M. I. W., writes: ―
“It is indeed a terrible decree, which forbids the circulation of God’s Word among the French soldiers. May the power of God, in answer to believing prayer, speedily be manifested by a revocation of the order issued by the Commander-in-Chief of the French Army, and in its stead the granting of a permission for the spreading of the Scriptures among them.”
A Lady of eighty-eight writes: ―
“I am much distressed at the forbidding to send the New Testaments to the French soldiers...... The national sins, I fear, prolong God’s heavy’ chastisement, and keep back victory and peace. The indifference is appalling, when every family (with very few exceptions) is mourning the loss of dear ones, and yet there is very little national repentance.”