that there are times when they cannot get on
without God; they are not frightened of Him, they flee to Him with their
simple cries for strength."

While another, a student who laid down his life at the front, makes this
valuable suggestion as to the presentation of Christ: "When I was talking
to them at these services, I always used to try to make them feel that
Christ was the fulfilment of all the best things that they admired, that
He was their natural hero. I would tell them some story of heroism and
meanness contrasted, of courage and cowardice, of noble forgiveness and
vile cruelty, and so get them on the side of the angels. Then I would
try and spring it upon them that Christ was the Lord of the heroes and
the brave men and the noble men, and that He was fighting against all
that was mean and cruel and cowardly, and that it was up to them to take
their stand by His side if they wanted to make the world a little better
instead of a little worse."

III

The third question discussed with the men was, _What is the attitude of
the soldier to the churches, and what lesson has the Church to learn from
the present war_? Let it be said at the very outset that the writer
speaks as a member of the Church and in deep sympathy with it. As the
divinely constituted organization which stands for the highest human
ideals, and for the establishment of the Kingdom of God on earth, we all
are, or ought to be, members of the Church. "With charity for all and
with malice toward none," we see no ground for self-complacence on the
part of any branch of the Church, and no part of it which deserves
sweeping condemnation from the rest. Doubtless it will seem to many that
it is unwise to confess our faults, but the men at the front are not
silent, however much we may desire to be. We would do well to face the
facts which this war is forcing upon our attention, however much we may
dislike the searching glare of the present conflict. Obviously something
is wrong. Had the Church fulfilled her divine mission, the present war
between so-called "Christian" nations would have been impossible.

As was stated in the preceding chapter, according to the opinion of the
majority, less than 20 per cent or one-fifth of the men are vitally
related to any of the Christian communions. A series of conferences held
with individuals and carefully selected groups of men and officers
brought out by a general consensus of opinion the following point