Battle for the Lord

"Just beyond man's narrow daily vision stand the immortals.  And Jehovah opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire about Elisha.  At the front of this nation's way ride the strong guards of our own past, their authority immortalized by death.  In the hour of decision we see them; their grave eyes watch us, the keepers of our standards, the builders of our freedom.  They came from God to do His bidding-and returned.  To each of them the past has given his own labor.  The future we cannot see; nor what the next imperious task; nor who its strong executant.  But for this generation the task is clear: you who gird yourselves for this great fight in the never-ending warfare for the good of mankind, we stand at Armageddon and we battle for the Lord."

Theodore Roosevelt