be the conqueror, and the love of all loves is
the love of God revealed in His Son, Jesus Christ.

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Our Jewish friends were surprised and delighted in the dark days at the
close of 1914, to find that the doors of the Y.M.C.A. were thrown widely
open to their padres, who could gather in soldiers of their community to
worship God in their own way in the huts of the Red Triangle. They have
not been slow to show their appreciation--several Y.M.C.A. huts have
been given officially by Jews; one well-known and much used hostel bears
the name 'Jewish Y.M.C.A.,' and Jewish padres will go to any trouble or
inconvenience to help our work at home or overseas. No Red Triangle hut
can be used for proselytising by Catholic, Protestant, Moslem, or
Jew--that goes without saying--but any official chaplain is welcome to
the use of our huts for instructing his own people in their own faith.

[Illustration: THE Y.M.C.A. AT BASRA, MESOPOTAMIA]

A striking article recently appeared in a Catholic journal, from which
we cull the following paragraphs, expressing as they do another point
of view:--

'"R.C.," "C. of E.," "Y.M.C.A."--these three are
the religions of the Front. The drum-head service,
whilst nominally "C. of E.," is, of course, more a
military parade than a religious function. It is
not without a certain amount of picturesque Army
ceremonial, but to the Catholic soldier, as a
Catholic, the spectacle is an uninteresting one.
The Y.M.C.A., too, I think, would not claim to be
a religion. It is perhaps a religious institution;
a kind of spiritual ration-dump. Its huts, even
during a cinema show, and at the counters where
they sell Woodbines and chocolates, have a
Christianised atmosphere. No soldier fears to be
thought "too good" through attending a Y.M.C.A.
service. That is, perhaps, where its undoubtedly
great influence comes in. It gives the impression,
one supposes, to these soldiers that here they
have what the P.S.A. fraternity call "a man's
religion for man." It caters for the frequent
English soul which (perhaps in the Charity of God)
finds a path to Heaven in the singing of
second-rate hymns on Sunday evening; in the
constant repetition of "Abide with me,