A Highland Soldier's Silent Challenge
Story★★★★Dr. A. J. Gossip tells of the shock he experienced when passing a shellhole in Flanders to come suddenly upon the body of a Highland soldier laddie lying supine upon the earth. He was young, handsome and dear to some mother’s heart. But his open eyes seemed to gaze into the onlooker’s soul with mingled challenge and reproach. Dr. Gossip finds this memory, though sad and harrowing, an unending source of inspiration to live worthily of those “who had done their work and held their peace and had no fear to die.” Alfred Thomas ^*
The point
Dr. A. J. Gossip's powerful memory of a dead Highland soldier in Flanders that haunted and inspired him to live worthily of those who died so that others might live freely.
Scripture
2 Timothy 4:7John 15:13
Audience
Adults
Tone
Solemn · Inspiring · Sacrificial
To tell aloud
under a minute · 95 words