Excerpt from Trophies of Grace From the Field of Battle One evening these two soldiers were placed as sentries at the opposite ends of a sallyport, or long passage, leading from the rock of Gibraltar to the Spanish territory, One of them, as we have seen, from the reading of the sacred Scriptures, was rejoicing in God his Saviour; while the other, from the same cause, was in a state of deep mental anxiety, under strong convictions of sin, and earnestly seeking deliverance from the load of guilt that was pressing upon his conscience. On the evening alluded to, one of the officers, who had been out dining, was 'returning to the garrison at a late hour. Coming up to the sentry on the outside of the sallyport, and who was the soldier recently converted, he was asked, as usual, for the watchword. The man, absorbed in medita tion on the glorious things that had recently been unfolded to him, and filled with devout gratitude and love, on being roused from his midnight reverie, replied to the officer's challenge with the words, The precious blood of Christ} He soon, however, recovered his self possession, and gave the correct watchword. But his comrade, who was anxiously seeking the Lord, and who was stationed as sentry at the other or inner end of the sallyport, a passage specially adapted for the conveyance of sound, heard the words, The precious blood of Christ; mysteriously borne upon the breeze at the solemn hour of midnight. The words came-home to his heart as a voice from heaven; the load of guilt was removed, and the precious blood of Christ received by faith spoke peace to the soul of the sin-burdened soldier. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.