Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1916 — Mother Suggests Soldier Boys Be Presented With Bible Apiece. [ARTICLE]

Mother Suggests Soldier Boys Be Presented With Bible Apiece.

Editor Republican: May I, thorugh the columns of your paper, offer a suggestion? Ail Renssealer is athrob with the excitement and shock of sending so many of her splendid men away to the army. The mothers, wives, daughters, sisters and sweethearts, as ever, remain at home and think "long, long thoughts.” Te me has come the picture of the boys on lonely watches ip a lonely, far-away country. I wondered how many Bibles went with the soldiers. Of course, they have them, but the size ordinarily used would prevent carrying them. Wouldn’t it be a good thing if Rensselafr were to send to each of her boys a pocket Testament like those given by our Sunday schools for faithful attendance? They are bound in flexible leather, arc two and one-half inches by four in size; the type is clear, although small, and a little space in a pocket holds them. They would be a constant reminder of the loving interest of the home folks in their welfare and we are sure of spiritual return for© the promise is given: "My word shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I send it.*' — Isa. 55:11. As the churches are the spiritual representatives of the people, could the matter not be handled most expeditiously through the Ministerial Association acting as a committee and acting as the judge of the amount that would be available from their respective congregations? The probable ccst would not be over $25. The opportunity js limited as our boys are likely to be called at any hour.

A Mother.