Emphasis Preaching Journal
Sermon Illustrations for Ash Wednesday (2011)
Illustration
Isaiah 58:1-12
When the armistice was signed that ended the Spanish-American War, which was fought in 1898, the Americans had lost a total of 460 soldiers in combat. Compared to the Civil War, fought 33 years earlier, in which thousands were often killed in a single day, these casualties seemed insignificant. That is why the ambassador to England wrote to his friend, Teddy Roosevelt that "It's been a splendid little war."
When the armistice was signed that ended the Spanish-American War, which was fought in 1898, the Americans had lost a total of 460 soldiers in combat. Compared to the Civil War, fought 33 years earlier, in which thousands were often killed in a single day, these casualties seemed insignificant. That is why the ambassador to England wrote to his friend, Teddy Roosevelt that "It's been a splendid little war."
