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~ a :t l in the war, a young five yearold boy went with his father to call onGeneral Robert E ee at his richmondheadquarters to present him with a copyof he Bible .General Lee warmly greetedthe fath er and the young enthusiasticConfederate, a n ~ upon receiving theBible with joyous gratification ,put the boy upon his knee. Afew days later, General Leerode out to the boy's house togivehimasignedcopyofRecollections o General Wash-ington edited by Mrs .Le e . Hetold the young lad he could nothave received anything whichhe prized more highly than theHoly Bible .

~ t ~t u a : U ~hundredsofpaintings and sketches havebeen done on the great leaderof the Army of Northern Virginia, but few, i any, haveever touched upon the fact thatthis great statesman, combatstrategist, and leader of menwas also one of tile greatestspiritual men of the 19th century. Not only did the Army ofNorthem Virginia have a military history , but it also had arich and moving religious h istory.

~ ~ l i g i o t tin Lee'sarmy was not a myth but reality . Such leaders as StonewallJackson,D .H .Hil l, T R. Cobb ,A.H. Colquitt, Kirby Smith,J .E.B. Stuart, John Gordon, W .N Pendleton, and Charles Venable entered the waras Christian soldiers . During the war,Ewell, Pender, Hood, R.H . AndersonRodes, Paxton, and countless other officers, too numerous to mention, professedtheir faith in Jesus Christ.

wonder the brave soldier in grey had asilver linin g in the dark cloud of warVirtually thousands of soldiers received

Jesus as their personal Saviour and accepted the promise of eternal life with ourFather .

1ft s important history remembers thatto General R.E . Lee vit al godl iness was aprecious reality. In July 1862 , he issued ageneral order to the Army in which hestated, "Habitual y all duties except thoseof inspection will be suspended duringSunday to af ford the troops rest and en-

( l l t u ~ ~ ~ able them to attend religious services. " such leadership with the GeneralLeeneverfailedtoattendpreach-

conviction of the Holy Spirit, is it any ing when his duties did not interfere.

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Often he would attend preacbillg at Stone-wall Jackson's headquarters, and wasnever too preoccupied with military du-

ties to preclude participation iii prayetmeetings with the rani< and file. What aninspiration for the ragged e t e r ~ sto seetheir great Christian General humble

himself before the Lord andMaster .TheGeneral,inappre ,ciation for the prayers of hisChaplains, once responded intearful choked emotion,"Please thank them, I deeplyappreciate t I can only saythat i am nothing b u ~a poorsinner, trusting in Christ alonefor salvation and need all theprayers they can offer me."

Q B ~ u ~ t a lLee declaredopenly the simple and absolutetrust he had in God ~ d Godalone ''No human power canavail us without the blessing

of God and I rejoice to knowthat in this crisis of our affairsgood men everywhere aresupplicating Him for His

. favor and protection ." TheGeneral wasconstantly encour-aging his .st ff and soldiers toread tracts and scriptures on aregular basis. After the war, heaccepted the presidency of heRockbridge Bible Society andcontinued in this capacity untilhis death This organizationwas to aid in the distribution ofthe Bible to all denominationsin the 'county arid encourage

. eading it and meditating upmi

its spiritual truths. The Bib1e to R E Leein comparison to all others books was of

minor importance . The Bible , in u myperplexities anddlstresses, has never failedto give me light and strength ."

1ft s the publishers fervent prayer thatthe displaying of this magnificent mage

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of he Christian General will prove usefulin properly showing the power of JesusChrist.

- W l : J ~m ~ k g~ o u ~ t i o t t

This outstanding print of The Christian Generalby artist William L. Maughan, is available to

readers of The Counsel ofChalcedon.

The Marks Gallery, located at 239Cherokee Street near the square inMarietta , Georgia, commissionedartist William L. Maughan ofCalifornia to do the painting ofThe Christian General.

Artist William L. Maughan (left)signs copies of the print of TheChristian General. At the right isJames Marks of the Marks Gallery in Marietta, Georgia.

The Marks Collection is pleased to release William Maughan's portrait of Lee.Because of the vast interest and popularity of he subject, a collectors edition aswell as a smaller open edition is available. The collectors edition will compriseof 1,500 prints personally signed and numbered by the Artist at $125.00 each.

The overall size is 24 X 28 with an image size of20 X 23 printed on heavyweight art stock. The open edition is 16 X 20 overall size with an image size

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f his ad falls into your hands at some time longafter Mareh,l990, and you are interes ted in thisprint of he Chriortian General you should contact the Marks Galler y at the address or phonenumber a t the left, to make sureofthe availability of the prints at this time.

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