AND GOD WAS THERE
Private James Day of New York found these words on the dead body of a soldier who has not been identified: Look, God, I have never spoken to you, but now I want to say, “How do you do?” You see, God, they told me you didn’t exist, and like a fool, I believed all this. Last night, from a shell hole, I saw your sky-line. Had I taken time to see the things you made, I’d have known they weren’t calling a spade a spade. I wonder, God, if you’d shake my hand; Somehow, I feel that you will understand. Funny, I had to come to this hellish place before I had time to see your face. Well, I guess there isn’t much more to say, but I’m sure glad, God, I met you today. I guess the zero hour will soon be here, but I’m not afraid since I know you’re near. The signal! Well, God, I’ll have…
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