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THE DELIVERANCES AT MONS The editor of th e “Life of F a ith ,” (London) received th e following com munication: “S ir:— The re tre a t from Mons was an incident of the w ar a t its commence ment; a t Mons the w ar term inated. The first phase was a calam ity, th e la st a trium ph. We heard of th e reported intercep tion Of Divine agencies in the peril of the first b attle of Mons: and th e w it nesses were no t a few to th e vision of angels holding back the oncoming Ger mans. But th e reports, lacked definite ness. It was almost impossible to ob ta in first-hand testimony. There was a general acceptance of m iraculous in terference; b u t anything fu rth e r seemed hard to obtain. It is for th is reason th a t I now w rite to say th a t a few days ago a soldier named Fitzgib- bon, who came to me in a tim e of need, related his experience o t th e incident. He said th a t in the Mons onslaught of the Germans his u n it would have been “wiped o u t” b u t for th e strange hap penings a t th e moment. He was con scious of a b rig h t ligh t above him , and movement in th e atmosphere, th e Ger mans being distinctly held back and prevented from moving fu rth e r fo r ward. He stated fu rth e r th a t a chap lain n ear him (a clergyman from K ent) was gazing in ten tly a t th e vision, amazed a t the proceedings, and was stru ck on the arm by shrapnel while looking up. The m an’s testim ony was u nh esitat ingly given, and, as he was plainly a Christian man, I felt his word cannot be doubted. .The coincidence of th is place, Mons, being th e locality of the Divine deliver ance, and th e scene of th e final phase of th e fighting on th e p a rt of th e B rit ish, seems to confirm our conclusion th a t God did, indeed, “ fight for u s” in a very wonderful manner. To Him, therefore, be all th e glory.”— Jam es Holroyde.
Ckurch of The LivingGod ■AST thou heard t h e voice which spoke from iheaven, “ Surely I come quickly?” A n d hast ' thou responded to it gladly, “ Even so, come , L o r d Jesus?” Does His absence lay heavily upon thy spirit? Does the promise of His re turn cheer thee? And is the thought of His speedy com ing a most welcome hope in t h e s e days, when men’s hearts are failing them for fear? Then how is the pros pect operating? Is it full of quickening, animating, stim ulating power? Is it kindling up your love into greater warmth? Is it increasing the intensity of your earnest ness ? Is it making the sep aration between you and the world a more decided thing ? Is it imparting a deeper solemnity to your, deport ment, and attaching an un utterable importance to ev ery word and action? Is it rebuking idleness, and sloth, and vanity, and frivolity, and levity, and selfishness? Has it uprooted and de stroyed in you covetousness and worldliness, those two master-sins of this evil age? And has it made you liberal and generous, enlarging your heart to give,—to give with no sparing hand so long as time remaineth?—H. Bonar.
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