myself to Thee since my youth, and I hope that the example I
have offered may serve to glorify Thee.

"Lord, Thou knowest that I have not desired war, but that I
have fought to do Thy will; I offer my life for peace.

"Lord, I pray Thee for the welfare of my people. Thou
knowest how greatly I love them all, my father, my mother,
my brothers and my sisters.

"Lord, return manyfold to these nurses the good they have
done me; I am but a poor man but Thou art the dispenser of
riches. I pray to Thee for them all."

This prayer, in which the little soldier had put his last living
thoughts, was received by a Catholic sister who had cared for him,
and sent by her to his sorrowing family--a touching proof of sacred
union.

All of them, Catholics, Protestants and Jews, speak of God and pray to
Him.... Read this letter from Captain Cornet-Acquier, that captain to
whom his wife wrote, "I would urge you on with my voice if I saw you
charging the enemy." He tells this little incident:

"A Catholic captain was saying the other day that he said
his prayers before each battle. The commanding officer
remarked that that was not the proper moment and that he
would do better to make his military arrangements.

"'Sir,' he replied, 'that does not prevent me from making my