The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-17

other will be quite like the first. We
get hardened to things routine, after
n while, suppose, but mist of tears
gathered in my eyes from the time
they arose to sing the first hymn,
"Stand up. stand up for Jesus, We sol
licrs of the Cross" q believe it's in
our book at home), and | never got
control of myself the rest of the serv.
ice. Those splendid young Fellows,
elean.eut, clear-eyed. many from the
middle West and far West, typical of
tae best America has to offer in this
great adventure-well, it was too much
for me as | looked down on their eager,
up-turned faces, and it would have been
too much for any one human. They
gave almost oppressive attention. 1t
would have lessened the tensity if some
one had moved, or eoughed, or even
gone to sleep, but they were hungry
for the gospel When men are far from
home and realize they may never see
home again, they find it easy to be-
liovc in God and the things that live
beyond death and wounds. | talked to
them from Paul s second letter to
Timothy, second chapter, third verse:
Endure hardness as good soldier of
Jesus Christ. 1t is the advice of a
man of middle years, or nearing the
end to one on the threshold. don Z
recall ever preached from it before
What | said Sunday is more or less
hay now. Surely il was different from
what planned. But they were very
apprcciative, almost to a man waiting
to thank me and ask me to come again
| mentioned a good woman. at home
and her brave fight against cancer: one
fellow waited 10 tell me how his moth
er fought bravely the same disease
Several asked to be prayed for, and
took from my pocket few copies OF
tho Prayer for Soldiers and Sailor.
similar to what I put into the service
book at home. ! had 500 printed t
bring with me for that very purpose.
The auto failed to come to take m,
home and | had to walk back severa
miles through this awful French mud
1t S as bad "a described. Then | threy
myself down i'll a chair and gave wa.
to the feelings pent up all these months
and almost overpower.ng me in my frs
service in the presence of those VIII
GRE now the only hope of the salvatio
lof America and of western civilization
| managed TO get together and spen
the afternoon at a camp composed en-
tirely of colored soldiers from the ia
South. o, how they like sweet ehocc
late, candies and Jam. l have man
funny stories concerning them an
their notions of things
The Sunday New York Times of Fet
10 arrived today and was eagerly d.
voured. | am glad TO read Nine. CALI
Curri made such success in New Yorl
None like her since Patti says tn
Times. One of the things looked TO,
ward to was hearing her again in Bo
ton. But now that must wait yea
or moro. ] did hear a record of TIE
raz2ini singing her Swiss Echo Song,
i'll one of our five huts. Some of th
boys like classics more than rag-tim
music. But "Home Sweet Home
never played-and there's a reaso
too.
have seen my first German priso
ers, and also a little Belgian refug,
boy. who barred to us his horribly m
tilated body. The Germans killed h
father, mother, brother and sisters
had read much Of this, but seeing it
ar. I'D sp a, q pro ss.!sEss T.
paciiists at home could have one loo