The Letter

“Dear Sir, ―It gives me the greatest pleasure to answer your kind letter, which I received quite safely in the trenches, and thank you very much for it. I am pleased to tell you that 1 have at last found Christ. He has been knocking at my heart’s door, now I have opened it and let Him in. I have sought and I have found, glory be to His precious name! Dear sir, what a blessing it is to have the Saviour with you always, guiding you and comforting you. It is such joy to me now in the trenches. I have often prayed to God silently, and, glory to His name, He has answered my prayer; although I was a sinner He did not despise me, He did not cast me aside. I have found it good to be a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. I do confess I was a sinner, but the Lord called upon me to surrender all and follow Him.... I thank God above that I am alive to-day to tell you this. Dear sir, I have been out here since last August. I have been slightly wounded once, not enough to make me leave my comrades. I have prayed to God every day and night to guard and protect me, to keep the shot and shell from striking me, and I can prove to anyone I may come in contact with that He has answered my prayer, so I will bless and glorify His name.”
This dear fellow had been made anxious through reading a Gospel of St. John and a “Message from God,” sent in a parcel.