How Testaments are Needed

From the Front a worker writes to me saying that he met a whole convoy; not one of the men in it had ever had a Testament given to him from any source. From another friend I hear that at the Front there was only one Testament among some men, and they divided it in pieces, so that each one should have some portion of the Word of God.
Another writes me from the Front, saying: ―
“I have nothing but heartfelt thanks for all the parcels you so kindly sent, and yet I am looking and praying for more—more and more are needed. Tell the Christian people in England to cease buying two and three guinea Bibles, while the men out here can’t even get the crumbs that fall from the table. As for fighting for Testaments, in a sense, why that is an everyday occurrence with me. When I visit men with Testaments, they are almost snapped from me, and I have to say to the disappointed men, ‘I am sorry I have no more.’ If there ever was a time when it was possible to leave the stamp of, eternity on these men’s lives it is now. If the opportunity is lost now, it is lost forever. Your little paper, ‘A Message from God,’ is greatly valued. I could distribute thousands of them to men who would read them earnestly and prayerfully.”