Men's agency helps Boy Scout republish wartime devotional
Also his photo:
How may I obtain a copy? Several for friends still on active duty?
I'll check back to this posting for an answer.......
BTW - Thanks so much for sharing the story - proof that foxholes can be a place to find God....
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Let me include this :
Sample entry from devotional
December 23, 2001
Editor's Note: This devotion was written for Sept. 11 by Dovert Walton McElroy in 1942.
September 11 - "Chosen To Suffer"
All of us are called upon to suffer in one way or another. A great cause, such as liberty, chooses men who are big enough to suffer, men who "can take it."
Great causes have a way of choosing men who are worthy to suffer. And it is through men who suffer that great causes come to victory. ...
In these days the great cause of liberty is again choosing men to suffer for its sake. Shall we who are chosen be found worthy?
Prayer
Our Father, we are being called upon to suffer for the sake of all men everywhere. The great cause of liberty, with all that it means, is calling for men who are worthy. Wilt Thou make us worthy in every way. Keep the high purpose of freedom uppermost in our hearts, and cleanse us from all selfishness. Dedicate us anew to the high cause of world brotherhood, and give us the victory in enduring peace. And so shall our suffering be not in vain. In the Spirit of Christ we pray. Amen.
-- From "Strength for Service to God and Country, Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1942.
Men's agency helps Boy Scout republish wartime devotional
Also his photo: