Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-31
There Are Some Things That Men
Value More Than Life or
Safety.
Heather Races Have Displayed as
Great Bravery and Selt-Sacri-
flee as Any.
Cr0mwel's Soldiers Called Upon
God in Battle as Did the An
cient Jews.

thing men still value more than life or
safety. says London Saturday Review. No
one can have rea the account of the cam
paigns in the SOudan (which threaten by
the way, to become annual performances
without asthrOb Of arbitration for the self
sacrifice and courage displayed 10y our C-'-
p0nents, and twinge of sorrow for b ;
slaughter these qualities necessitated. in
defiance of all rules and regulations, all
percentages of loss, all experience their ad
vances urged on and their reckless bravery
has swept away our bOasted attack formal
tions. and compelled US, In spite of the
possession of breech-lOading rife TO seek
safety in the square, perhaps the most
primitive formation known In the annals
Of war
The moral force that may support an
army be it derived from esprit de corps,
from prestige. or fanaticism, has always
been reckOned factor of as n.uch import
ance on the battle field as the muster roll.
Wellington estimated the presence of
Napoleon at 10000 men. His own long
nose was worth 10 900 men tous any day
according to one waO fought with hin. in
the peninsula. al wrote about it after
wards. Religious fervor cOunterbalanced
many troop during the civil wars, ana it
was Cromwell who bade his men trust in
God as they crossed river into action.
though he somewhat cynically reminded
them to likewise keep their powder dry.
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"a f pau C '7 "'Ieii''Gls
VI o''I4sllSSa sd, T. et' oilsilI "S are vne
taSe' tnaC are IisL'eo '2y llle glo" VI re
iiioI, vi Pau f oL lle ou.eI s'"je %
l4, ll5. Hi0Ie 'usI u conquest we !e"o ol
hoihLilg SO Sulkih2 OF ina@hlhceht aS Ihe
utter e0n'Hmp, Tor death or suffering DIS
played oy the followers "f the frophet.
TIE CHRISTIAN FAITH,
with its message of comfort. lacks the
direct incentive, 10 battle with which the
Koran abound2. Humility and forbear-
ance are by 1t esteemed rather than valor,
III however good cause. and there Is not
the same dehHlteneSs III the promise which
speak OF rewards for the faithful. The
rough uneducGted soldier IS sometimes un-
equal to approaching the true worth
of the prospect held ont to him, and would
be often more moved by something more
highly color ana tangible 1t is in this
respect that the Koran is 50 pecnI;,r-
Iy we'll ADAPTED for its purpose. and /. IS
because of this that Islam forms th sol
dier's religion par excellence. III the
Mohammedan Bible we find no amb uity
nor euphcni>ms War against tie
Glaour /. tee M mistakablv iudicat [ as
the noblest object in life. and dpa / on
the battlefield will cover years of { ima.
The devotion dispIayed by the Arab dur
ing the earlier of our battles round S lk1D
has never been surpassed in the ann; 5 Of
war. To meet death seemed to be VIII. was
most desired. and the certainty of soradilv
finding it under the fre of modern riff
seemed to encourage them to come on
rather than otherwise. MANY Of the
assailants OF our squares were old white
haired men. long past the ace when thcv
could hope to do effective service IN the
field. Some. on the other hand were
children of tender Years. and they adyane-
ed pncourorcd Inv their narnnfs % If IN
mimic warfare waving TOW snears and
childish swords and darts The bi,hast
Good fortune that rouId fail to their hare
was a passport 10 Paradise from \ Uar-
tini bpIlet. and for thor co,lraCsa AMI
intrepiditv their RELIGIONS traini3o syss
directly responsible. Nor when we ex-
anime the teaching of the Koran need we
feel SURPRISED
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ana let thtm Itel the 1uIl measure OF your
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