The battle was over and many brave lads lay sorely wounded in the hospital tent. A weary evangelist had just lay down to get a little sleep, when an orderly came to tell him that a desperately wounded soldier wanted to see him.
He went to the dying boy, who said, "Sir, will you help me to die?”
The evangelist answered: "I would help you to die if I could. I would take you on my shoulders and carry you into the kingdom of God; but I cannot. I can only tell you of the One who can.”
He told him of Christ who was so anxious to save him that He left heaven to seek and to save the lost. He quoted promise after promise of salvation by faith. But all was dark to the dying boy. At last he read the third chapter of John which gives the account of a man inquiring the way of salvation, just as this poor soldier was.
The dying soldier lay with eyes riveted upon the reader, and every word seemed to be going home to his heart. When he came to the verse, "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life," the poor fellow said: "Stop, sir; is that there?”
"Yes, it is right here.”
Then he said, "Won't you please read it again?”
It was read again. The soldier put his hands together, saying, "Bless God for that. Won't you please read it again?”
The whole chapter was read, but before the end of it was reached he had closed his eyes. His lips were quivering as he repeated the verse quoted. He had pillowed his dying head upon the Gospel truth, and soon was in the presence of his Savior.
May God help every lost one to look to the Lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world.