Sunshine Came Into a Soldier’s Heart
It was one Sunday afternoon in Bazeilles, France, at a service conducted by three Salvationists. One of the girls sang:
“There’s sunshine in my soul today,
More glorious and bright
Than glows in any earthly skies,
For Jesus is my light.
O there’s sunshine, blessed sunshine,
When the peaceful, happy moments roll;
When Jesus shows His smiling face,
There is sunshine in the soul.”[15]
The sequel is best explained in a letter written to his mother by one of the boys:
“You will be surprised to hear that I am in the hospital, but I am getting well quickly and am having a good time. But best of all, some Salvation Army people came along and sang and talked about sunshine, and while they were talking the sunshine came through my window—not into my room alone, but into my heart and life as well, where it is going to stay. I know how happy this will make you.”
An incident from the Spanish-American War reveals the unity of Christian faith in the way