Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-08
fore tho stormine OF Sevaa,apoi in tho
Crimcun War tS5Sp:


Nrmean War CISCO:
Give US song, the soldiers cried.
In the outcr trenches guarding
When the heated guns. al the camps
allied
Grew weary Of brmhar0',n&.
There was a pause. the guardsman
We storm the forts ITO. morrow.
Sin- while "" may; an"thHr day
VIII bring enough % sorrow.
They sang of love. and not OF fame,
tpreot was Britain CORY
Each nenrt recalled a dincl "ni name.
l;ut All sang OF Ann" Laurie.
Not only has song boon invoked ere
III hat.y was began. but afterwards
Of Of Ills we hays brantitui and try
umrhant song al Miriam. sister OF
Noses. rs rcc"i dcd ~ the Bible. for
HE great victory of The isracl,cs over
tha ESypiitns who were pursuing them
II order to force their letters further
cE them and hold them longer in their
AonGtgc. Whcn the Lord opened wide
pathway for the lsrac'i,es. closing
tEcm upon the advancing Egyptians
she then sang:
IL will sing unto tho Lord. for lie
has triumphci rloriously; the horse
ANA the rider hath IL" thrown into the
sea"
The holy hook gives us another in
stance of this when. IN celebration and
arrrcciation Of The victory achieved
over The Me, r@n;irs. led hy S;scri. De-
borah. the prophecies OF Israel. sang.
The Stars in their courses fought
against SiSCra.
Indeed. all along the pathway OF his
tory. both sacred and profanc. we are
taught and told OF the influence and
Rover Of music. both vocal and instru-
mental. on the field OF Mars.
The Normans. under William. the
tcn1ueror, hattled at Hastings aSains,
IN" SaNons. led by the valiant Harold
The issue involved and the problem TO
be solved there was whether the fu-
cure rulers 81 Britain should be Of
SAXON or of Norman blood The Nor
mans wor and that victory is seen to-
DAY IN the present dynasty which rules
Great Britain. At the head of the Nor
mans a minstrel. t'ourishing his sword
$ ng the Song of Roland" and under
the inspiration and influences OF his
song William was triumphant.
schiller. in his admirable and attrac-
tive historical narrative of the Thirty
Years War. graphically Describes the
and Protestant Germans. under Gus
tarus Adolphus. won 4 great victory.
Before going into this battle. his en-
tire army sang an Inspiring hymn. ar-
gaining this victory. sang the re
DIcum." This Thirty Years War has
oeen called religious war. when pa ra-
and branch of ehc 'hr'ntia - \rh-- ;,
under the banner Of the Prince OF
Peace, cruelty butchered the other, 10
attain and TO obtain the sovereignty
OF their respective churches over GER
tain peoples and in certain lands
Coming down the corridors OF time
we have 4 striking reminder OF all
this By what has been written of the
great Napoleon at Waterloo; for when
ne must have felt that the day of his
destiny was nearly over, and the star
of his glory nearly set. seeing his loyal
legions waverin. as the Prussians un-
der Blucher advanced. turning to his
trusted lieutenant. Marshal Ney. said:
we must have music; order up the
bands"
But it was TOO late. the end Of the
meteoric career OF Little Corporal had
come.
In 1886. during the rcbellion-rcally
n warfare-known as the mutiny of
the Inhabitants Of India against Eng