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but melted away before the enemy's fire. He was wounded in the head and thigh, but fell only upon his knees.

3. Having raised the flag on the parapet, he lay down on the outer slope, in order to be sheltered as much as possible. There he remained for more than half an hour, till the second brigade arrived, and renewed the conflict.

4. During all this time he kept the colors flying; and when the retreat became necessary, he followed on his knees, pressing his wound with one hand, and holding up the emblem of liberty with the other.

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5. When he entered the hospital, nearly exhausted from loss of blood, his companions, both black and white, rose from the straw on which they were lying, and cheered him and the colors till they could cheer no longer. "Boys," he replied, "I have but done my duty; the old flag never touched the ground."

6. This gallant soldier was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He was hoping to prepare himself for the gospel ministry, but he says, "When the call for men came I felt that I could best serve my God by serving my country and my oppressed brothers."

LESSON CXVIII.

HOW TO BE SAVED.

From the Bible.

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OD so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

2. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

3. Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.

4. The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

5. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.

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LESSON CXIX.

THE MAN OF THIS WORLD.

HIS done, the Interpreter took Christiana and company into a room where was a man that could look no way but downward, with a muck-rake in his hand.

2. There stood also one over his head with a celestial crown in his hand, and proffered him that crown for his muck-rake; but the man did neither look up nor regard, but raked to himself the straws, the small sticks and dust of the floor.

3. Then said Christiana, "I persuade myself that I know somewhat the meaning of this, for this is the figure of a man of this world; is it not, good sir?"

4. “Thou hast said right,” said he; “and his muck-rake doth show his carnal mind. And whereas thou seest him rather give heed to rake up straws and sticks, and the dust of the floor, than to do what he says that calls to him from above with the celestial crown in his hand, it is to show that heaven is but as a fable to some, and that things here are accounted the only things substantial.

5. "Now, whereas it was also showed thee that the man could look no way but downwards, it is to let thee know that earthly things, when they are with power upon men's minds, quite carry their hearts away from God."

6. Then said Christiana, "Oh, deliver me from this muck-rake!" "That prayer," said the interpreter, “has lain by till it is almost rusty. 'Give me not riches' is scarce the prayer of one in ten thousand. Straws and sticks and dust with most are the great things now looked after.”

LESSON CXX.

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THE CLOSING BATTLES

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came the time for Gen. Grant to move the famous Army of the Potomac, which had lain for nearly a year before Richmond and Petersburg. Gen. Sheridan, a most daring man, and rapid in all

his movements, began the battle on the left, at a place called Five Forks. After a hard contest, he was victorious.

2. The next morning a charge was ordered along the whole line. Once and again, for five times, our brave troops rushed on, feeling that now had come the hour of triumph. And they did triumph: Petersburg was ours.

3. Now for Richmond. Gen. Lee's army did not wait to be attacked in that city, but marched out the same night: and the next morning at eight o'clock, April 3, 1865, our troops entered the capital of the confederacy. Gen. Weitzel, with his colored troops, was the first to enter the city.

4. This was Monday morning; the troops had been hard at work, but they were not satisfied with Richmond; they wanted Lee's whole army. Gen. Grant divided his great army into three parts. The dashing Sheridan was sent forward with the cavalry and a portion of the other forces. Now was the time to show his speed.

5. Could he reach the Danville Railroad before Lee? On he presses. The road is reached. Lee is behind. They fight. Lee is defeated, and a large number of prisoners taken. Whither shall he go? He starts westward for Lynchburg; but he is too late, for Gen. Grant has come up with the other two divisions of his army, under Generals Meade and Ord.

6. Lee is surrounded, and at last, on Sunday, April 9, near Appomattox Court House, fifty miles

south-west of Richmond, he surrenders his whole army; and the sad four years of war are over.

LESSON CXXI.

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PRESIDENT LINCOLN IN RICHMOND.

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WAS standing upon the bank of the river, viewing the scene of desolation, when a boat, pulled by twelve sailors, came up stream. It contained President Lincoln and his son, with several officers of the army and navy.

2. Somehow the negroes on the bank of the river ascertained that the tall man wearing a black hat was President Lincoln. There was a sudden shout. They left their work and crowded round the President.

3. As he approached, I said to a colored woman, "There is the man who made you free; that is President Lincoln." She gazed at him a moment, clapped her hands, and jumped straight up and down, shouting, "Glory, glory, glory!" till her voice was lost in the universal cheer.

4. There was no carriage near; so the President, leading his son, walked three-quarters of a mile up to Gen. Weitzel's headquarters, — Jeff Davis's mansion. What a spectacle it was! Such a hurly-burly, such wild, indescribable joy, I never witnessed.

5. A colored man acted as guide. Six sailors, wear

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