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-irandes of the cut barbed wire on the
grounl, waiting for a challenge and
the ineviiable volley of rifle fire. Not h
Sing happened. I suppos the fellow
who cut the barbed wire improperly
was the one Who had sneezed about
half an hour previously. What we
wished him wcould never make his new
year a happy one.
The officer, in my opinion, at the
noise of the wire should have given the
four-tap signal, which meant, "On your
own, get back to your trenches as
cl icily as possible," but again lie moust
have relled ol the spiel tlit Old Pep
per had gi vn us in the dugout, "'Per
sonally I believe that that part of the
(iermin Irenuchi is unoccupied." Any
way, we got cnreless, but not so eniire
less liat we sang patriotic songs or
made any unnecessary noise.
Durin;g the intervals of falling star
shl Is we car ried on with our wire cut
ting until at last we succeeded in get
ting through the (h-riman harhed wire.
Al (his leif vit we were only ten feet
frii the (German trenches. If we were
liscv iieredI, we were like rats In a trap.
tfur way was cut otT unless we ran
along the wire to the narrow lane wve
had cut through. With our hearts In
our mouths we waited for the three
tapl) signal to rush the German trench.
'Three taps had gotten alboul t halfway
dawn the line w'hel suddenIly about ten
to twenty (lernuiuit Star slidlls were
fired all along the trench and landed
in the harhed wire in rear of us, turn
ing night into day and silhouetting us
against- tle wall of light tiade by the
ib res. In the glaring light we were
confront ed by the following unpleasant
50' 'lE'.
All along the Gernain trench, at
aieeut three-foot intervals, stood a big
Iriissin gua rdlsman11 with his rifle at
le altii, 1(1)11 titei we foeind out why
we Ihad not been chliIlengaede whteni lie
man1i1i ylnce'zed and tle harhed wire had
been impreuopervly u"t. About three feet
inl front of thle tretch they had conil
strcud ed Ia single fence of ha rhed wire
and i we knew eu ciIhiances were one
Ihousndul to one of returniing aiive.
\'e eoulbl not rash their tr'ench ' n ac
'eeiuit of Ihis se414tl deieitse. 'T'hen
in fronit or me thle challen'rge, "JIuil t,"'
given In a1Ergl ish ran g 0out. andie one of
ie finiest tings I have 'ver heird on
the west ern frt took place.
From the middn of our lIne sone
Tommyiu ainswveredh thle challenge with),
"Aw go to lh-i." It must have been
the mani who had Snieezed'( or who had
Iimiproperly cut the harhbed wire ; lie
wanted( to show lerit Ithalii t he could(
die giamie. Th'len etame thle voelley. Ma
cli ne guns were tiluned loose a nd sev
('riil hombls were thIirownl in our rear.
Tlhie htochie in front of me was looking
down his sight. Tis fellow mIght
hauve, under ordinairy circumistainces,
been handsome, but wuhen I view.edl himi
from the tront of his rifle he had the
goblins of childhood Iiagiationl rele
gated to the shade.
Then caime a flash in front of me, the
flare of hIs rifle-and my head seemed
teo burst. A bullet had lilt mue on the
left side of imy face about half an
tiuch fr'omi my eye, smaiishinig the cheek
honces. I put my hland to my face and
fell forward, biting the ground aind
kicking liy feet. I thought I wais dy
Ing, but1, dlo you know, my past life d11d
11o tinfold blefore me the way it does
in no~vels.
Tihue blood was streaming down my
tunIc, anid the pain was awvful. When
I Camne to I said to myself, "10mp, old
boy, you belong in Jersey City, iand
you'd better get back there as quickly
as possible."
'11he bullets were cracking overhead.
I crawled a few feet back to the Ger
A man barbed wire, and in a stooping po
t sltlon, guiding myself lby the wiree I
I) wen'lt dowii the line looking for the
e lane we had cut through. Before
e. reachinag this lane I came to a ilmp
s formi which seemed like ai bag of flats
hiumggng over the wire, In tlte dim
y lIght I could see that its hiande were
1- hhteikenedj, andio knew it was the hodly
o- elonle of my mates. I put my hand
1, 'In his head, the top of whIch hiad been
II blown off by a bomb. My fingers sarck
,e ''ito the hole, I pulled my hand back
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full of blood and brains, then I went
crazy with fear and horror and rushed
along the wire until I came to our
lane. I had just turned down this line
when something inside of me seemed
to say, "Look around." I did so; a bul
let caught me on the left shoulder. It
did not hurt much, just felt as if someil,
one had punched me in the back, and
then my left side went numb. My arm
was dangling like a rag. I fell forward
in a sitting position. But all the fear
had left me and I was consumed with
rage and cursed the German trench's.
