Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
A victory for free speech as Christian preacher is cleared
Sunday, April 17, 2022
I HAVE some encouraging news for this special weekend, as we focus on
the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The trial of
open-air preacher Pastor John Sherwood took place at Uxbridge
magistrates’ court last week, and he was acquitted of the public order
charges brought against him. This represents some welcome relief in the
assault upon Christian liberties in contemporary Britain.
On April 23 last year, as reported in TCW,
Pastor Sherwood was arrested in the centre of Uxbridge in West London
as he engaged in public preaching with this writer. He was held
overnight, and for a total of 21 hours. The TCW article was crucial in drawing attention to the outrageous injustice of the arrest.
Pastor Sherwood had been speaking on Genesis chapter 1, verses 27 and
28, which read: ‘So God created man in his own image, in the image of
God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed
them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply.’
The minister explained that the family unit as ordained by God
consists of a father and a mother, and not two fathers or two mothers,
who are obviously unable to reproduce. His words were delivered as part
of a general presentation of the Christian message, which declares that
all people, whoever they are, have sinned and need to come to Jesus
Christ for salvation.