Are not these brave words for brave soldiers? Well: they are not mine; they are the Bible's. The book of Revelation tells us how St. John saw a vision of the Lord Jesus Christ, and of His everlasting war against wrong, of which I spoke just now. And what did the Lord appear like? "_And I saw heaven opened_, _and behold a white horse_; _and he that sat upon him is called Faithful and True_, _and in righteousness He doth judge and make war_. _And His eyes were as a flame of fire_; _and He was clothed in a garment dipped in blood_; _and His name is called the Word of God_. _And the armies in heaven followed Him_, _riding upon white horses_, _clothed in fine linen_, _white and clean_. _And out of His mouth goeth a sharp sword_, _that He should smite the nations_; _and He shall rule them with a rod of iron_; _and He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and of the wrath of almighty God_" (Rev. xix. 11). Are not these brave words, my friends? Are not these soldier-like words? Is not this a general worth following? Is not this a charge of cavalry worth sharing in? Then believe that that general, the Lord Jesus Christ, is your general. Believe that you are sharing in that everlasting charge, to which the glorious charge of Balaclava was as nothing; the everlasting war which the Lord Jesus wages against all sin, and cruelty, and wrong--in which He will never draw bridle-rein, or sheath His sword, till He has put all enemies under His feet, and swept all oppression, injustice, and wickedness off the face of the earth which God has given Him. Therefore I can say to you other brave words, my friends (and not my own, but the words of the same Lord Jesus Christ):--"Fear not them that can kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom you shall fear; fear him who after he has killed has power to destroy both body and soul in hell."