By:
Edited by Heyman Wreford
TRULY it makes one weep to know there are hundreds of our dear, British soldiers who are literally asking for the Word of Life, which British Christians have failed to supply them with. Out on the battlefield they have felt the drawing of God, they have realized that the God they have neglected at home is drawing them to think and to seek; and so they cry to the Scripture Reader for Testaments. Ah! read what one of the Readers wrote: — “Had I Testaments I would meet the trains leaving, but I dare not go to see so many sad and disappointed faces at my woeful cry, ‘No more left, laddie.’ Really, I can’t face it. I’ve just simply stated what they are running after me for, and I cannot supply the need, but I pass on their cry! Perhaps you can help.”
Let each one of us say, “I will help the Lord with all the power that I have that He has given me. I will offer it willingly” (Judg. 5:9). I received a letter from a private at the Front, who writes: ―
“I am thankful to God our Father in preserving my life during this great and awful campaign. I have prayed silently to God to guide and protect me during the four months, and I can testify that He has kept His promise when He said, ‘Lo, I am with you always.’ One fault with me was, Why should I have waited until I appeared upon the battlefield and was placed in danger before I made my appeal to the Lord Jesus Christ to save me? I would like you to appeal to all men in the congregation of the church you attend, to appeal to the Father now, not wait until they are in the battle fell them a soldier has appealed, and thanks to His holy name, He has answered my prayer on the battlefield, where thousands a day are laying down their lives. I appeal to all to give up all and follow Jesus Christ.”
And so, dear readers, I pass on this soldier’s cry to you, and say, pass it on! pass it on! so that those you know may come to the help of the Lord and send forth His word to the men in the battlefield. A little khaki Testament only costs 2d., but thousands of 2d.’s cost a great deal. Won’t you help now, this July?
Emily P. Leakey.