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Show j "ONLY GOD, .MY PLANE AND I" i We have read and listened to many testimonies of our soldier boys who, after being thrown into the sea or left alone upon an island, or while flying high in the air has had his plane hit by an enemy bullet causing him to either bale out or come gliding to earth with but one motor running and one wing practically blown off, have turned their thoughts in earnest prayer .to God. They realize their dependency upon an Almighty Al-mighty and give Him credit for their eventual safety. It makes no difference where, the boy may be he sees manifestations of the great powers of Deity which draws out the gratitude of one's heart. Only this week has your editor received letters from his two soldier sons that illustrates the above two thoughts. One letter come from Alaska and tells about working upon the midnight watch. "I rather enjoy it" he writes, "because I get a chance to see the beautiful sunset and sunrise. It is really beautiful. The sunset lasts until the sunrise begins, so it actually lasts all night long. It is now half an hour past midnight mid-night and the whole northern part of the sky is a bright yellow orange . . . the moon is just coming up over some very dark purple snow peaked mountains into a dark blue sky with very few stars ... a sight you would not expect to see just after midnight." The other letter comes from Louisiana and tells of a night flight in one of those wonderful and fast P-39 planes. He says "there were a million stars shining just like ihey do on clear dark nights at home. A falling fall-ing star shot across the heavens and before I knew what was what I turned the nose of the plane down to avoid being hit. It was wonderful to be thousands of feet high in the air with only God, my plane and I." There is no greater joy comes to an individual than that which comes through the keen appreciation of the -umnrWfnl flnino's nf nature esneciallv if one srets the feeling of dependency upon the Creator of the universe and in the quiet moments of reflection utters a silent prayer of thanksgiving and supplication. |