CHAPTER XXVI.

THE CIVIL WAR OF THE UNITED STATES — THE REBELLION OF THE SOUTHERN STATES — SECRETARY STANTON'S STATEMENT — THE CAUSE OF THE REBELLION — SLAVERY THE CORNER-STONE OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY — CONGRESS DECLARES THE OBJECT OF THE WAR — PROVIDENCE OF GOD IN THE WAR — CHRISTIAN ELEMENT ON THE SIDE OF THE CONSTITUTION — TWO MORAL RESULTS OF THB WAR — MORAL USES OF CIVIL WAR STATED BY MILTON —THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC TO REALIZE MILTON'S VIEW OF A REGENERATED NATION — DR. BRAINERD'S FAST-DAY SERMON — AN EXTRACT — CHRISTIAN FACTS DEVELOPED — PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S ADDRESS ON LEAVING HIS HOME FOR WASHINGTON — HIS JOURNEY — PRAYERS FOR HIS SAFETY — FORT SUMTER — PRAYER AROUND THE FLAG-STAFF — MAJOR ANDERSON — PREVALENCE OF PRAYER — ADDRESS OF THE PASTORS OF RHODE ISLAND — PRAYER-MEETING IN THE PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY — FORMS OF PRAYER FOR EPISCOPALIAN CHURCHES — STATEMENT OF A RELIGIOUS PAPER ON THE PREVALENCE OF PRAYER — PRESIDENT APPOINTS A DAY OF FASTING AND PRAYER — RESOLUTIONS OF RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS ON THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY IN 1861 — RESOLUTIONS IN 1862 — RESOLUTIONS IN 1863 — RELIGION THE STAY OF THE GOVERNMENT — PROCLAMATION OF FREEDOM — CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS — OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATIONS — THE SABBATH — ADDRESSES TO THE PRESIDENT ON THE SABBATH — HIS ANSWER AND ORDER — VIEWS OF OFFICERS IN THE ARMY AND NAVY ON THE SABBATH — PATRIOTIC AND CHRISTIAN WORK AND INFLUENCE OF THE WOMEN — ARMY CHAPLAINS — TESTIMONIALS TO THEIR USEFULNESS — MINISTERS — THEIR LOYALTY AND LABORS DURING THE CONFLICT — FAST-DAY IN 1868— PROCLAMATIONS FOR ITS OBSERVANCE — THANKSGIVING DAYS APPOINTED FOR VICTORIES — PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT —  ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR — HIS VIEW OF THE CAUSES OF VICTORIES — VICTORY AT GETTYSBURG — CHRISTIAN ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE COUNTRY — GENERAL MEADE'S THANKSGIVING ORDER TO THE ARMY — VICTORY AT VICKSBURG— GENERAL REJOICING — SUBLIME SCENES IN PHILADELPHIA — PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION FOR THANKSGIVING — BISHOP POTTER'S FORM OF THANKSGIVING— NATIONAL INFLUENCE OF THE DAY OF THANKSGIVING — SIGNIFICANCE AND GRANDEUR OF THE CHRISTIAN FACTS IN THIS VOLUME.