Religious Tendency

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 6, 1865

Religious Tendency.

AMONG the remarkable events of the month of April, the American Missionary thus speaks of the religious element manifested in the rejoicing over victory. The transparency at Washington containing the motto, "This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes," has for us a peculiar significance:

"III. The month has presented some marked demonstrations of popular sentiment and feeling.

"1. The strong religious element in the rejoicing over our victories. The ascription of our great successes to God was all but universal. In the high places of the land and on the busiest marts of trade, as well as in churches and around the domestic altars of Christian families, the same pious recognition was manifest. The brilliant transparency on the Capitol at Washington, "It is the Lord's doing and it is marvelous in our eyes," and the uncovered multitude in Wall Street joining reverently in prayer and singing the Christian Doxology were rare but representative facts."