Now these words, “I’ve got it,” are the words that a kind friend told Doctor Wreford to put in the “Message” instead of troubling to write a letter of thanks, when he received the ten shillings he sent, to send Testaments to our dear, brave men who are so willing to give their lives for their country. And, dear readers, you may be quite sure how glad they are to get them, both at the Front or at home, when drilling and preparing to go and face death. I had a most grateful letter from Glasgow this morning from a lady working in a Soldiers’ Home. She says, “Some sad eyes were turned to me, eyes that seemed to say, ‘Our faith is well-nigh gone,’ but their hands were stretched out eagerly, and every one received a Testament, except one, who said he had one. I told them the understanding was that the Testaments should be read, for God gives food for the body, but He expects us to find food for our souls by searching His Word.”
Another sentence of hers is good to hear, and she says, “there were so many men in the room I feared there were too many, and my books will be used up to fast.” Weak faith said, “You won’t get more, indiscriminate giving is generally wasteful. But no! God can overrule. I will take this as a prompting from Him, and I will obey. Oh! How glad the men were, and for this reason, dear friends, I beseech you to be quick in sending money to buy more Testaments whilst we have the chance of distributing it. Suppose we had not sent this eleven pound box of Testaments, that home would have left all those men to go to the Front without God’s Word. Let us be up and doing. This word doing puts in mind of a society of Christian Chinese. It is called “Not talking, but doing.” Shall we do?
Two ladies have just sent me each money enough to send Post free a Testament to one thousand soldiers! This is doing not taking. May God make us all do.
Emily P. Leakey