The Cleft Of Your Rock!
"For You are my rock and my fortress;
therefore, for Your name’s sake,
lead me and guide me."
Psalm 31:3
Northern General Robert McAllister is chiefly remembered
for the nine hundred letters he wrote home describing his
experiences in the American Civil War. On April 11, 1864,
he wrote his wife, Ellen: “One day I was riding out to hunt
a safe place to fire at a target. I rode up on a little bluff; as
I reached the summit, I heard a voice. On looking down in
a stone quarry I saw two of our boys earnestly engaged in
prayer. I turned away as quietly as possible, thinking how
delightful it was to find such deep religious feeling in my
regiment.”
We’re in a spiritual battle daily, but nothing is more
powerful than a quiet faith that finds a stone quarry
in which to pray, perhaps with a fellow believer.
The Bible says: “From the end of the earth I will
cry to You, when my heart is overwhelmed; lead
me to the rock that is higher than I” (Psalm 61:2).
"I bowed down by the root of a tree and thanked
God for His protecting care over me and my
regiment that day and asked continuance of it
through the day that was about to dawn upon us."
General Robert McAllister at Chancellorsville
