Excerpt from War With Mexico: A Sermon Preached in Portsmouth, N. H. Sept, 7, 1845 These words are a part of the song that was sung by the angelic hosts, in presence ofthe shepherds, in honor of the birth of the Savior. As the pious shep herds were watching their flocks by night, suddenly a bright light surrounded them, and they were terrified by the splendor and strangeness of the scene. But soon they hear the multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward men. 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.