ilitary power knew neither ruth nor
right; the other, gloriously conspicuous, that Germany's much-vaunted
men-of-war were not invincible.

On the first Sunday of the war the churches of Winnipeg were full to the
doors. Men, whose attendance was more or less desultory and to a certain
extent dependent upon the weather, were conscious of an impulse to go
to church. War had shaken the foundations of their world, and men were
thinking their deepest thoughts and facing realities too often neglected
or minimised. "I have been thinking of God these days," said a man to
Mr. Murray as they walked home from business on Saturday, and there were
many like him in Canada in those first days of August. Without being
able definitely to define it there was in the hearts of men a sense
of need of some clear word of guiding, and in this crisis of Canadian
history the churches of Canada were not found wanting. The same Spirit
that in ancient days sent forth the Hebrew Isaiah with a message of
warning and counsel for the people of his day and which in the great
crises of nations has found utterance through the lips of men of humble
and believing hearts once more became a source of guidance and of
courage.

The message varied with the character and training of the messenger.
In the church of which Reverend Andrew McPherson was the minister the
people were called to repentance and faith and courage.

"Listen to the Word of God," cried the minister, "spoken indeed to men
of another race and another time, but spoken as truly for the men of
this day and of this nation. 'Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the
Holy One of Israel; I am Jehovah thy God, which teacheth thee to profit,
which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldst go. Oh, that thou
wouldst hearken to my commandments! then would thy peace be as a river,
and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea. . . . There is no peace,
saith Jehovah, to the wicked.' Echoing down through the centuries, these
great words have verified themselves in every age and may in our day
verify themselves anew. Peace and righteousness are necessarily and
eternally bound together." He refused to discuss with them to-day the
causes of this calamity that had fallen upon them and upon the world.
But in the name of that same Almighty, Holy God, he summoned the people
to repentance and to righteousness, for without righteousness there
could be no peace.

In the Cathedral there rang out over the assembled peopl