CHRISTIANITY AND THE WAR.
[To THZ EDITO6 or Tag " Srurwron."1 Stn,—The letters you receive are incontestable testimony to the widespread distress experienced by Christian men in the painful and difficult dilemma encountered by them at this present time. And it must be conceded on all hands that the problem with which they are faced is one which cannot bo put by and is not to be disposed of lightly. If in the course of the discussion now going forward reference has been made to Ecce Homo, it has eluded my observation, Will you allow me to say that in the chapters of that volume on "The Law of Resentment" and " The Law of Forgiveness" is matter which the studious reader will find very helpful to steadiness of thought and clearness of vision P Also that in the Contemporary for May there is a short paper by Principal Forsyth well adapted to bring to a sound judgment and to ease of conscience those who are still bewildered and in doubt as to the part which a Christian man or a Christian nation should take in this tremendous conflict P 2 propos of Ecce Homo, it may be stated that, with regard to Germany, nominalism must be discarded; pragmatism alone will serve. Whatever she may call herself, she is, and must be considered to be, a heathen Power, and not an ignorant heathen either, but a heathen who knows very well indeed what she is about.
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