Excerpt from The Soldier's Companion: Dedicated to the Defenders of Their Country in the Field, by Their Friends at Home Tan Compilers of the following pages have endeavored to furnish a Companion to our brothers in arms, which will both solace and inspire them with its Songs and Hymns, and 'instruct and guide them by its Scripture Selections. We have made it brief, that it may be easily carried in the field. If these social Songs shall make the camp-fire more cheerful, and the solitary watch less lonely; if these Hymns shall inspire the heart with gratitude and trust; if these words of Scripture shall give strength to resist temptation, and encourage to growth in goodness, we shall be richly compensated for our labor. We are indebted to the generosity of the editors of the Army Melodies for the use of their plates in printing the tunes, and many of the Songs and Hymns, in these pages. We have also made a very few slight alterations in some of the Hymns and Songs, to adapt them more entirely to our purpose: for this, we hope the authors will pardon us for the sake of the cause. 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.