"But will they ?" He tried to recall what the burden of his message to his battalion had been during these past months, but to him there came no clear and distinct memory of aught but warnings and denunciations, with reference to what he judged to be faulty in their conduct.

To-day it seemed to him both sad and terrible.
How had he so failed and so misconceived the Master's plain teaching?
He moved among sinners all His days, not with denunciations in His heart or voice, but only with pity and love.
"Be not anxious," He had said.

"Consider the birds of the air.

Not one of them falleth to the ground without your Father.

How much more precious are you than the birds." What a message for men going up to face the terrors and perils of the front line.