17 NOVEMBER 1917, Page 25

A GOOD EXAMPLE.

IT0 THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."I SIR,—Most people do not, probably, read their Spectator in the light of the Gospel for the day! Personally, I em compelled to do no by the fact that I am a clergyman, and am taking the Gospel for the day as my subject with my Sunday-school children —and the Spectator arrives on Saturday. And I confess that I was at a loss how to convey the teaching of last Sunday's Gospel (" Render unto Caesar "I so as to bring it within the compass of children's minds. The very striking incident recorded under the above title in your last issue supplied the missing link, and for once I succeeded in getting right "home." . Do you ask for proof ? One of my choir-boys—a curiously thoughtful bay— asked me after the service: "Please, Sir, do you think the man saw anything besides the Royal Standard?" Anil I ran net ashamed to say that I answered: "Yes, I think he did." Wm I