"Lest we forget!" God and country . THERE IS A TIME TO FIGHT ANDTHAT TIME HAS NOW COME. JANUARY l4^iJT6(iMuhlenher0^Jl}nerican THE Rev. John Peter Gabriel Muhlenbergascended the pulpit of the Lutheran churchat Woodstock, Virginia, on Sunday, January 14,1776, preached an impassioned sermon, and con-cluded with these words: There is a time for all things, a time topreach and a time to pray; and there is a time tofight and that time has now come. May the Godof Hosts be with us! Putting aside his vestments he stood arrayedin the full uniform of a colonel of the Conti-nental Army, by commission fro
"Lest we forget!" God and country . THERE IS A TIME TO FIGHT ANDTHAT TIME HAS NOW COME. JANUARY l4^iJT6(iMuhlenher0^Jl}nerican THE Rev. John Peter Gabriel Muhlenbergascended the pulpit of the Lutheran churchat Woodstock, Virginia, on Sunday, January 14,1776, preached an impassioned sermon, and con-cluded with these words: There is a time for all things, a time topreach and a time to pray; and there is a time tofight and that time has now come. May the Godof Hosts be with us! Putting aside his vestments he stood arrayedin the full uniform of a colonel of the Conti-nental Army, by commission from George Wash-ington. Those who will, said he, follow into the churchyard he recruited a regi-ment on the spot, and marched to the relief ofCharleston, S. C. Serving brilliantly through the Revolution, heemerged as Major General Muhlenberg, and hisstatue stands today in the capitol at such was this nation formed. Long live the United States of America! T HE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY
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