Glorious times yesterday, about seventy or eighty at parade
service. I took John i. 29, "Behold the Lamb." Afternoon Bible
reading. Evening out-door meeting, about 400 or 500 men listening;
then indoor meeting. A dear fellow of our regiment gloriously
converted Saturday night. Took his place with us in the open-air
ring last night.'

Such stories as these tell of intense devotion, of a consecration that
is indeed 'out and out.' They show that every Christian soldier is a
Christian missionary, and that a Christian army would be the most
powerful missionary society in the world.

In many cases Christian officers were instrumental in bringing numbers
of the men to Christ: among these may be mentioned Captain Thompson, of
the 4th Field Battery R.A., who held services three times a week
throughout the voyage, and whose loving and earnest addresses had a
powerful influence upon his hearers.

Tons of literature of all descriptions were put upon the troopships at
the port of embarkation. Mr. Punter, the Wesleyan Scripture reader,
himself distributed six tons at Southampton. One society seemed to vie
with another in thus ministering to the wants of the men. The Soldier's
Testament proved a boon to many, and as our lads return from the front,
many of them show with pride their Testaments, safely brought back
through many a fierce fight.

In the evenings, on many of the ships, large numbers met and sang hymns.
A soldier never tires of singing, and his 'Sankey' is an unfailing
friend. Many a lad had thus brought back to memory days of long ago, and
gave himself to his mother's God.