I have received letters from hundreds of friends which have cheered my heart and encouraged me to go on with the work. I only wish I could print them all here, but that is impossible. I am keeping them all, and when the War is over, if the Lord· has not come, they will be always a “sweet savor” to my soul of Christian love and sympathy. I thank friends in: ―Berkswell, Wimbledon, Hampstead, Bournemouth, Glarryford, Westcliff-on-Sea; Exeter, Bolton Percy, Bedford, Wisbech, Barnstaple, London, Hacheston, Guernsey, Ealing, Crewe, Ivybridge, Sunningdale, Saltcoats, Bascombe, Newport (I. of W.), Cobham, Hampton Wick, Kingston (Jamaica), Ramsgate, two Torpedo Boats, Clare, Bradford, Blackheath, Hove, Alnwick, on many Men-of-War, Cricklewood, Bognar, Torquay, Ontario (Canada), North Tawton, St. Leonards, Exmouth, Freshwater (I. of W.), Perthshire, Burnham, Springdale (I. of W.), Middlesbrough, Otley Road, Wilby Eye, Hereford, Paignton, Topsham, Worthing, from the Trenches, Bramford Speke, Colchester, Holsworthy, Chagford, Edinburgh, Teignmouth, Ilfracombe, Thanet, Penge, Norwood, Pontefract, Manchester, Malvern, Southall, Altrincham, Eltham, Kensington, Budleigh Salterton, Cullumpton, Aintree, Oxford, Ebrington, Hath, Glasgow, Arbroath, Chesham, Southampton, Wanswell, Portland, Olney, Devonport, Dartmouth, Muswell Hill, Haytor, Danbury, Yarm, Margate, Clevedon, Lewisham, Waltham Cross, Ventnor, Chelmsford, East Croydon, Singleton, Sudbury, Coventry, New Zealand, Eastleigh, Hungerford, Ohio, St. Albans, Feriston, New South Wales, Ashford, Nettle-stone, Sa1isbury, Bemerton, Tiverton, Brantford (Canada), Fanebridge, Tullamore, Fleet, Leith, Medhurst, Dunstan Hall, Lee, Fowey, Ipswich, Greenwich, Basingstoke, Gosport, Aldershot, Hull, Rotherham, Chorley, Thorpe, Harley, Blackburn, Southgate, Burtonon Trent, Wrexham, Eyke, Odiham, Worksop, Whitchurch, Shorncliffe, etc:
These are places from which I have received help and sympathy this year. Many are left out, doubtless, and the word “London,” includes a host. I print this list to show how widespread has been the deep, true, Christ-like sympathy. Thank God for the hundreds of “God bless you’s” that have come from so many places. The benediction of God’s people is a crown of rejoicing. Thank God for all the prayers. I want your help more than ever, dear friends. With deep feeling I say, God bless you for all you have done.
Remember the overwhelming need. Remember the little time we have to work. Remember the brave men for whom we work. Pray and help.