The Cry From the Trenches

From every trench, on every battle front, I seem to hear the cry, “Come and help us.” If ever there was a time when we ought to be in earnest it is now. “Give us the Word of God,” they seem to say. Let us hear the voice of God speaking to us. Men tell us we can save ourselves. What does God say? Yes, what will God say to these men by and bye—these “blind leaders of the blind”? A dear friend writes to me, saying:― “I am glad to tell you of a young sergeant in the K.O.T.B. who received one of your Gospels and has written from France to say that he was led to Christ through that Book; but as we have not heard from him for some months we fear he has fallen in the fight, but if he has he has gone to wear the victor’s crown. Indeed, dear Dr. Wreford, there are thousands, I feel sure, have been won for the dear Lord in this way, and hundreds who, in their last moments, have accepted Christ through giving them the Word of God.”
Yes, this is true, and gives emphasis to what I am about to request.