"You, my children, are now God's people; if you are truly faithful, you
shall assuredly prevail; if you go out to battle firmly, absolutely,
entirely trusting in the strength of His right hand--that right hand,
that Almighty arm shall be on your side. And who then shall stand
against you?--though tens, and hundreds of thousands swarm around you,
they shall yield before you--they shall fall before you as the giant
Goliath fell before the shepherd David.
"Be not afraid, therefore, my children: we will go together; we will
remember that every man who falls on our side in this holy war, falls
as he is doing Christ's service, and that his death is to be envied, for
it is a passport into Heaven. We will remember this in the hour of
battle, when our enemies are before us, when death is staring us in the
face, and remembering it, we shall not be afraid. If we die fighting
truly in this cause, our immortal souls will be wafted off to paradise--
to everlasting joy: if we live, it will be to receive, here in our own
dear fields, the thanks of a grateful King, to feel that we have done
our duty as Christians and as men, and to hear our children bless the
days, when the courage of La Vendee restored the honour of France.
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