The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-13

In the twenty-fourth chapter OF
Luke. in the fort ninth verse: Tar
ry We In the city Of Jerusalem, until
ye be endued with the power FROM
nax high :. &C. ss52ss "
Every nation has its army and
navy for offensive and defensive war
fare, and every state it's National
Guard, every county Its sheriff, every
city Its police department for the pro-
lection OF the lives and the property
OF the people In her limits and her
borders. And God. for the purpose
OF advancing his cause against the
contending forces Of evil that beat
like a surging sea against the church
and everything that In noble and In
spring: for the purpose Of advancing
his cause against the forces of OPP
levers into great army Of soldiers
or grenadiers
The grenadae-s were the bravest
men OF the ancient army, and In the
drill they were always assigned con-
spicuous places, and In passing re-
view their tall black bearskin caps
were entitled to and they always re-
ceived the first salute, and In battle
they always led the charge, and when
they were besieged the commander
would detail a separate. command un-
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rally forth and beat back the enemy
like an eastern whirlw!nd would
sweep the char from the threshing
floor. The grenadiere came into ex-
istence long before the invention or
introduction OF IRE arms The cam
non had not yet been invented that
can give one hoarse cough and hurl a
shell weighing 1000 pounds fifteen
miles into the besioged and doomed
city: and the Springfield rife thai
can send a steel bullet three miles
and then through thirty-two inches
Of solid wood, had not vet been In
vented; and the batt,eship ana the
super-dreadnought. with her eighteen
fnchee OF steel. and men enough on
decks to people city. had not yet
been invented, ana the submarine
that can dive like loon and spit zoo
pounds OF gun cotton against an en-
envy ship and turn her into junlu
heap. had not yet been invented.
The work that Is done today BY
fingers OF steel at long range, was
done by fingers OF flesh At short
range. and they used to make q
grenade. Thus originated our. gren-
ade. They would make q grenade out
Of glass. or wood. or iron. fill II With
explosives and nails and light q fuse
and hurl It at an opposing force, and
when close they would huri II into
the ranks. n hurled at the oppor-
tune time It meant destruction OF the
enemy, while II held too long the
thrower himself would be destroyed.
Later on the word broadened un-
til today It means our modern SOL
der. as we understand the term and
the word. The grenadter guards Of
England numbered 2.S40 officers and
men, among them King Charles II
and the Dukes OF Grafton and Marl-
brough and the Duke Of wellington
men who helped to make the name Of
Britain famous. And in these day.
OF wars and rumors Of wars. IN these
days vice is arrayed against virtue.
dishonesty against honesty. and all
that II vile, and impure. and degrad-
Ing. and injecting, and biting y ar
rayed against all that 10 noble ana
pure and inspiring ana God-lil<e and
Christ like and manly and womanly
In these days when all that would
uplift 10 arrayed against all that
would degrade ana drag. down: In
thess days when the cohorts Of evil
are unrclentingly nendish and their
followers are Quafing their wine
from the skulls 0f the slain. and they
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