30 JUNE 1917, Page 13

LIEUTENANT 0. G. SAMUEL'S FAREWELL LETTER.

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.")

Ste,—On Sunday last a Memorial Service was held here for Lieutenant Gerald George Samuel, son of Sir Marcus Samuel, Bart. At this service I read a farewell letter which he left for the members of our Stepney Parish Lads' Club, of which he was a Manager. Several friends who were present at the service have written to me that the letter deserves to rank with those of " A Student in Arms," for the publication of which we are all deeply indebted to the Spectator. As one who knew Donald Hankey personally when he was working among working lads in South London, it is a source of profound gratification to me to know that one of my own local Club workers in East London was so intensely imbued with Hankey's fine spirit, and I am venturing to send you a copy of his letter which cannot fail to be of interest to your readers. Men of faith like Donald Hankey and Gerald Samuel bridge over all the differences of creed, and help to bring us all

nearer to the supreme belief in the Fatherhood of God and the

Brotherhood of Man.—I am, Sir, 8:c., J. F. STEEN.

East London Synagogue, Rectory Square, Stepney Green, E. 1.