10 NOVEMBER 1917, Page 3

The King has issued a Proclamation appointing the first Sunday

of the corning year as a special day of prayer and thanksgiving in all the churches throughout the Empire. The war is entering, the King says, upon its last and most difficult phase. " Victory will be gained only if we steadfastly remember the responsibility which rests upon us, and In a spirit of reverent obedience ask the blessing of Almighty God upon our endeavours." The King's command will, we are sure, be gladly obeyed in the churches of all denomina tiona