Around the World in 88 Years -E Book - Arthur Burt

6 The “Conchee”At the beginning of the war, Hitler took countries almost on aday-by-day basis. They were easily crushed before him — Czechoslovakia,Poland, Norway, Holland, and now Britain was in perilwith Hitler only 21 miles away from our borders.We were absolutely unprepared. While our factories had beenturning out toy trains, teddy bears and dolls, German factorieshad been producing guns, bombs and planes. Consequently, whenwar was declared, our government issued broomsticks instead ofrifles to the Home Guard.Our country panicked. We could no longer ring our church bells,except as a signal that German paratroopers were dropping uponus. Sentries in concrete pillboxes cut our roads in half and challengedall travelers. They removed all the signposts from the roadsto make it more difficult for enemy soldiers to know where theywere.WWII Days. Revival in EnglandOn the night Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, I was sitting in a meetingwhen a sister sitting behind me started crying out, “No, no,no!” She grabbed her Bible and gloves and pushed her way upthe row, up the aisle, through the doors. I heard a fierce crack asher head hit the ground, and she began screaming like a rapedwoman on the porch.I thought, “God, what is going on?”Then, I heard, “Oh, Amen, amen, amen.” I turned around andlooked toward the screen doors. They swung open, and this sis-77