I felt very homesick and miserable,
and about midnight, when everything was very still, I was beginning to
feel very weary and thought that I would comfort myself by praying and
singing a hymn. I remember singing this hymn,
'All my trust on Thee is stayed,
All my help from Thee I bring,
Cover my defenceless head
With the shadow of Thy wing.'
After I had sung those words a strange peace came down upon me, and
through the long night I remember having felt no more fear."
"Now," said the other man, "listen to my story. I was a Union soldier,
and was in the wood that night with a party of scouts. I saw you
standing up, although I didn't see your face, and my men had their
rifles focused upon you waiting the word to fire, but when you sang
out,
'Cover my defenceless head
With the shadow of Thy wing,'
I said, 'Boys, put down your rifles, we will go home.' I couldn't kill
you after that."
God was working in each of them, in His own way carrying out His will.
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