RIDING A RAID:
"Tis ole Stonewall the Rebel that leans on his sword;
and while we are mounting,
prays low - to the LORD.
Let each Cavalier that loves
honour and right!
Follow the feather of Stuart tonight!
Come tighten your girth, and slacken your rein;
buckle your blanket and holster again!
Try the click of your trigger
and balance your blade;
for he must ride sure that
goes riding a raid!
CONFEDERATE CAVALRY SONG from
the War Between The States.
Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and
He in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; (5236 nekar, foreigner, heathendom:-alien, strange) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, 5236 strange.
8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Holy Bible Psalm 144: 1,2,7 & 8
A.R.M. C.P.R. C.S.A.
A man`s heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps," (Proverbs 16:9); intimating that the eternal decrees of God by no means prevent us from proceeding, under his will, to provide for ourselves, and arrange all our affairs. And the reason for this is clear. For he who has fixed the boundaries of our life,has at the same time intrusted us with the care of it, provided us with the means of preserving it, forewarned us of the dangers to which we are exposed, and supplied cautions and remedies, that we may not be overwhelmed unawares. Now, our duty is clear, namely, since the Lord has committed to us the defence of our life,-- to defend it; since he offers assistance, to use it; since he forewarns us of danger not to rush on heedless; since he supplies remedies, not to neglect them. But it is said a danger not fatal..........But what if dangers are not fatal, merely because the Lord has furnished you with the means of warding them off, and surmounting them?"
Institutes of the Christian Religion
by John Calvin
Book I Chapter 17 Section 4 Page 187
AMERICAN REBEL MILITIAS
"Always mystify. Mislead and surprise the enemy if possible. And when you strike and overcome him, never let up in pursuit so long as your men have strength to follow, for an army routed, if hotly pursued, becomes panic stricken, and can then be destroyed by half their number.
....never fight against heavy odds, if by any possible maneuvering you can hurl your own forces on only a part, and that the weakest part, of your enemy and crush it. Such tactics will win every time, and a small army may thus destroy a large one in detail, and repeated victory will make it invincible."
Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
KNOX -- DOCTRINE OF LEGITIMATE REBELLION
"While strangers are brought in to supress us, our commonwealth, and posterity; while idolatry is maintained, and Christ Jesus His true religion despised, while idle bellies and bloody tyrants, the bishops, are maintained and Christ`s true messengers persecuted; while, finally, virtue is contemned and vice extolled . . . what godly man can be offended that we shall seek reformation of these enormities (yes, even by force of arms, seeing that otherwise it is denied us)? . . ."
--John Knox of Scotland
