may read a few of the Christian soldiers' letters received from that
town, and get some further glimpses of the good work carried on there.

Corporal Lundy writes:--

'Through all the trying marches and battles in which I have been
engaged I have found time to read a portion of God's Word. I have
found my Heavenly Father a personal Friend in this campaign. We
have been on short rations for about a month: just enough to keep
one together.

'The prisoners we have in the fort are always singing psalms and
hymns, but they do not seem to be quite right; there is something
lacking.'

Corporal Simpson says:--

'I am still enjoying the best of health bodily, and so happy in
soul that I could not express myself. Storm clouds gather and
trials come, but still it's Jesus. When bullets are flying around
my head and hunger is pricking me sorely, I can lift up my head
with praise. 'When I saw the little English children at
Bloemfontein running about so gay, many of them so like my own
lambs, my heart seemed as if it would break.'

Another soldier writes:--

'I want to tell you of the great Christian work that is going on in
this great camp. There are four or five very large tents, which are
full every night, and hundreds are turned away. There are men there