Here and There in the War AreaMowbray, 1916 - 328 páginas |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
able admirable Allies amongst Antwerp Archbishop Archbishop of Canterbury Armentières Army asked beautiful began believe better Bishop blessing boys British British Army camp chaplain cheer church clergy communion duty enemy enemy's English everything experiences feel felt Finland fire France front German give glad Groningen hand hear heard heart Holland hope hospital hymns interesting interned kind knew ladies live looking ment military minister monastery morning Moscow nation neutral countries Neuve Chapelle never night non-commissioned officer Norway nurses officers once Paris passed Petrograd prayers prisoners prisoners of war realise received replied round Ruhleben Rule Britannia Russian seemed seen sent Serbian side singing soldiers speak spirit submarine suffered sure Sweden taken talk tell things thought tion told took trenches wife wish wonderful words wounded young Ypres
Pasajes populares
Página 114 - Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Página 74 - For the love of God is broader Than the measures of man's mind, And the heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind...
Página 128 - LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN, AND OUR FATHERS THAT BEgat us. The Lord hath wrought great glory by them through his great power from the beginning. Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, men renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding, and declaring prophecies...
Página 120 - He died that we might be forgiven, He died to make us good, That we might go at last to heaven, Saved by His precious blood.
Página 76 - Almighty and everliving God, who makest us both to will and to do those things that be good and acceptable unto Thy divine Majesty ; We make our humble supplications unto Thee for these Thy servants, upon whom (after the example of Thy holy apostles) we have now laid our hands, to certify them (by this sign) of Thy favour and gracious goodness towards them.
Página 69 - We love as one, we hate as one, We have one foe and one alone — ENGLAND ! You we will hate with a lasting hate, We will never forego our hate, Hate by water and hate by land, Hate of the head and hate of the hand, Hate of the hammer and hate of the crown, Hate of seventy millions choking down. We love as one, we hate as one, We have one foe and one...
Página 154 - ... I did. Will you think no more of it? I have my duty to do. Let us work together and perhaps after all we may be friends.' Anyone who knows the average Englishman there would know how that appeal would go home, and how the men would say to themselves 'He's a sportsman after all,' and go contentedly off to sleep, and that after such a start they would give their officer no more unnecessary trouble. But the non-commissioned officer administration is long since over in German camps, as far at any...
Página 133 - this is life eternal, to know God, and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent, (John xvii.
Página 306 - But he had sent a man before them : even Joseph, who was sold to be a bond-servant ; 18 Whose feet they hurt in the stocks : the iron entered into his soul; 19 Until the time came that his cause was known : the word of the Lord tried him.
Página 153 - I need not mind repeating here, as it shows that an unpromising start may have a satisfactory end. In one of the camps where combatants were imprisoned a new noncommissioned officer had been added to the staff. The first night that he came on duty, before turning off the light, he said by way of asserting himself "Now you English swine, you worse than dogs and cats and farmyard fowls, the light is going out and if I hear a sound after that you'll suffer for it, I can tell you,