قراءة كتاب With Our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War

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With Our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War

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Sellers William E

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AT THE FRONT

192 XII. WHEN THE MEN COME HOME 207

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

A Moonlight Consecration Service	Frontispiece
The Military Cross: The New Decoration For Special Gallantry of Officers	p. ix
TO FACE PAGE
When the Lads Depart	12
Helping the Helpless	26
"It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary"	43
Bishop Taylor-Smith, Chaplain General, and Other Chaplains	58
British Trenches in the Aisne District	74
British Soldier Comforting a Dying German	88
A Sunday Evening Service on the Field	98
In the Trenches	108
The Bishop of London Addressing Men of the Army Service Service Corps at the Front	118
Hot Food for the Wounded—A New Form of Red-Cross Work	134
A Rescue Party. Good Samaritans of the Battlefield	142
An Incident During the Fighting on the Marne	150
A Voluntary Service on a Battleship	162
A Fight in the Air. British Airman Attacking a German Monoplane	178
An Incident in the Forêt de la Nieppe	190
When the Men Come Home	207

The Military Cross.
The New Decoration for Special Gallantry of Officers. Already several Army Chaplains have won it.ToList

INTRODUCTIONToC

The story I am about to tell is one of surpassing interest. It is the story of Christian life, work, and heroism among our troops at the front.

The soldier is easily moved to good or to evil. In the past evil influences have been more powerful and more numerous than influences for good. Our soldiers had been drawn, for the most part, from classes outside all churches and Christian influences, and the wet canteen had been the most popular institution in the Army.

For the last twenty-five years, however, the situation has been altering for the better. The day-school has done its work, and a free education has accomplished splendid things for the working-man. The Sunday-school, too, has extended its scope and has of late years been more efficient than ever before. There has been a steady levelling up of the people, and the Army has risen with the rest. Said a soldier to me during the South African war: "They think we are the same as we used to be, but we are no longer the scum of the earth."

Slowly and surely the work done outside the Army has been reflected in the Army. The Army Temperance Association, the Soldiers' Christian Association, the Soldiers' Homes provided by the churches, and other uplifting organisations have found that they were working on soil to some extent prepared. The soldier has responded readily to the appeals made, and the Soldiers' Homes have become as popular as the canteens, and often more so. A Soldiers' Home in a camp has meant at once a change for the better. The senior officers have recognised this fact, and have gladly welcomed every Christian effort on behalf of their men.

I remember, when Bordon and Longmoor camps were formed, with what joy my colleagues and I were welcomed by the officer in command. Everything he had was placed at our disposal, a hut was apportioned to us, and we furnished it, for the

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