Pray for Edward Somerville

He is the son of Monsieur and Madame Somerville, of Tremel. His mother has sent me his photo, and has given me some details concerning him. She says in her letter: “He was twenty-one when the War broke out, and was serving his two years in the Army when the War was declared. He was in the band, and in consequence was ‘brancardier.’ He was wounded in the knee and taken prisoner on August 22nd 1914, at Messin, in Belgium. First he was taken to Ohrdruf in Thüringen, then in December he went to Erfurt. In June, 1915, he was removed to a reprisals’ camp at Soltau in Hanover, where he remained till October, and was then taken back to Erfurt, where he passed the winter. In April he was again taken to Ohrdruf, and from there sent to a reprisals’ camp in Russia called Rakischké. His last letter, dated July 20th, which we received on August 28th tells us that he has gone about eighty miles more to the north of Russia, but he cannot say more... Our dear boy says that it is in such circumstances that they appreciate the privilege of belonging to Christ. He alone can strengthen him and give him the courage to endure all. Pray for him, and for us, that our faith fail not. The inscription on the photograph is his address, which means 3rd Co., 21st Section 1 No. 63.”
This dear soldier bears the marks of what he has suffered on his face, but he bears it all with Christian fortitude and resolution. I ask you to pray that he may soon be put in easier circumstances. He says he did not think it possible that the human body could endure such hardship.