Covenant with Death

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and if justice was not rightness, how could it be justice? That was why you shot a crippled horse. That was also why you drank during Prohibition. Because sometimes justice and rightness did not seem to be the same. Justice was public and rightness was private and if they were not the same you chose rightness and did not inflict pain. And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. Ben Lewis, a young judge, appointed by the governor as a favor for Ben’s dad who had saved the governor’s life years ago, wonders if her husband is really guilty and soon finds himself judging not only himself, but the nature of the law itself, thoughsome doubt Ben’s legal ability – and Ben often does as well. Louise Talbot has been murdered. The prime suspect is her husband. Set in a small town in post WWI, American south-west, there is lots of talk about the character of the murder victim and her husband. There is also a lot of speculation and moralizing about the trial and its aftermath. God equates all sin with death. Adam and Eve made a covenant with death and it’s ruler in the garden of Eden. “The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’ ””

Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs. And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. Eventually, in desperation even Judah made a treaty with the weakened nation of Egypt for aid in case of an invasion from the Assyrian empire. I bought this in a second hand bookshop in Bangkok of all places and it's spent the last thirty years travelling around the world with me. Superficially, it's a straight forward tale of Kitchener's Army (a thinly disguised version of the Sheffield Pals) from formation in 1914 to destruction on the Somme in 1916. My grandmother was born in Sheffield. I can remember my great grandmother and grandmother telling me stories of what happened to the City of Sheffield after the battle of the Somme in World War I. My maternal great uncle was a member of the Sheffield City Battalion (12th Battalion) York Regiment 94th Brigade, 31 Division and died at the Somme. I have his regimental patch with the white rose on it. I grabbed this book “Covenant with Death” by John Harris because it was a historical novel about the Sheffield City Battalion. The book was first published in 1961 and has been reprinted several times since then. The audio book I read was released on September 4, 2014.Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death , and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge , and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: A gorgeous small town beauty has been strangled – but by whom? Her husband, drunk, found her – and he is arrested. But he keeps saying he’s innocent. Who wouldn’t? I’d never heard of this author and I have no idea if his other works are anywhere near this good. Not only is there a great sense of time and place but the dialog is fantastic. The main character is a young (29 year old) judge who is partly of Mexican descent himself although an accepted feature of the “good” part of town. Times are changing. I wouldnt recommend toddlers seeing some of the images, but Giles Poilu is right, i think most, if not all of us today have been exposed to similar or even worse images many times over. I could quite happily go through life with-out ever seeing some of these pictures but it has deffinitly opened my eyes further on a fascinating subject, completly different to the sterile, all chivilrous descriptions i remember from my school days (although as i said before, there are obvious pictures of friendly-ness between individual Brits & Germans. Was this common? and was it just between Brits & Germans?)).

It says we have made a covenant with death, and an agreement with hell. They have done this because they have made lies their refuge, and try to hide under falsehoods. It says it plainly in Hosea chapter 10:13 that “ ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way…” We Have Made a Covenant with Death Harris had a father and father-in-law who fought in the battle and survived without injury, a brother-in-law and uncle who were gassed (as was my grand-dad), two uncles who lost legs, with a fourth killed. It is based on their remembrances and is very true to what happened- my Grand-dad Bunce said so. And your covenant with death shall be canceled, And your pact with Sheol shall not stand; When the overwhelming scourge passes through, Then you become its trampling place. Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:" Isaiah 28:15 KJV Copy Print Similar Verses SaveOf course Ben also has two loves – a fair haired Swedish beauty many hours north in Albuquerque – and a Spanish beauty many hours south in Mexico.

Set in 1923 in Soledad City, New Mexico, a newly minted state, A Covenant With Death is a courtroom drama that evolves into so much more. Ben Morales is a young, inexperienced district judge in this town where serious crime is rare, and the murder of Mrs. Louise Talbot is far from being an open and shut case. What he learns as this case develops, and what we learn along with him, is literary genius.

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Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it. Your covenant with death will be annulled, And your agreement with Sheol will not stand; When the overflowing scourge passes through, Then you will be trampled down by it. Your covenant with death shall be canceled and your pact with Sheol shall not stand. When the raging flood passes through, you shall be beaten down by it. And your covenant with death shall wiped out and your bond with Sheol shall not stand. When the overwhelming scourge will pass through, you will be for treading under foot

The republication of this 1961 novel is arriving in a timely manner, as WWI historical fiction has become popular with the anniversary upon us. Covenant with Death is a book about three chums who joined the British Army at the start of the war. The author, John Harris, writes with authenticity from the viewpoint of foot soldier Mark Fenner, “Fen” to his buddies. We follow Fen and some of the local boys from their hometown in Sheffield, England, to Egypt and then to the Somme. The reader travels with the army in dark, louse-infested boxcars to the front and experiences new lands and budding relationships born out of loneliness, then finally the horrors of war along with the men in this Company. On a sultry day in the spring of 1923, Louise Talbot spends the last afternoon of her life lounging in the shade of a sycamore tree in her front yard. Beautiful and vivacious, Louise is the talk of Soledad City—every man lusts after her; every woman wants to know her secrets. She is found strangled to death that evening, and when the investigation uncovers her affair with another man, the citizens of the frontier town draw the obvious conclusion: Bryan Talbot murdered his wife in a fit of jealousy and rage. Welcome, DISH customer! Please note that we cannot save your viewing history due to an arrangement with DISH. Only one novel about the war since 1945 has the power and feeling of veracity to compare with the works of the 1920s and 30s . . . Covenant with Death by John Harris'

Because ye have said: 'We have made a covenant with death, and with the nether-world are we at agreement; when the scouring scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood have we hid ourselves';