Dear George,
“I feel I must write a few lines to you, thanking you for leading me, a sinner, to Christ, Who died for all sinners.
“I feel so happy now that I could cry for joy. Oh! if men would only be led, what a happy world this would be. I hardly need say that I received a mixed reception. I distributed some of the tracts to every man in my hut. There are thirty all told, and out of the-thirty there was one man who refused to have them, and told me, to take them from his bed, which I did. Well, my heart aches for that man; pray God he will repent before it is too late. Well George, I sat on my bed, and I had joy in my heart when I saw some of them reading the tracts, and I went over to each one and asked them if they had a Testament, and only one had got one. One in thirty!
“Well, I gave each man a postcard to send to Di. Wreford, and they were so pleased.
“This little incident only serves to show how very much good work there is needed out here. Words cannot express my gratitude towards you for the way in which you led me to Christ my Saviour. May God bless you now and always.―Yours, in Christ, F. ASTINGTON:”