;
Protect us by thy might,
Great God our king...."
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"IN GOD IS OUR TRUST!"
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"...Give close attention to the drill. I repeat to you again, that the men you are to measure weapons with, are experienced marksmen. I have shot with them for many years. They are trained from infancy to the use of fire arms;--they have been practising especially for the last few years, and some of them have laid aside all intoxicating drink in order to secure a steady nerve....."
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PREACHED TO THE SOLDIERS AT EXETER, N. H., May 19. 1861.

The TRUE Jefferson.....

"Dear Sir,--In some of the delightful conversations with you, in the evenings of 1798--99, and which served as an anodyne to the afflictions of the crisis through which our country was then laboring, the Christian religion was sometimes our topic; and I then promised you, that one day or other, I would give you my views of it. They are the result of a life of inquiry & reflection, and very different from that anti-Christian system imputed to me by those who know nothing of my opinions. To the corruptions of Christianity I am indeed opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian, in the only sense he wished any one to be; sincerely attached to his doctrines, in preference to all others; ascribing to himself every human excellence; & believing he never claimed any other...."

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- Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush, April 21, 1803. [The Works of Thomas Jefferson in Twelve Volumes. Federal Edition. Collected and Edited by Paul Leicester Ford].