Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1918 — An Incident in France. [ARTICLE]

An Incident in France.

Two thousand men had paraded at one of our great base camps previous to going “up the line/ The inspection was complete, and in a ■ few minutes the order, “Quick March,” to the railway station would be given. Just at that moment, while all stood at “attention,” fully equipped, a voice begun, to sing, Jesus, the very thought of Thee With gladness fills my breast. And like a wave of melody the songt passed from rank to rank, until every man.seemed to be singing. The hymn was sjjtig right through to the last* verse the officers, meantime, looking on in silence. How many of these men have already looked into the face of him of whom they sang? There was a Christian association hut in that camp at which this hymn was a great favorite with the men—surely much, better than the senseless “Tipperary.” —D. J. Findlay in The Christian.