“A Ring of Shining Angels”

A hospital nurse who had been attending to a wounded British soldier said to him the other day, “Do you believe in God?” He answered, “I do now, but I used not to. But since the battle of Mons my opinions have changed.” Proceeding, he said, “We had a terrible time, and at last a company of us were hemmed into a large chalk pit. Suddenly I looked up, and encircling the top of the pit was a ring of shining angels. As the cavalry rushed up, the horses saw them, and there was a general stampede. Our lives were saved, and the Germans were put to confusion.” Seven soldiers, including officers, saw the angels. The soldiers gave their names and addresses, and the nurse wrote and had the story authenticated, one officer writing, “It’s perfectly true.”