Kingdom Tidings Summer 2003

Editor’s Note: As we see a greater move toward unity with Catholicism today few appreciate the great sacrifices of our ancestors who fought the good fight to bring in and protect the Reformation. The Papacy believed that in James II they had their opportunity to regain their power and prestige but they failed to gauge the resolve of the Britons. Unlike today when Israelites simply accept what governments impose, the people of Britain during the reign of James II rose up and James II lost his throne. The Battle of the Boyne brought an end to his attempt to regain it.

William Prince of Orange, was asked to accept the throne of England after James II had been deposed. He was a Protestant, and the husband of Mary, James’ oldest daughter. He himself, was heir to the throne after the king’s children.

James II had adopted the Roman Catholic religion. His aim was to restore to the Roman Catholics the free exercise of their religion, and to employ them in the government and in the army, without in any way relaxing the laws against the Protestant dissenters. He tried to have the “Test Act"* repealed but failing in this, he was obliged to fall back on the royal prerogative. He claimed for himself, as king of England, the right to dispense with the laws as he so desired. He put his claim before the bench of judges but took the precaution of removing any judge that would not support him. The remaining judges decided that the king had the power claimed. He appointed Roman Catholics to offices in the army, in the government, and even in the church, removing Protestants to do so. The worship of the Roman Catholic church was openly celebrated in London. The latter so enraged the people that riots ensued. The king issued a Declaration of Indulgence which allowed freedom of worship for all, but also abolished all religious tests as a qualification for holding office. Thus he went too far, and raised a great storm.

As his daughters were Protestant, it is possible that the nation might have put up with him if it were not for the fact that a son was born to him. The child would, of course, be brought up in the Roman Catholic Faith. It was at this time that William was appealed to, to take the throne. William accepted and a short time later landed in England with an army of thirteen thousand men. The nobles and clergy flocked to his standard. Princess Anne abandoned her father and then went over to William. King James then fled England and went to France for sanctuary.

A Declaration of Rights was then drawn up, which traced the whole history of the contest with the king, and stated closely by declaring William and Mary, King and Queen of England, the actual government to be carried on by the King. William at once accepted the crown, both for himself and for his wife, and promised to rule according to the laws of England.

James, in an effort to regain his throne, landed in Ireland where a Roman Catholic population was ready to support him. William rushed troops to Ireland after the Irish had laid siege to Protestant Londonderry. The opposing forces met in the year 1690 in the Battle of the Boyne.

King William landed in Ireland the 10th day of June 1690, and marched southward from Loughbrickland with all forces, determined to take the first opportunity of fighting. His officers advised caution and delay. But the King answered that he had not come to Ireland to let grass grow under his feet.

James, although intending to fight for Dublin, decided to retreat until he reached better vantage ground. When William’s advanced force reached Dundalk, nothing was seen of the Irish Army, except a great cloud of dust. William continued to push forward, and still the Irish receded before him until the morning of Monday, the 30th of June, his army, marching in three columns, reached the summit of a rising ground near the southern frontier of the County of Louth. Beneath lay a valley, very beautiful fields of wheat, woodlands, meadows bright with daisies and clover, sloping gently down to the edge of the Boyne.

When William caught sight of the valley of the Boyne, he could not repress an exclamation and a gesture of delight. He feared that the enemy would delay action until autumn came, bringing rain and pestilence. He was at ease now, for he could see that the contest would be sharp and short. The forces of James were pitched on the eminence of Donore. The flags of the House of Stuart and of the House of Bourbon waved together in defiance on the walls of Drogheda. All the southern bank of the river was lined by the camp and batteries of the hostile army. Thousands of armed men were moving about among the tents and every one, horse soldier, or foot soldier, French or Irish, had a white badge in his hat, in compliment to the House of Bourbon. "I am glad to see you gentlemen,” said the King, as his keen eye surveyed the Irish lines, “If you escape me now, the fault will be mine.”

James, standing on the defensive, behind intrenchments with a river before him, had the stronger position. He had about thirty thousand men but his troops were inferior both in number and in quality to those of his enemy. About one third of his forces consisted of excellent French infantry and excellent Irish cavalry but the rest of his army were the scoff of all Europe.

