“You Will Tell My Mother”

In the Dardanelles an Australian soldier lay dying. A hospital nurse kneeling on the ground held his head in her lap. He smiled as the Chaplain knelt beside him; then he clenched his teeth as spasms of pain twisted his body. As he listened to the story of the Saviour’s love he clasped the Chaplain’s hand and looked with earnest eyes into his face. And then, with heart at rest, he gave his last message, “Sir you will tell my mother.” Yes, the mother must know that her boy has gone to heaven―from the storm of war to the endless peace of God. A father and mother at a large London station are bidding farewell to their eldest son, a Life Guardsman. They pleaded with him to come to Christ before he went into battle. He was impressed, but he did not yield. After he was gone the father and mother made it their daily prayer that their boy might be saved. A week passed, and then a letter came from the Front. As the mother read it, she burst into tears of joy―their boy had been converted. In his letter he said that their lives had such an effect on him, and their parting words of Godspeed had so remained with him, that on his way over the sea he had felt compelled to get on his knees and cry to God for salvation.