With my right hand I felt in my tunic
for my first-aid or shell dressing. In
feeling over my tunic my hand enme
In contact with one of the bombs whileh
I carried. Gripping it, I pulled the pin
out with my teeth and blindly threw it
towards the German trench. I m1111 t
have been out of my head, because I
Was only ten feet from the trench :11!
took a chance of being mangled. It
the 1om1b had failled to go into the
trench I would have been b)lliownl to
hits by the explosion of my own hcmmh.
By the flare of the explosion of the
homb, which luckily landed In tltter
trench, I saw one big lcihe throw up
his arms and fall back' ards, whle lis
rille flew%- into the air. Another 0110
wilted and fell forward across the
sandhags-then blackness.
IRealizing what a foolhardy and risky
thing I hal done, I Was again seize l
with a horrible fear. I dragged myself
to iny feet and ran madly down the
inne through the barbed wire, staiu
bliing over cut wires, tearing ily uni
formja, and lacerating my hands and
legs. .Just as I was about to reach
No Mzan's 1.1 angdmain, that same voice
seemed to say, "TIrn nround." I idl
so, when, "crack," another hull et
cnught hrue, this time in the left shoal.
d'lr about one-half inch away from the
other wound. Then it was taps for me.
The lights went out.
When I en1me to I was erouchil in
a hole in No 'fan's Land. This shel!
hole wsi ahomt three feet deep, so that
it brought my head a few Inches ielow
the level of the ground. Ilow I reached
this hove I will never know. German
"t ypewriI ers" were traversing hack
anl l'irth in No 'fan's Land, the hul
les hitung the edge of my shell hole
ntnil tlirowiIg dirt all over me.
It'rhead shrapnel was btursting.
I ("1ul( hear the f'ragments slap the
gron11d1. Tln I wten titt once imre.
W\'hn'1 I came to ev'rything weats silence
and rlt'knie s in No 'fan's Larnd. I
av;ls snaked with blood antd a bli Clap
"o'll the wutlnd in mIy (he't1k was hang
iiag over "ly moith. ''he blood run
nirg 'roin this f1h11i choked mile. Out of
Ih:' or'-r of mily month I would try
anel( bluew It bnek, bult It would not
Imlv\,'. I re:ahed for my shell dressing
u1(1 tric'd. with11 o1dne h ndto an dage,....
tuy t:t-, to preven'it thle flow. 1 hn:1l
II:n', Iwfll hoi'urr oI f b le44d ig to (leathi
1i44l was g''tting veryv falint. You woul
huive lllulghedl if you had seen may
luielierus' atIe'uptls at ha ndaging withl
41111 hand. 'lTe bains inu my wounadeul
shon1h-r 111'werte1 awfl and11( I wuas getting
Si ik at t he stomneh.t'i I gave uip the
han111b1ginjg stunimt as a bad joh, and then
Whe It 1enme11 to, hell wals let loose.
All init(nse h~omba~lrdmlent was on,.andit
'In the whole miy positiomn was de0cided-(
ly unpilenisanut. T1henm, sulddenly, our
ba11rrauget cea set.. The silence almost
hurt, hut not for long, because Fritz
turnied louose wi th shrapnel, miachine
gunls, and11 rIlite fike. Then all along our
line enme a cheer and our boys camei)
over the toil in a charge. The first
walve wats composed of "JIocks." They
wvere a nmagnilleent sight, kilts, flapping
inl the winad, baire kniees showving, Iand
their hayoniets glistening. In the first
w'ave that palssedi 11y shell hole, one of
111e "Joc'ks," tin ilinense fellowv, about
six feet two inches in hleight jumpedl
right over mec. On the righlt and1( left
of me1 several sohltiers in colored kilts
wvere huiddled on the ground, then over
camue the second wave, also "Jocks."
One young Scottie, wh'len he came
abreast of my shell hole, leaped Into
the air, his rifle shooting out of hIs
hands41, Ilndling atbout six feet in front
of him, bayonet first, an~d stuck in the
ground, the butt tremlbling. This 1m
pressedi me greatly.
(TO BE CONTINUE~D.)
U-Boats Have Murdered Thousands.
There is a danger lest familiarIty,
even with such a mnonstrous crime as5
unirestr-icted1 UJ-boat watrfare, should
breed indifference to its enormity,
says an exchange. Therefore, it is
well to bear in mind that, except when
the attack Is made on fighting ships or
tr-ansports carrying fighting men, the
torpedloinig of ships and sending men
to their deathl far out at sea, is simply
murder, unredeemed by any extenuiat
I ng circumsta nes whatsoever. Just
how great a bill of indictment is be
ing drawni upl by the G1erman admiralty
against Itself Is s~sen i11 the statement
given by thle goviernment leadher in
the hiouse of comllilons, that up to Feb
ruary, 1918, the German U-boats had
killed 14,120 noincombatant Blritish
mna, womten and children. This, heC it
noted, Is exclusive of the murders done
upon peoples of ocher nationalities,
The D rawbiack.
She-Ils wife miade a man of him.
lie-Yes, but anryb)ody that looks ag
him11 can tell It in .'a home-aden J l b.
