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    in Rahab , and Gideou , and Barak , and Sampson , and Jeptha , cannot move us , mor even thoae of David and of Samuel ; if we are insensible of the

    martial prowess which they exerted in firm dependence on the Lord God qfhdste—let us behold other combats , in which they who seemed weaker , became yet more gloriously victoria ous , "

    it is evident from this quotation , and what follows it , that Dr . Doddridge thought martyrs ? md confessors superior to pious military heroes , and so do I : but it is as evident that he thought " martial prowess exerted in firm dependence on the Lord God of

    IiqsU" also entitled to high , though not equal applause . This is all 1 contend for . 1 contemplate with particular satisfaction , that there is every reason to think , that our great American hero , the late General Washington , acted on the same glorious

    principle of divine faith in the Revolutionary War . It is well known that he was regular in his attendance on divine worship in that church which he approved . la his last excellent address to his fellow-citizens of the

    United . States , he warmly recommends religion on general principles , without descending to the peculiarities of different sects , and considers morality , generally speaking , as standing on a baseless foundation without it . When

    engaged in the duties of the camp , he has been seen in a morning , in the adjaceajt woods , at his prayers } and his whole conversation and deportment in private life was exemplary and virtuous . There is also reason to

    think that many others besides him , irtCongress and in the army , acted ou the same noble principle . Di \ Price considers the people of America in general as having entered upon the war with a becoming Christian spirit .

    He contrasts their fastings and humiliations with a very opposite temper , which at that time prevailed among the British . The Declaration of Independence concludes in the following words— €€ And for the support of this declaration , with a firm reliance

    on tjie , protection of Divine Providence , we mutually pledge to ^ ach other orar lives , our fortunes , and our sacred honour . ' * A just and absolutely necessary

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    war , undertaken and conducted on such principles , foeco «* es sanctified , approved o £ God , and all wise and good men . AN AMERICAN CITIZEN . Philadelphia , Any . 6 , 1817 *

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    [ In another paper of nearly the s&me date , Mr , Christie relates the following anecdotes of the British opposers of the American War . ] I shall here mention an anecdote , communicated tome by a friend , * long since dead , and I believe not generally known . In the time of the American

    War , Charles Fox and some of his friends were in a carriage , which broke down upon the road , near the seat of a bishop . This bishop was not the good bishop of St . Asaph , who spoke and voted in the House of Lords against the war , as the sequel

    will shew . Notwithstanding , he received Mr . Fox and his friends very hospitably , invited them to dinneri and promised his coach to conduct them to the next stage . After dintier , when Mr . Fax was asked to give a toast , he gaive Gen . Washington I " The bishop immediately rose up and went out of the room . Mr- Fox

    wrote a line entreating mm to return ; But he sent a verbal message intvmaling that ' Hhe coach was ready . * I shall add , that several of the Dissenting members in England , and some of the Presbyterian ministry in Scotland , were opposed to the war . Among others , the late Dr . Nisbet ^ then ofMontrosfc , afterwards President

    of Carlisle College , in this state of Pennsylvania . Dr . Nisbet , as a minister of the Established Church , was obliged to read the royal proclamations on ** Fast Days , " in the presence of the congregation , but he took care to read them in such a manner as to

    turn them into ridicule , particularly when lie came to the words 4 t these darinsy rebels , ' * which he recited in a loud tone , with an emphatical sneer . He then delivered a sermon , in which

    he said all he couM say , without endangering himself . In his public prayers on Fa ^ t Days and on tli e Lord ' s Day , after menttoniirtg tfce king by name , and the magistrate ^ , who were his hearers at tile time , he said , make him a blessing and riot-a curse to the country j ma ^ the magis-

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    159 Lawfulness af ReJ ^ iswe War amongst Ch ris tians .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1819, page 152, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1770/page/16/