Stand Strong and Fight?
Donald Cantrell
Nehemiah 4:1-23
Memorial Day Sermon
Theme: Some things in our life are worth fighting for, what are they?
I - The Reason of Nehemiah’s Fight (1 - 3 and 6 - 8)
II - The Requirements of Nehemiah’s Fight (4 - 5 and 9a)
III - The Response of Nehemiah’s Fight (9b)
IV - The Roadblocks of Nehemiah’s Fight (10 - 12)
V - The Rallying of Nehemiah’s Fight (13 - 14)
VI - The Results of Nehemiah’s Fight (15 - 23)
The Dog Soldiers of Yesteryears
Dog Soldiers were the bravest of the brave, and that meant their war bonnets could be especially elaborate. One modern recreation, worn by Jesse Lee of the Northern Cheyenne tribe, contains feathers from bald eagles, golden eagles, hawks, and vultures. Lee’s bonnet, based on a 19th-century original, contains 650 feathers and took more than a year to make.
Historically, 19th-century Dog Soldiers wore dramatic upright bonnets incorporating raven or crow feathers. With smaller, bright-red plumage from other birds, these made a dramatic impact on the battlefield.
As battles with US forces increased, some Dog Soldiers started wearing eagle feathers in a large, imposing arrangement. However they were arranged, these war bonnets showed that the warriors sporting them were to be seen with awe and, if you were the unlucky soul facing them, no small amount of fear.
The Dog Rope Identified
A dog rope is a short length of rawhide rope that was used by the Dog Soldiers of the Cheyenne warrior societies and warriors considered especially brave of other tribes. Its purpose was to anchor the warrior in place when a last-ditch defence was called for, thus indicating an intention not to retreat even against overwhelming odds.
The Dog Rope Constructed
A dog rope consisted of eight to twelve feet of rawhide around four inches wide.
One end of the rope was tied to a picket pin (a pin that could be hammered into the ground, normally used for fixing the picket rope of a hors ...
Donald Cantrell
Nehemiah 4:1-23
Memorial Day Sermon
Theme: Some things in our life are worth fighting for, what are they?
I - The Reason of Nehemiah’s Fight (1 - 3 and 6 - 8)
II - The Requirements of Nehemiah’s Fight (4 - 5 and 9a)
III - The Response of Nehemiah’s Fight (9b)
IV - The Roadblocks of Nehemiah’s Fight (10 - 12)
V - The Rallying of Nehemiah’s Fight (13 - 14)
VI - The Results of Nehemiah’s Fight (15 - 23)
The Dog Soldiers of Yesteryears
Dog Soldiers were the bravest of the brave, and that meant their war bonnets could be especially elaborate. One modern recreation, worn by Jesse Lee of the Northern Cheyenne tribe, contains feathers from bald eagles, golden eagles, hawks, and vultures. Lee’s bonnet, based on a 19th-century original, contains 650 feathers and took more than a year to make.
Historically, 19th-century Dog Soldiers wore dramatic upright bonnets incorporating raven or crow feathers. With smaller, bright-red plumage from other birds, these made a dramatic impact on the battlefield.
As battles with US forces increased, some Dog Soldiers started wearing eagle feathers in a large, imposing arrangement. However they were arranged, these war bonnets showed that the warriors sporting them were to be seen with awe and, if you were the unlucky soul facing them, no small amount of fear.
The Dog Rope Identified
A dog rope is a short length of rawhide rope that was used by the Dog Soldiers of the Cheyenne warrior societies and warriors considered especially brave of other tribes. Its purpose was to anchor the warrior in place when a last-ditch defence was called for, thus indicating an intention not to retreat even against overwhelming odds.
The Dog Rope Constructed
A dog rope consisted of eight to twelve feet of rawhide around four inches wide.
One end of the rope was tied to a picket pin (a pin that could be hammered into the ground, normally used for fixing the picket rope of a hors ...
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