Angels at the Battlefield

These men in white have been seen upon the battlefields today. “Now and again,” a Christian tells us, “a wounded man on the field is conscious of one in white coming to help him.” Yes, they are “ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to those who shall be heirs of salvation.”
A mother’s prayers have many a time brought these “men in white” from the presence of God to guard the loved one prayed for in the hour of danger. A dying mother was praying for her soldier son, who was a stranger to his mother’s God. Many times she spoke of him, and said, “Oh, it would gladden my heart to know he was saved and fighting for the Lord, but if I do not live to see it, I know my prayers will be answered in His good time. I leave him in His hands.” And just before she died she was asked if she had any fear. Her answer was, “No, not a single fear or doubt, my blessed Lord keeps me in perfect peace. Christ is everything to me.”
Soldiers and sailors with praying mothers, their prayers have many a time interposed a barrier between you and death: While you are facing the foe abroad, think of the dear mother at home facing God for you.