30 DECEMBER 1899, page 9

God's Aid And The War.

T O many men of thoughtful and religious disposition, and especially to those who are naturally apt to trouble themselves with the misgivings of an anxious conscience, this war......

British Reverses In The Past.

" I AM surprised that a single soul survives a battle," wrote the Prince de Ligne in a well-known passage. "How shall you not die of grief if you lose, or of joy if you win ? "......