William had under his command, near thirty-six thousand men, born in many lands, and speaking many tongues. Scarcely one Protestant nation was unrepresented in the army. Among them were two bodies of men very bitter toward the enemy, the Huguenots of France and the Englishry of Ireland.

The 1st of July dawned, a day which has never since returned without exciting strong emotions of very different kinds in the two populations which divide Ireland. The sun rose bright, arid, cloudless. The battle started soon after four. William ordered his right wing, under the command of Meinhart Schomberg, son of the Duke, to march to the bridge of Slane, some miles up the river, to cross there, and to turn the left flank of the Irish army. James had anticipated this move and had sent a regiment of dragoons, under the command of Sir Neil O’Neil. O’Neil fought valiantly but was mortally wounded and his men fled. The English crossed the Bridge.

Lauzan of the French Infantry, fearing that the enemy would cut off at the rear, at a place called Duleek, where the road to Dublin was very narrow and two carriages could not pass, marched his countrymen in the direction of Slane Bridge. Thus the fords near Oldbridge were left to be defended by the Irish alone.

It was now ten o’clock. William put himself at the head of his left wing, which was composed exclusively of cavalry, and prepared to pass the river not far above Drogheda. The centre of his army, which consisted almost of foot was under the command of the Duke Schomberg. Their position was opposite Oldbridge. The whole Irish Infantry were there ... The Meath bank bristled with pikes and bayonets. A fortification bad been made by French engineers out of the hedges and buildings and a breastwork had been thrown up close to the water side. Tyrconnel was there and under him were Richard Hamilton and Antrim.

Schomberg gave the word. Solmes’ Blues were the first to move. They marched gallantly with drums beating to the Bank of the Boyne. Then the drums stopped; and the men ten abreast, descended into the water. Next plunged Londonderry and Enniskillen. A little to the left of them, Caillemon crossed at the head of a long column of French refugees. Further down the main body of the English infantry struggled through the river, up to the armpits in water. Still further down, the Danes found another ford. In a few minutes the Boyne for a quarter of a mile, was alive with muskets and green boughs.

They were not aware as yet of the difficulties and dangers their mission faced. They had seen only little more than half the hostile enemy. Now whole regiments of foot and horse seemed to start out of the earth. A wild shout of defiance rose from the whole shore; during one moment the event seemed doubtful; but the Protestants pressed resolutely forward; and in another moment the whole Irish line gave way. Tyrconnel looked on in helpless despair. Several of his best officers fell while vainly urging their soldiers to look the Dutch Blues in the face. Richard Hamilton ordered a body of foot soldiers to fall on the French refugees, still deep in water, but to no avail. Further down stream, Antrim’s divisions ran like sheep at the approach of the English column. Whole regiments flung away arms, colours and ran without striking a blow or firing a shot.

Later, Richard Hamilton, at the head of the cavalry made a gallant attempt to turn the tide of battle. He and his men fought desperately. They drove the Danes brigade back into the stream, forced the Huguenot regiment to give ground. “On! On! my lads! to glory, to glory!” Caillemot cried while being carried to his tent, after receiving a mortal wound. Schomberg personally went into battle, without defensive armour, rallied the refugees crying, “Come on,” in French, pointing to the Popish squadron, “Come on, gentlemen, there are your persecutors.” He was rushed upon by Irish horsemen and killed.

The battle raged. William and the left wing arrived after much difficulty in crossing. His arrival decided the fate of the day and the Irish Horse retired fighting obstinately. The Irish cavalry made their last stand at a house called Plottin Castle, about a mile and a half south of Oldbridge, where the Enniskilleners were repelled with the loss of fifty men, and were hotly pursued, until William rallied them and turned the chase back. And now the battle was over. Hamilton was mistaken in thinking his troop would continue to fight. James had watched the battle from a safe distance and when it was clear that the battle was going against his side, he fled to Dublin, leaving his men to their fate.

William III was the victor. The Protestant Faith was the religion of England for all time. This success of the Protestants is celebrated annually by Orangemen on July 12th.

