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    The Comrade in White
    The Comrade in White
    The Comrade in White
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    The Comrade in White

    By W. H. (William Harvey) Leathem and Hugh Black

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      The Comrade in White - W. H. (William Harvey) Leathem

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Comrade In White, by W. H. Leathem

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

      Title: The Comrade In White

      Author: W. H. Leathem

      Release Date: November, 2005 [EBook #9384] This file was first posted on September 28, 2003 Last Updated: May 15, 2013

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE COMRADE IN WHITE ***

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      THE COMRADE IN WHITE

      By The Rev. W. H. Leathem, M. A.

      Introduction By Hugh Black

        "I shall not fear the battle

        If Thou art by my side."

      1916

      INTRODUCTION

      The Great War has put a strain on the resources of human nature, as well as on material resources. Men who have come through the hell of the trenches have discovered some of the secrets of life and death. Many of them have known a reinforcement of spiritual power. It is quite natural that this fact should often be described in emotional form as direct interposition of angels and other supernatural agencies. Among these the most beautiful and tender stories are those of The Comrade in White. In essence they are all testimony to the perennial fount of strength and comfort of religion—the human need which in all generations has looked up and found God a present help in times of trouble.

      The origin of the many stories brought back to England from the battle fronts by her soldiers is that to the average Briton this a religious crusade, and men have gone with an exaltation of soul, willing to make the ultimate sacrifice, willing to die that the world might live. Men and women are face to face with eternal realities, and are driven by the needs of their hearts to the eternal refuge. Unless we see this we miss the most potent fact in the whole situation.

      The tender stories in this little volume are a reflex of the great religious stirring of the nation. They describe in a gracious and pathetic way the various abysmal needs of this tragic time, and they indicate how many human souls are finding comfort and healing and strength. They are finding peace as of old, through the assurance that earth has no sorrows, that heaven cannot heal.

      HUGH BLACK.

      NEW YORK.

      THE WHITE COMRADE

      I

        When soldiers of the Cross waged Holy War,

        With courage high, and hearts that did not quail

        Before the foe, in olden times they saw

        The blessed vision of

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