Do your duty – 27 April 2023, Anno Domini
L ET us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man . (Ecclesiastes 12:13) One sterling character has my highest admiration, and still does, of any other of the annals of American history, and exemplifies all that is honorable and praiseworthy in the Christian gentleman - General Robert E. Lee. He was a man who placed duty above the goal of glory and, in the end, won both glory and duty well-performed. He has written, Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less. Duty is a word which has lost popularity in our modern culture; however, the highest mark in Christian living is to perform our duty to God, family, and country...