THE WAR AND MINISTERS OF RELIGION.
[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.")
Sua—May I add a word to the striking testimony of " Prin- cipal " in the Spectator of November 15th ? For some years past I have been in the habit of going to a country camp for children from a big town. The helpers are many of them excellent young men from the offices of the great city, who give up part of a short yearly holiday to carry on this work. Last summer for the first time the demobilized young soldier appeared. One could see what an improvement ho was upon the well-intentioned young man of past years. He knew how to carry on without waiting to be told what to do. He was quietly sure of himself, and very gentle and successful in his manage- ment of the small boys under his care. Great was the contrast between such young men who had " passed through the fire with unsinged hair " and a Pacificist student for the Nencon• formist ministry whom I remembered a year ago, who had used his position to escape military service, and who showed that the spiritual pride sfnd arrogance of the priest are not confined to any one Church.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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