Excerpt from Gideon's Water-Lappers: A Sermon Preached in Christ Church, Savannah, on Friday, the 8th Day of April, 1864, the Day Set Apart by the Congress of the Confederate States, as a Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer But it may be said, this is a one-sided view'of the case. The enemy has been steadily gaining upon us, and every year finds him in possession of some new territory which weakens us and gives him confidence of final success. Admitting this, to be so, we must remember the cost at which: these advantages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.