BX May 30, 1916

Salvation Army Man at the Front – Finds That Religion is a Solace in Fighting at the Front

The following extracts are taken from a letter recently received at the local Salvation Army headquarters from Pte. James Sutton of the 15th Suffolk Regiment, medical expeditionary forces. Pte. Sutton left here early in the outbreak of the war and enlisted in England, and has been through the fighting at Gallipoli, where he was wounded in the hand.

After expressing the pleasure he felt at hearing from his old friends of the local Salvation Army headquarters, Pte. Sutton wrote as follows:

We have been very busy of late moving our camp. I am very glad to say that the grace of God is still sufficient for me. How glad I am that I found this loving Savior and I want to live a life that is pleasing to him. Of course I have made mistakes, but we will never, never will give in. I mean to have the victory forever. I pray it may be so. It’s a grand thing to serve the Lord, and what a lot we have to thank Him for. When our division made the 1,800 yards at Gallipoli God spared me. I received the wound through my hand in three places. God has been good and I mean by His grace to serve Him to the end. I must say I shall be very glad when the time comes for me to get back in the good old corps. I have not had the pleasure of being in an army meeting, but thank God I can serve Him just the same. Kindly remember me to the comrades of the corps and I pray that they may all be kept faithful and one day we may all hear the great “Well done.”

Pte. J. Sutton