A Voice From the Front

From a worker in France I receive this letter: — “Many thanks for your very encouraging letter, also for the two parcels. They were just what I needed and came at the right time, as there were many men here who were leaving next day, and as I see all the drafts off at the station I gave them to those men, who said they wished to have a Gospel or a Testament. It is not convenient to say how many men left for the Front on that day, but if I had had twenty such parcels as you so kindly sent I could have given them to men who said they would be pleased to have a portion. It is a sad but glorious work; sad to see so many dear men going to face such awful danger. When these dear fellows leave here it is the last rail journey for oh! so many of them, and this is what I seem to hear them say to me:
‘Tell me the story softly,
With earnest tones and grave;
Remember I’M the sinner
Whom Jesus came to save.
Tell ME the story always
If you would really be,
In any time of trouble,
A comforter to me.’
This is what they are craving for, and by God’s grace these Testaments and portions offer them that comfort.”