With Our Fighting Men: The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great WarSellers, William E.
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With Our Fighting Men: The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War
Sellers, William E.
Great Britain. Army -- Military life; World War, 1914-1918 -- Religious aspects
[Illustration: _Drawn by Paul Thiriat._
IN THE FORÉT DE LA NIEPPE.
An English private and a French sergeant bind each other's
wounds, and then faint from loss of blood. Both were rescued,
being discovered by a dog.]
"In this brief review reference has largely been confined to the
Salvationists in Great Britain in connexion with the war. This serves
as an index of similar efforts which are being actively carried
forward by Salvationists in every part of the world, especially in
France, Belgium, Switzerland, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and
even in Germany. They are caring for those reduced to poverty as a
result of the war, caring for the wounded, succouring the refugees,
and lending the hand of help in many other ways.
"We are unable to more than mention the splendid service rendered by
Salvationists in the United States, who organised what was termed an
'Old Linen Campaign'; 300,000 articles for the wounded--comprising
bandages, pads, &c.--in a large variety have already been made up, and
after being sterilised and labelled, sent forward to France, Belgium,
and Germany."
CHAPTER XI
HEADS OF ARMY WORK AT HOME TELL THE STORY OF WORK AT THE FRONT
Church of Scotland Commissioned Chaplains--One Hundred
Civilian Ministers of Scotland Offered Their Services--The
Rev. W. Stevenson Jaffray's Report--Many Forms of Service at
the Front--From No. 10 General Hospital, Rouen--The French
Decorate Our Soldiers' Graves--Report of the 1st Echelon
General Headquarters--A Chaplain's First Lesson--After Neuve
Chapelle--The Work of the Y.M.C.A.--A Breathlessly Summoned
Council--Six Hundred Centres--A Glorious Nine Months.
I am indebted to the Rev. J.A. McClymont, D.D., V.D., Convener of the
Church of Scotland General Assembly's Committee on Army and Navy
Chaplains, for the following account of Presbyterian work at the
front. It will supplement and bring up to date references to the work
of this great Church in the earlier chapters of this book.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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