Emphasis Preaching Journal

In his book, Wherefore Art Thou Come, James Cleland gives a special meaning to Maundy Thursday. He tells that one of the worst sections of battle on the Western Front in World War I was an area called the Ypres salient. It was the center of terrible trench warfare for many months. In the British sector of the Allied fortifications, the soldiers had erected a wooden hut, which was the meeting place of men going to and coming from the trenches. Over the doorway was an inscription carved into the wood --Abandon Rank All Ye Who Enter Here.