Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

For many of us, the road is a difficult one, but the path is always there for us to follow, no matter how many times we may fall.

I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing.

Rations were scarcely issued, and the men about preparing supper, when rumors that the enemy had been encountered that day near Gettysburg absorbed every other interest, and very soon orders came to march forthwith to Gettysburg.

I don't enjoy killing, but when done righteously, it's just a chore, like any other.

But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.

Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!