John 15:14-17 You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.… At Federal Hill, Baltimore, Colonel Warren gave orders to his guards that only officers in uniform were to be admitted to camp. One bright morning General Dix, who commanded the troops guarding the city, walked over from Fort McHenry in undress. Attempting to pass the line of sentries in company with an aide, the old general was amused at finding a musket barring his passage, while the aide, with his glittering shoulder straps, was permitted to enter. "Why do you stop me, my man?" inquired the general, quietly. "My orders are to admit only officers in uniform," was the reply. "But don't you see that this is General Dix?" exclaimed the aide, angrily. "Well, between you and me, major," said the sentry, his eyes twinkling with amusement, "I see very well who it is; but if General I)ix wants to gets to get into this camp he had better go back and put on his uniform." "You are quite right, sentry," remarked the general. "I'll go back and get my coat." The incident increased his admiration for the entire command. (H. O. Mackey.) Parallel Verses KJV: Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. |
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