From the Richmond Sentinel, 7/29/1863
The Yankees at Prayers. - We learn that the Yankees confined at
Libby Prison, among whom are one or two chaplains, are holding prayer meetings
nearly every day. We should as soon expect the natives of the Fejee Island to
unite in the adoration of the Most High, but there is no limit to the
presumption of an unadulterated Yankee. Can anybody imagine a more shameless
proceeding than the offering of a prayer to God by a man who has wilfully and
wantonly violated the commandants of Jehovah. Let the officers of the prison
have written upon the walls thereof such part of the 21st verse 2d chapter of
Romans as may be applicable to the chaplain and his hearers.
The Yankees at Prayers. - We learn that the Yankees confined at
Libby Prison, among whom are one or two chaplains, are holding prayer meetings
nearly every day. We should as soon expect the natives of the Fejee Island to
unite in the adoration of the Most High, but there is no limit to the
presumption of an unadulterated Yankee. Can anybody imagine a more shameless
proceeding than the offering of a prayer to God by a man who has wilfully and
wantonly violated the commandants of Jehovah. Let the officers of the prison
have written upon the walls thereof such part of the 21st verse 2d chapter of
Romans as may be applicable to the chaplain and his hearers.
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