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A SOLDIER'S RELIGION

An interesting letter, illustrating tho chnngo which has taken placo in the .religious outlook of many of tho rtien at the . front, appears in the "Whitby Gazette." The wrilw, a private in the;. 21st Royal Fusiliors, says that before the' war:— *-

"Tommy was to me, tho most soulless creature it was possible to find. Up to coming out here, I thought him ill* same. We used to go to Church parades when in camp, and find nothing in the service at all. Here, with shells flying about, life is not so sure, and 'Tommy is learning that lie wants something .m whiffTi to lean. It is not uncommon to hear a man say, "I never said my prayers till I came out here.' A crucifix—the only thing left standing in a village, amidst a heap of ruins, makes 'Tommy wonder. In fact. Tommy'- is' not soulless now. He's no saint, and 'his language is decorative, but he lias learned to think out here, and I believe there'l 1 be a new England when the last shell's gone over. 1 could tell you a few personal well, not secrets, but facts. t couttf tell you that J.' find myself saying a littlo prayer as I go up (ho trenches;-,whither my thoughts fly when a bombardment starts, and what' a starlight s n'ight and machine-gun fire make me Ifiink."

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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2837, 31 July 1916, Page 9

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A SOLDIER'S RELIGION Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2837, 31 July 1916, Page 9

A SOLDIER'S RELIGION Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2837, 31 July 1916, Page 9

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