Reading: A Girl To Come Home To

A Girl To Com Home To"" By Grace Livingston Hill
(A beautiful romantic story about 2 brothers who come home from War.)


"Suddenly seven service men in uniform marched up to the platform and it was announced that instead of having the scripture read these seven men would recite it, as each had experienced it overseas.


Then each spoke, with heartfelt accents, what was evidently a truth each had felt.


The angle of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. Psalm 34:7 said the first, a tall Marine.


We will rejoice in They salvation, in the name of our God we will set up our banners; the Lord fulfill all they petitions. Now know I that the Lord saveth His anointed; He will hear him from His holy heaven, with the saving strength of His right hand. Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. Psalm 20: 5:7

This was the word of a corporal in the army.


Then came a private on crutches, his face emaciated, his skin sallow, his eyes with haunting memories hidden by a great light. It was whispered about among the audience by some who recognized him that he had recently escaped from a prison camp after two years' confinement, and his contribution, spoken in a clear ring voice was:


Praise the Lord, O my soul. The Lord looseth the prisoners. Psalms 146: 7.


Next came two Navy Men. The first a tall fellow with a clear voice and many decorations, and he spoke a ringing word like a testimony:


He that dewelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress; my God; in Him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. Psalm 91: 1-3


Then with out a pause his companion went on:


He shall cover thee with His feathers, and under His wings shall thou trust; His truth shall be they shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day. Psalm 91;4, 5


Then followed a young army officer. In a steady voice like an official oath he was taking, he said:


In Thee, O Lord, I put my trust; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in Thy righteousness. Into Thine hand I commit my spirit. Thou hast redeemed me, O lord God of truth. My times are in Thy hands: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies... Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. Psalm 31:1, 5, 15, 24.


And next came a Navy flier with a kind of ringing triumph in his voice:


I love the Lord because He hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, therefore will I call up upon Him as long as I live. Psalm 116:2


It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. Psalm 118: 8


The gang in the gallery listened in astonished. They could not laugh, they could not sneer, for those words were too solemnly, too earnestly spoken, from men who obviously had been but lads so short a time ago."


* Beloved is at war and so this was special.