A GUARDIAN ANGEL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1628, 24 October 1916, Page 3

A GUARDIAN ANGEL.

“Rome of my lime in (lie (reaches lias been employed in burying British dead that have lain on (he field for a fortnight or so,” writes Lieut. Colonel McKenzie, one of (lie New Zealand chaplains at the front. “Going forth with pick mid shovel, 1 have sought to give those heroes Christian burial. In doing this the other morning, just after daylrreak, I had occasion to go on a ridge in full view of the enemy from (wo points. They started shelling, evidently thinking I was one of the digging party. They sent over whizz-bangs —77’s —and later big shells; these fell in close proximity. I had buried seven of those fallen heroes —all Sussex men —when*my guardian angel said: ‘Get away from here quickly.’ 1 obeyed instantly, and had got: away 25 yards in a slanting direction from the enemy’s lire when a big shell landed rigid on the spot where 1 had boon standing a minute before. I only got a shower of earth! “At all times of great danger 1 am quieliy coliseums of tins guardian angel’s presence while engaged on such work. I cannot see him, nor can I tell you who or what he is like, but I hear ids voice sometimes saving; ‘Do not go there;’ ‘Get in here;’ ‘Lie down in that shell-hole.’; ‘Be careful’; ‘You are quite safe’; ‘Wait live minutes here’; and suchlike messages. I could give at least six’instances within the past week where a prompt attention to his instructions has saved me from those big shells. I now’ know that if 1 pay heed, ami obey God, I will continue unharmed till my work is finished, so if 1 fall on the field yon will know’ the reason. I’m ready to live or die!”