Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1918 — Jesus, the very thought of Thee With gladness fills my breast [ARTICLE]

Jesus, the very thought of Thee With gladness fills my breast

And like a wave of melody the songi passed from rank to rank, until every man seemed to be singing. The hymn was sung 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—surety much better than the senseless “Tipperary.” —D. J. Findlay in The Christian.