The Loss of the “Bulwark”

“A Bereaved Mother,” who lost a son on the Bulwark, says she is constrained to write that which may comfort others as it has comforted her. She often reads, she says, of officers giving tribute to their men. She writes to do the same to Captain Sclater and Chaplain Hewetson, of the Bulwark. Her son, in writing, told her that “each day a solemn service had been held, through which the men had become daily more attached to the Chaplain. After each service the Captain had addressed them, telling them to be prepared for death at any moment. Then they had five minutes’ silent prayer, and, “her son added,” then I pray for you and the War.” The mother proceeds: “Think, dear fellow mourners, how those eight hundred souls have been prepared to meet their God, in company with those two dear officers.
“Pray, pray earnestly, pray continuously, for our Soldiers and Sailors.

The Diary of a Soul
By the Editor