Lord Roberts's Message to the Troops
I have inherited a book that belonged to my grandfather, William Sadler.
I never knew my grandfather but he served in the first world war and the book is called The Daily Portion Testament. I'm guessing it was issued to troops to give them comfort and to help preserve faith.
This is inside the front cover:
Lord Roberts's Message to the Troops25th Aug 1914
The message inside the front cover is not overly legible which is not surprising, as if it was Lord Roberts that wrote the message by hand, he was 81 at the time. He died later that year, in November, aged 82.
I ask you to put your trust in God. He will watch over you and strengthen you.
You will find in this little Book guidance when you are in health, comfort when you are in sickness, and strength when you are in adversity.
Roberts.
I wonder if the same time, thought and effort goes into the spiritual welfare of today's troops.
3 comments:
hello my grandfather also left me a bible front cover ;daily portion new testament. active service 1917.
however on the inside front cover is the message from lord roberts dated 25th august 1914 very strange. take care god bless from melda carson
I have one from 1916 that was passed to me by my grandmother who received it from a wounded soldier she was nursing in November 1916.
Hi, there are still charitable organistions working for the spiritual welfare of our troops today. I work for one such organisation - Sandes (www.sandes.org.uk). I was aware of Lord Roberts comments and was online looking for the actual quote when I came across your entry. We run Christan Centres for Soldiers on the camps where they can come to relax and chill out and through which we distribute Bibles and Christian literature. It is a befriending ministry. We also have a parcel ministry sending boxes to Afghanistan with sweets and snacks but also Scripture and literature to encourage them.
For 140 years now the Lord has enabled us to continue being a Christian witness to those in our Armed Forces.
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