One Woman's Life: The Steppings of Faith
Edna Gray
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(Forgotten Books, Sept. 17, 2017)
Excerpt from One Woman's Life: The Steppings of FaithWell I remember the night of the departure of my sol dier brother, uncle and cousins. The sleigh stood at the door, the prancing steed impatient to be off.Aroused at midnight the novice soldiers bravely bid farewell to all that was dearest to them in life, all but their country.I crept from my father's overcoat where I had been asleep in the wood box, to say the sad good-bye, with heart choking with emotion. Though only seven years of age I beheld that scene with mind and heart of older years. Never shall I forget it. My brother, only sixteen years of age, brave, noble, kind like a dear father to me, now saying farewell to his dear home forever, for no return came to that loving mother. It is only repeat ing the old, old story of vain hopes, secret longings and heart aches so common during that bloody war. More than a year of hard service for his loved country and he stood one day serving at his post of repairing a bridge which was necessary, though so dangerously near the enemy but it must be done, and several of the bravest and best were selected for the dangerous post. With the courage of a Napoleon they faithfully performed their duty; but alas! Alas to human life! The enemy was upon them My brother was shot through his foot, kill ing his horse under him, and was of course captured. His brave' young friend, Orange Ayer, galloped to his aid only to receive a like fate and to the cold prison walls they were sent. Oh! The sad, sad tales prison walls could tell, alike both for North and South. Only the mother hearts of both countries know full well the keen ness of the poisoned arrowthat broke their hearts. Sisters in sorrow indeed they are. May they now truly be sisters in the peace that is Christ-like and forgiving. How many sad tales of woe. Ah, who can tell them!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.