Bible Distribution Among Russian Soldiers
The British and Foreign Bible Society colporteur, distributing Bible portions among the wounded Russian soldiers in the far East, says that one of them read aloud the twenty-fourth chapter of St. Matthew as far as verse 14, when another interrupted him: “I see this free distribution of the evangel is also happening under God’s guidance.” Another soldier added, “May all be richly blessed who have part in it.” Scorn of the dissolute men who have ruined Russia should not blind us to the sturdy qualities of Russian peasants like these soldiers, who are often deeply pious, and who are yet to make the nation strong again.