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SON SGXOOL
LEssON
(By Rev. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright. 1018. by Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR AUGUST 25.
CONFESSING CHRIST.
(May be used with missionary applica
tions.)
LESSON TEXTS-Luke 12:8-12; Acts 1:1.
11.
GOLDEN TEXT-Whosover shall con
fess me before men, him shall the son of
man also confess before the angels of
God.-Luke 12:8.
DEVOTIONAL READING-James 3:1
13.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-Psalms 145:
1-21; Mark 5:19-20; John 1:40-46; Acts 4:18
20; I Peter 3:15.
1. Importance of Confessing' Christ
(Luke 12:8-12).
To confess Christ is not easy; it has
never been easy. To do so means ex
posure to ridicule, contempt and per
secution. Regardless of its issue, the
true disciple will confess his Lord.
1. Christ will confess before the an
gels of God those who confess him
before men (v. 8). The true disciple
will not he ashamed to let all men
know that lie knows, loves, and serves
Christ.
2. Christ will deny before the an
gels of God those who deny him be
fore men (v. 9). To deny Christ before
men may get one a little of human ap
plause, but will surely bring one to
loss of heaven and to the sufferings of
hell forever.
3. A pernicious testimony is unpar
ionanble (v. 10).' This testimony is
the expression of a heart utterly per
verse, attributing the mighty works of
the Holy Spirit as wrought by Christ
to the devil (Matt. 12-32; Mark 3:29).
The unpardonable sin will only be con
mitted by one whose heart is incurably
had, one whose moral nature is so vile
that lie fails to discern between God
and the devil-a reprobate.
4. Divine aid given in testimony
(vv. 11. 12). In the most trying hour
the Holy Spirit will teach the disciples
what to say, and how to say it.
II.--Qualifications for Confessing
Christ (Acts 1:1-11).
Christ remained with the disciples
forty days after his resurrection to
prepare them for the important bust
ness of witnessing for him. He had a
five-fold object:
1. To convince the disciples of the
absolute certainty of his resurrection
(vv. 2, 3). Before the disciples could
undertake the great work for which
they had been preparing, the question
of Christ's resurrection must be set
tied beyond a doubt. No one can preach
the gospel who does not have certainty
of conviction touching the resurrec
tion.
2. To instruct the disciples In
things pertaining to the kingdom of
God (vv. 3, 0, 7). Their unwillingness
to hear Christ's instruction (John 16:
12. 13) before his passion shut out
much valuable information, so the Lord
tarries to supply this need. They had
a wrong ideA as to the kingdom being
restoredl, not as to fact, but as to time.
Christ had again and~ again predicted
a comning kingdom in harmony wvith
the united testimony of the prophets
of Israel. They understood him aright
as to the fact of the kingdom, but the
time of its manifestation they failed to
grasp. The disciples should be de
fended against the reproach for having
a materialisticeconception. The king
(loim Is still to come; the time of its
coming is known only to God.
3. To show the disciples that their
business was to witness for Christ to
the uttermost parts of the earth (vv.
4, 5, 8.) This witnessing was to be (lone
in the power of the spirit, the result of
wvhich wvould he the formation of a
'new body, the church, called ouit from
the world in the time of the postpone
ment of the kingdom.
4. To show the (disciples the scope
of their missionary activity (v. 8). This
is shown to be as wide as the world it
self. They were to begin at home and
carry the good news concerning Christ
to the uttermost parts of the earth.
Mission work begins at home andl ends
with the bounds of the earth.
5. To show the disciples that Christ
will henceforth operate from heaven.
Thley were to work on the earth, but
the source of their power wvas in heav
en. Though he is separated from the
disciples it will not 1)e forever, for lhe
will come again. H~e will come again
as the God-man, our mediator. The
words of the men in white apparel
have a double significance.
(1) To show that Jesus will coma
'agnin.
(2) To show that in theo meantime
they should set to work in the diir
charge of their commission, and not he
gazing up into heaven. The Lordh's in
struction to the discIples was, "Occupy
till I come" (Luke 19:13). Those who
have an intelligent hope touching the
coming of Christ are not sky-gazers,
but are deadly in earnest witnessing
for Christ.
Divine Descent.
The incongruity of the Bible with
the age of its birth; its freedom from
enarthly mixCtures'; its original, uinhor
rowed, solitary greatness; the suldden
ness with which it broke forth amidst
the general gloom; these to me are
strong indications of its divine de
scent ; I cannot reconeile them with a
human origin.-Channing.
When It is Hard to Pray.
It is hard for a men to pray accord
ing to God's will if ho is not living ac
cording to it.
_ Ill
Teiory"
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every woman is necessary. But the man or woman who
.s handicapped with weak kidneys finds a good day's work
impossible, and any work a burden. Lame, achy back; daily
headaches, dizzy spells, urinary irregularities and that "all
worn-out" feeling are constant sources of distress and should
have prompt attention.
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