The Test Act required every man appointed to an office in the army, navy or the Government, to be a member of the Church of England and to declare that he did not believe that the bread and wine of the sacrament became the actual body and blood of Christ when blessed by the priest.

An Israeli professor and military historian hinted that Israel could avenge the holocaust by annihilating millions of Germans and other Europeans.

Speaking during an interview which was published in Jerusalem Friday, Professor Martin Van Creveld said Israel had the capability of hitting most European capitals with nuclear weapons. “We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, per- haps even at Rome. Most European capitals are targets of our air force.”

Creveld, a professor of military history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, pointed out that “collective deportation” was Israel’s only meaningful strategy towards the Palestinian people.

“The Palestinians should all be deported. The people, who strive for this (the Israeli government) are waiting only for the right man and the right time. Two years ago, only seven or eight percent of Israelis were of the opinion that this would be the best solution, two months ago it was 33 percent, and now, according to a Gallup poll, the figure is 44 percent.”

Creveld said he was sure that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wanted to deport the Palestinians.

“I think it’s quite possible that he wants to do that. He wants to escalate the conflict. He knows that nothing else we do will succeed.” Asked if he was worried about Israel becoming a rogue state if it carried out a genocidal deportation against Palestinians, Creveld quoted former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Dayan who said “Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother.”

“Our armed forces are not the thirtieth strongest in the world, but rather the second or third. We have the capability to take the World down with us. And I can assure you that this will happen before Israel goes under.”

To substantiate the claim that the terms Jew and Israelite are interchangeable, it is often said that the Apostle Paul was a Jew This is based on three scriptures taken out of context which we will now explain:-

This was either a statement of RELIGION or PROVINCIAL RESIDENCE. Paul was merely stating that he followed the religion known as Judaism and/or that he was resident in the Roman province of Judea.

This is a statement of RACE/NATIONALITY. Paul is stating that he is of that race which sprang from the loins of the Patriarch Jacob/Israel.

3) “Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the Tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews.” - (Philippians 3:5)

These statements do not and never will make Jew and Israelite interchangeable terms. if I stated that I was a Protestant from Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, it would not mean that every U.K. citizen was a Belfast Protestant.

"The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple." - PSALM 19:7

"The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes." - PSALM 19:8

"Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord." - PSALM 119:1

"Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart." - PSALM 119:2

"Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments." - PSALM 119:6

"They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them." - PROVERBS 28:4

"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." - MATTHEW 5:17

"It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail." - LUKE 16:17

"The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." - JOHN I:17

"By him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses." - ACTS 13:39

"When the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another." - ROMANS 2:14,15

"Not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified." - ROMANS 2:13

"By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight." - ROMANS 3:20

"We should serve in newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter." - ROMANS 7:6

"Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth." - ROMANS 10:4

"All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient." -I CORINTHIANS 6:12

"A man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ." - GALATIANS 2:16

"The just shall live by faith. And the law is not of faith." - GALATIANS 3:11,12

"Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us." - GALATIANS 3:13

"The end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned." - I TIMOTHY 1:5

"The law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient." - I TIMOTHY 1:9

"The law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect." - HEBREWS 10:1

"If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well." - JAMES 2:8

"So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty." - JAMES 2:12

Speaking at a Rally of English Orangemen the Reverend Wickes of Whitehaven ascribed the existence of the British Empire to the Open Bible.

“Look around on the vast extent of the British dominions, what had raised Britain until it was the admiration of the world? Some people might be ready to exclaim its arts, and its commerce, its manufactures, its wealth, and its intelligence, its army, and its navy, but the Christian would rather say, “Because it is the land of Bibles, because each for himself, from the prince to the peasant, may possess a copy of the Word of God”.

“Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervour, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar.”

CHINA	284
HONG KONG	247
TAIWAN	40
SINGAPORE	28
CANADA	23
VIETNAM	5
THAILAND	2
MALAYSIA	2
PHILIPPINES	2
SOUTH AFRICA	1
TOTAL NUMBER	634

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