. The bugle call; or A summons to work in Christ's army . CHAPTEK III. AT CITY POINT. ^ HE next morning we were m-f^ formed by our head physician that our boat had passed intogovernment hands, and that weshoukl have the charge of oursick men but a few days, as when wereached Fortress Monroe the}^ were allto be transferred to the St. Mark ; oursteamer was to be used for governmentpurposes, and we were to be sent homeby land. This was anything but wel-come news to us. It is a common say-ing that we soon learn to love any ob-ject for which we make sacrifices, andwe found already that our hearts w
. The bugle call; or A summons to work in Christ's army . CHAPTEK III. AT CITY POINT. ^ HE next morning we were m-f^ formed by our head physician that our boat had passed intogovernment hands, and that weshoukl have the charge of oursick men but a few days, as when wereached Fortress Monroe the}^ were allto be transferred to the St. Mark ; oursteamer was to be used for governmentpurposes, and we were to be sent homeby land. This was anything but wel-come news to us. It is a common say-ing that we soon learn to love any ob-ject for which we make sacrifices, andwe found already that our hearts were Bugle Call. 3 34 THE BUGLE CALL. beginning to go out to oiir jioor sickboys, as well as theirs to us. The twomost repulsive patients in my ward werethe two who seemed to need the most ofmy attention ; and it was astonishinghow soon everything repulsive was for-gotten by me in my great anxiety fortheir salvation. I knew that they couldnot survive their wounds, and that Imust work faithfully, for the time wasshort. I went to the first; he was sufferin
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