Page:Memorials of Capt. Hedley Vicars, Ninety-seventh Regiment by Marsh, Catherine, 1818-1912.djvu/100

Rh May, at Kensington Barracks, he was able to attend several of the Meetings held by the religious Societies in Exeter Hall. His heart was world-wide, and, as a necessary consequence, it was his earnest desire that the religion which had so expanded his natural powers of loving, and which was the spring of his own joy, should be spread over the earth, by means of Bible and Missionary Associations. To his social nature, also, the meeting with many Christian brothers was a peculiar joy; and at this time he formed several strong personal friendships, which did not cease when he left the country.

That he won no common love from those who knew him, even slightly, may be gathered from the fact that he was prayed for, by name, at nine weekly prayer-meetings for the army, in England and Scotland, from the day of their commencement to the day of his death.

"I trust you had a happy Easter Sunday. It is the 'day of days,' on which, above all others, we should rejoice and be glad. On this day the Lord of Glory rose from the grave — He who was crowned with thorns, and nailed to the fearful cross — Jesus, the suffering, dying Lamb of God. His agonies are ended — He is risen, He is risen! Think not then of your past sins, except that you may love Christ more tor having forgiven you so much. They are all buried in His sepulchre; that streaming blood proclaims your soul's redemption.