Attack Canada!! War Plan Red, A review

 Hey... did you know that the United States had a secret plan to invade Canada!?!?!?!   DASTARDLY BEASTS!!!!   I tell yah!  :)   (don't take me too seriously eh?)  You can learn all about it in War Plan Red.

But oh no!!!!   Canada had secret plans to invade the United States as well!!!   ... but really... we're not dastardly beasts.. really.  :)  LOL

Anyways, this book is a fascinating glimpse into the history between what is called "the friendliest border".   We weren't always so friendly, from the war of 1812, to the threatened trade of Canada as reparation by Great Britain for how they played both sides in the American Civil War, to the War of the Pig.  I know.. a war over a pig?!?!?!

I laughed.
I shook my head.
And the history I learned... oh my!  :)

The things they don't teach you in school.  

Like did you know that part of buying Alaska...was not only protection from Russia...but as a first step to buying British Columbia...and then slowly buying the rest of Canada?   Could you image that the entirety of the North American continent being one huge country?     Or how about trading Canada for Ireland or even have Canada AS an Irish Republic to launch attacks at Great Britain?  This was a scheme by the Fenians (catholic Irishmen).   It failed if only because most Irish in Canada were Protestant and the two simply didn't cooperate with each other.

Canadian Pride was well-establish since the start of my beloved land.   We started off declaring  "We are a northern people...more manly, more real, then the weak-marrowed bones and superstitions of the effeminate south".  (p.57)  Our success at Vimy Ridge solidified our national pride.  To this day, part of being Canadian is to tease our neighbour to the south.

So why build a plan to attack Canada?   As a means to attack Great Britain.   The awareness was that to attack Great Britain you would first need to take out their northern neighbour.

Included in the last 1/3 of the book is a reproduction of the American plan of attack.  The War Plan Red.

How we went from that to having such a friendly border... I don't know... but we've managed it.  :)  

Should you read it?
Yes!  If you are interested in the history of the border between Canada and the United States.  I found it fascinating... but I'm a Canadian.  I intend to hold on to it until my lad is old enough to read it for himself.  I suspect he'll find it interesting as a teenager.    It is a book written for young adults and up.

 

War Plan Red
Author: Kevin Lippert
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Pages: 128

Reviewed for: Raincoast Books. 

 Amazon.ca: War Plan Red: The United States' Secret Plan to Invade Canada and Canada's Secret Plan to Invade the United States

Amazon.com: War Plan Red: The United States' Secret Plan to Invade Canada and Canada's Secret Plan to Invade the United States


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He Will Pour Out His Spirit

Today we are reading from Ezekiel 39:25-29. Last time we met we learned about God's Holiness made Manifest. You can read more in my Ezekiel Studies here and here.

We saw how the Lord's holiness was made apparent to all...from Israel to the nations surrounding her. 

Now we find God making a promise to his people.   He will 

• restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house of Israel
• I will be jealous for my holy name. 

The end result of that should be this: 
 ²⁶ They shall forget their shame and all the treachery they have practiced against me, 

Hymn Study: Praise the Lord: Ye Heavens Adore Him

Praise The Lord: Ye Heavens, Adore Him.

This is an older hymn, the first two verses found pasted inside the jacket of the hymnbook for the London's Foundling Hospital.    This was an orphanage that was famous for their children's chorus led by trained musicians.   It is remembered today through the hymnbook "Psalms, Hymns and Anthems of the Foundling Hospital, of 1796".   (source Cyber Hymnal)   There is a museum dedicated the the London Foundling Hospital.

The first two verses were penned by an anonymous author, the third verse was penned by Edward Osler.

The author of the first verse paraphrased Psalm 148, showing all creation praising the Lord.  Then it shows how the Lord created all, and all the world obeys his voice.   Verse two shows God's care for his creation, how his promises never fail.   Osler's third verse is our praise to God.

Edward Osler was a physician and author.  He worked as physician from 1819 to 1836.   After which he devoted himself to literary pursuits. Over time he ended up as the editor of the Royal Cornwall Gazette.   He wrote several literary works as well as hymns. (source hymnary)

Lyrics: 

Praise the Lord: ye heavens, adore Him;
Praise Him, angels in the height.
Sun and moon, rejoice before Him;
Praise Him, all ye stars of light.
Praise the Lord, for He hath spoken;
Worlds His mighty voice obeyed.
Laws which never shall be broken
For their guidance He hath made.

Praise the Lord, for He is glorious;
Never shall His promise fail.
God hath made His saints victorious;
Sin and death shall not prevail.
Praise the God of our salvation;
Hosts on high, His power proclaim.
Heaven and earth and all creation,
Laud and magnify His name.

Worship, honor, glory, blessing,
Lord, we offer unto Thee.
Young and old, Thy praise expressing,
In glad homage bend the knee.
All the saints in Heaven adore Thee;
We would bow before Thy throne.
As Thine angels serve before Thee,
So on earth Thy will be done.
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I thought this tune quite different, I liked how she sang it, but not sure if it would work as congregational singing.   She didn't sing the entire hymn.

A finally a more traditional approach

 

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