September 6th 1918

“Dear Father and Mother,
“Same say there is or cannot be any God; but I have proved it. Some one seemed to speak to me when I was in a shell-hole, and they said: ‘Don’t fear, I am always with thee.’ And I felt twice the same.
“O, I haven’t half thanked the Lord that I was spared to come through it. It was like a new world to get back in an old barn for a few days’ rest, before we go into the line again. From your loving son, Bert. God bless you all.”