Soldier
of Faith
The Official Snow Print for 2002
In
February of 1864, while in winter camp near Orange, Virginia, Lee was
visited by a delegation of army chaplains. As
the chaplains left Lee’s
headquarters, one reminded the general that countless soldiers and
civilians prayed for him daily. “The
old hero’s
face flushed,”
Chaplain Jones recalled, “tears
started in his eyes, and he replied, with choked utterance and deep
emotion: ‘Please
thank them for that sir —
I warmly appreciate it. And I can only say that I am nothing but a poor
sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.…”
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