Echoes of Mercy - Whispers of Love

Echoes of Mercy - Whispers of Love portrays the innermost thoughts and feelings of a man caught in the violence of war while striving to serve the spiritual side of his fellowman. All who have served in the military can appreciate the challenge facing John Hemphill Simpson as he shifts focus daily from the tragedy of the Civil War (though he never bore arms) to the discipline of recording in his diaries the blessings of the day from God, and the sadness, and the joy. This future minister of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church is found to be faithful in Bible study and prayer even during adversity as he contemplates the three loves of his life: theology, Hebrew, and the violin.
William A. Deaton, Former Executive Director, ARP Foundation, Inc.

The diaries of John Hemphill Simpson are fascinating because of the varied ways in which the author experiences the war. Simpson saw both battlefields and home front, covering the entire spectrum of the glory and horror of war. For example, he brought home the bodies of his friends and family from the battlefield, and saw the lasting after effects of the loss among the people at home.
J. Michael Miller, Editor and Civil War Historian

The Reverend Hemphill Simpson was one of the "chaplain volunteers," a Presbyterian, working principally within the Army of Northern Virginia. His story if typical of hundreds of pastors who labored among the ranks, comforting the wounded, consoling the dying and often, accompanying the dead home for burial. Although most Southern soldiers' diaries are rich in religious content and their "appeal to Heaven," here is a clergyman's view. Simpson's diaries are most interesting for this unique perspective. While he was a trained and talented violinist, his prose is not lacking in a music of its own. The sympathetic ear will be able to hear it.
Robert J. Stamps, Ph.D., Former pastor of Clarendon United Methodist Church, Arlington, Virginia

Any person who loves the ARP Church, its history and people should enjoy Rev. John Hemphill Simpson's Civil War diaries His diaries read more like a novel and could be called "real page turners" especially ministering to his friends in "Orr's Rifles" who were wounded or killed.

Rev. Simpson's writing of his thoughts and actions is so intimate. I wonder what he would have written had he known his words would have been read 137 years after the war and 82 years after his death. Rev. Simpson's biographer wrote in the Sesquicentennial History of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, "In these year He (John Simpson) wrote frequently for the A. R. Presbyterian. His articles were remarkably enjoyable. Once you started, you couldn't stop till the end. One could have wished he had written more and given it to us in bound volumes to be preserved and reviewed many times. His literary gift was superior."
Rev. Zeb Carson Williams, Former Editor of ARP Magazine

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