Everyman’s Hut

Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 76, 6 June 1941, Page 8

Everyman’s Hut

Somewhere a woman, in her firm, sweet way,

Faces the future bravely for your sake,

Toils on from dawn to dark; from day to day,

Fights back her tears, heeds not the bitter ache;

She loves you, trusts you, breathes in prayer your name, \

Soil not her faith in you by sin or shan\e. Somewhere a —mother, sweetheart, wife, Waits betwirzt hopes and fears for your return, Her kisses, her words, will haunt you in the strife, When death itself confronts you, grim and stern; But let her image, all your reverence claim, While base temptations scorch you with their flame. Somewhere a woman watches, thrilled with pride, Shrined in her heart, you share a place with none, She waits, she hopes, she prays, till side by side You stand together when the battle’s done. 0 keep for her dear sake a stainless name, Take back to her a manhood free from shame.

Sin is made very easy for the soldier. He is looked upon as fair prey by those who are only too eager to take his money in return for the pleasures of sin in some form or other. It is sad to think that brave men who go forth unflinchingly to face physical danger, suffering and death, for our sakes should be forced to face moral and spiritual dangers and suffering 'as well. Surely the physical sufferings are more than enough without adding the burden of moral trials and temptations. There are those who are well accustomed to vice to whom the temptations of a soldier’s life are not novelties, but, we believe, the majority are clean living men who, in civilian life, have no dealings with vice. In the varied experiences of a soldier’s life, however, far from home and loved ones, there are presented to them temptations which they have never had to face at home, temptations which are hard to resist, and which have been the means of the downfall of many. May the memories of loved ones at home strengthen them at such times and may the prayers of loved ones be heard, that those defending our liberty may be preserved in the midst of evil.

“Vow unto Him that is able to keep you from falling” is the word we would pass on. May they know the love of God in their hearts as demonstrated in the gift of His Son as Saviour.

During the absence for a weelT, or two of Mr. and Mrs. Les Taylor, the

work at the Hut is being carried on by Mr. W. J. Burrows of Christchurch, New Zealand representative of the Scripture Gift Mission of England, whose Active Service Testaments have been so largely distributed through the Huts in the various camps. We take this opportunity of extending a welcome to the new, Hut to our old soldier friends who have returned to us fqr a time.