Clasping His Bible in Death

Could any more touching testimony be received as to the value of the work of spreading the Word of God than the fact that our lads who, are facing-danger and death in the firing-line long to help to spread the Gospel to others? There are many evidences that in the moment of danger and death the Word of God is the possession the soldier prizes most of all. After a recent engagement, when a trench was lost, and finally re-won, one of the British soldiers was found dead upon his knees―shot through the back of the head―even in death clasping the Bible firmly in his hand.