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J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 6: hospital work. (search)
and that he was returning, broken in health, to his three little motherless children. But for the comforts of religion he thinks he would have lost his mind; his fellow-soldiers came frequently into his tent, and read the Scriptures and sang and prayed with him. One text, said he, was in my mind day and night, awake and asleep: Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him. I concluded the poor fellow knew more about religion than myself, and felt comforted while trying to comfort him. Rev. Mr. Hume writes: Petersburg. I have been for some weeks devoting my time to the hospitals in the city, and find myself becoming more and more absorbed in the work. The noble men are so fond of having one to talk with them about Jesus, that my heart is made to rejoice with theirs. The other day I was reading a few tracts to a sick soldier, and while reading one on the Blood of Christ he became so enthused that he shouted aloud, Glory to God! and it was some time before he could be quieted