A soldier gives us this interesting account of the grace of God. He says, “A short time before I was wounded, I was invited by the officers of the regiment to a supper given in honor of a soldier who had been through all the war, and had done many brave deeds, but had received no reward for them. After the supper was over one of the officers said to him, ‘You have been through all this war and have not told us a single incident in it: now tell us what you consider the most wonderful thing you have seen in it.’ The soldier waited a minute, then stood up and said, I was walking near my trench one day when I saw a young soldier lying on the ground intently reading a book. I went up to him and said, “What book is that you are reading?” “My Bible,” he answered. “Oh!” I said, “I read my Bible for years and it never did me any good; give it up, man, give it up!” He answered, “Listen to what I am reading, ‘Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.’” He read on to the end of the chapter. “Oh!” I said, “I have read that chapter many a time, and it never did me any good; give it up, man, give it up.” He looked at me and said, “If you knew what the Bible is to me,, you would never ask me to give it up,” and as he spoke the light on his face was so bright, I never saw anything like it—it fairly dazzled me, I could not look at it, so I turned and walked away.
‘Soon after a bomb fell near the place where we had been, and when the dust had cleared away, I thought I would go and see if that young soldier was safe. I found his head had been completely blown off, but I saw his Bible sticking out of his breast pocket, and here it is,’ he said, holding it up. ‘I say the most wonderful thing I have seen during the war was the light on that young soldier’s face, and more than that, I can now say that his Saviour is my Saviour too!’”