Read the Following Letter

“Dear Dr. Wreford, —Your monthly book, the ‘Message from God,’ seems to carry a blessing with it, for whenever offered it is always received with joy. While walking home one evening I had the pleasure of meeting a soldier, who gladly received a copy of the ‘Message.’ This led to an interesting conversation about his service at the Front. He spoke of the gospel work among the soldiers behind the trenches. He told me of an open-air meeting that was being held; some of the soldiers present began to mock at the Word of God; he said to them, ‘Lads, before you have been in the trenches long you will be on your knees praying,’ Then a young soldier stood out and began to preach; as he preached he gathered around him about five hundred soldiers, who listened with earnestness to what he had to tell them about Christ. When they went to the firing line these soldiers sang hymns on their way; such was the power of the Word on their souls. The soldier said to me when we parted: ‘If ever a man deserved a V.C. it was that young soldier, who was not ashamed of Christ.’”
T. S.
A dying soldier on a battlefield puts his hand into his pocket and brings out his Bible. With his trembling fingers he holds a lead pencil with which he writes in the sacred volume these words, “If I die, I shall be in heaven.”
In peace let me resign my breath,
And Thy salvation see;
My sins deserve eternal death,
But Jesus died for me.
I must quote from a letter received from an English sergeant who has been for some months a prisoner in Soltau in Hanover. I sent him a parcel of books to distribute to his fellow prisoners, and some German Bibles for the men guarding him. He writes: —