 A cheerful acquiescence to the divine will is what we are to aim at. Perhaps it was his belief in the justice of divine will that carried him through in those moments. So that night, the Patriot Army set out on a multi-pronged attack on the city of Trenton. As they crossed the Delaware River, they were met with an intense barrage of rain, sleet, snow, and hail, the complete opposite of the Monongahela in 1755, but much worse.