"Sam": or The history of mystery./ By C. W. Webber.

30 "SAM:" OR, THE HISTORY OF M3YSTERY.
you. Riches waken the soldier's sword; and though you will
not obtain silver and gold, on the field of victory, you will
secure what is infinitely more precious; you will secure the
liberties, the privileges, and the lives of Christ's Church, in
this New World.
"You will procure safety for your affectionate wives, safety
for your prattling, harmless, smiling babes; you will secure
all the blessings enjoyed by the people of God in the ordinances of the gospel. Distinguished was the honor conferred
upon David, for fighting the battles of the Lord; this honor,
0! ye courageous soldiers of God, is now prepared for you!
You will now execute his vengeance on the heathen; you
will bind their kings in chains and their nobles in fetters of
iron. But perhaps some one may fear that a fatal arrow
may deprive him of his honor.
"Let every faithful soldier of Jesus Christ be assured,
that if any servant be taken away, it is merely because the
honors of this world are too narrow for his reward; an everlasting crown is sat upon his head; because the rewards of
this life are insufficient. March then with Christian courage, in the strength of the Lord; march with faith in his
divine promises, and soon your swords shall find your enemies;
soon they shall fall like leaves of the forest under your
feet."
Cromwell's troops always went into battle prayerfully, but
we think this rather peculiar specimen of saintly eloquence,
would have astonished any Barebones of them all, and yet
this earliest counselor of Sam, would appear to have been,
according to his historian, a man of "vast endowments,
strong will and energetic mind."