Everyman’s Hut

Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 21, 20 September 1940, Page 3

Everyman’s Hut

— “There is an eye that never sleeps Beneath the wing of might, There is an ear that never shuts • When sink the beams of light; ; There is an arm that never tires When human strength gives way, There is a love that never fails When earthly loves decay. That eye is fixed on seraph throngs That arm upholds the sky, That ear is filled with heavenly songs, that love is throned on high; But there’s a power which faith can wield When mortal aid is vain. That eye, that arm, that love to reach, i that listening ear to gain, THAT POWER IS PRAYER, which soars on high Through Jesus to the throne, And moves the hand which moves the world, To bring deliverance down.” At the reqeust of His Majesty, our King, two days of national' prayer have been observed—the first on May 26th when the military position in Belgium and France was very serious, and it appeared as though the greater part of the British Expeditionary Force would be lost. Through a combination of weather conditions which were unique the famous evacuation of Dunkirk was carried out successfully. Are we not justified in attributing the weather conditions to the intervention of the Almighty God in answer to the prayer of His people throughout the Empire? The second day of prayer—September Bth—passed with the forces of evil seeking to do their worst not on foreign soil this time, but striking at the very heart of England itselfraining death and destruction upon London. But have we not reason to expect an answer to the innumerable entreaties that, right round the world, have “soared on high, through Jesus to the Throne”? The answer may not come in just the way we have visualised in our own minds but come it will, unless we have failed in not humbling ourselves before God and confessing our departure from Him and our own helplessness to save ourselves. May our cry go up to God —not just on certain appointed daysbut day by day, that as a .nation we may be found worthy to fulfil the great mission which lies before us as champions of liberty and as those who honour God’s Word and seek to spread the gospel of His grace, for “Them that honour Me, I will honour”

At the present time the Hut is very quiet. Our best wishes go with those of our friends who have left us during the last few weeks and we lock forward to making more friends amongst those who no doubt will soon be making the Camp their temporary home. We regret to announce that Mr. Gordon Blair is indisposed at present, and wish him a speedy recovery to carry on his service for God.