Commander's Column – The Charge is the Main Thing
1 King 18 tells
the story of Elijah who called for a drought to strike the children of Israel
since God’s people turned their backs to follow Baal. This past Sunday’s sermon at Coosada FBC used
this story to illustrate the importance of prayer and that the main thing that
God is Lord. Ahab confronted Elijah
accusing him of causing trouble but Elijah reminded him that it was the
Israelites who abandoned God and he challenged Ahab to bring 850 prophets of
Baal and Asherah to Mount Carmel and whichever God brought fire to their
respective sacrificial bull would be declared the true God. The numerous prophets of Baal and Asherah put
on a terrific show dancing about and wailing endlessly, “they shouted louder
and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their
blood flowed and they continued their frantic prophesying” making futile noise
and gestures but to no avail. Then
Elijah alone and with no fanfare meticulously prepared his altar and the
sacrificial bull. He prayed seeking God
would answer him and God indeed showed he is real as “the fire of the Lord fell
and burned up the sacrifice”. The people
fell to their knees proclaiming God was the one true God and he ended the
drought afflicting the land.
We as Sons of
Confederate Veterans can learn much from this Old Testament story. As our numerous opponents scream at the top
of their lungs from atop their soap boxes with pandering virtue signaling,
demanding the removal of our historical monuments and our honorable Battle
flag, these bigots try to intimidate us as we advance the Charge proclaiming
their history is the truth and their position is virtuous, attempting to
marginalize and demonize our heritage and the Cause of liberty, independence,
sovereignty and, self-determination for which our ancestors fought and
died. Maxine Waters has called for
physically confronting conservatives and those who would Make America Great
Again, ranting and calling for incivility and anarchy all the while claiming
she is the victim. Antifa demonstrators
violently suppress the voice of any who oppose their globalist socialist views
and yet call those who admire the heroes of the Confederacy bigots and racists
to silence and ridicule them. But don’t
be taken in by their spectacle or intimidated by their loud and vocal ranting
and their endless false accusations.
Instead be
disciplined and don’t lose sight of the main thing, the end goal and our
purpose embodied in the SCV Charge. Our
goals require long term planning and strategy to continue the performance of
the Charge, our duty to defend our ancestors and our heritage. This is the period of time when we are asked
to renew our memberships in the SCV which is imperative as we need every
soldier to confront our numerous enemies and battle their bigoted agenda. This is also the time of our annual Dixie
butt fundraiser which provides the funds for our camp treasury to advance the
Cause of our Confederate veterans including electronic billboard
advertisements, donations such as those for Confederate Circle in Selma’s Old
Live Oak Cemetery and the new SCV Museum at Elm Springs as well as our annual
donation to the Alabama Department of Archives and History for Confederate
regimental flag conservation, purchase of hundreds of flags to mark Confederate
veterans graves and to provide to our neighbors and friends at community
events, JROTC awards for area high schools,
expenses related to our community service cemetery maintenance in the
Prattville area where Confederate veterans are buried, parade and festival
entries as community outreach, picnics and socials and musters, and other
administrative expenses like our monthly newsletter. Thru your membership and support, the
Dragoons will continue to be a preeminent historical honor society in our
community and the state, protecting the good name of our Confederate soldier
grandfathers and proclaiming the truth of the Cause.
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