7 MARCH 1947, Page 5

On another aspect of the weather, the Benedicite, which was

sung at Westminster Abbey, and no doubt in many other places where they sing, awakes in places rather sombre reflections. The exhortation "0 ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord ; 0 ye Ice and- Snow, bless ye the Lord: praise Him and magnify Him for ever " may be all right in New Delhi or Nairobi ; it is a little difficult to put heart into it in the Abbey on a March morning with

all the heating off.