Friday, September 04, 2009

Ecclesiastes (The Preacher) 3:

1. To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

2. A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

3 .A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

4. A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

5. A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.

6. A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7. A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

8. A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

"The Bible tells us there is a time for all things and there is a time to preach and a time to pray but the time for me to preach has passed away, and there is a time to fight, and that time has come now. Now is the time to fight! Call for recruits! Sound the drums!"

John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg


(nod & a wink to Christian Soldier)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Byrds version

LL said...

Unless we work diligently to keep what our forefathers gave us, the whole of it will be lost - not in our generation - but in the space of very few years.

christian soldier said...

Now IS the time to FIGHT!!

Muhlenberg stepped out of his black robe and stepped onto the front line..
One of my heroes --thank you MR....
C-CS

Anonymous said...

NICE! I'd forgotten about this passage.