The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-28
IN THE REALM OF RELIGION

curing an ultimate victory. The large
number of men supplied in the war con-
tingents and the large sum Of money
voted by the Canadian people gives the
measure OF the states action. What is
going to be the measure of tho church's
stridec The entire contributions Of all
Canadians i'm the entire history OF Can
ada for world missions do not exceed
Canada's first war budget. The con-
trast is striking home in the minds of
the people. New Standards Of values
are being demanded but they will not
become authoritative until, to use the
expression employed by Jewish rabbi
TO club of Canadian Christians, The
church takes Jesus seriously The ques-
ton now Is not, Shall Catholicism, of
Anglicanism, or Presbyterianism. or
Methodism, or any other noble and his
toric-ism survive? but, Shall Caesar
vanquish Christ? Shall Barabbas out
vote Jesus? Shall Corsica conquer Cali
lee? Let there be no mistake; the real
struggle will begin when peace Is de-
clared. The fighting between the armies
may end next summer or next year. The
conflict Of sentiments and idea. will be
for generation. The hates and jeal-
ousies engendered by this war will sur
vive to blast the world until the church
makes love to prevail, and a sense of
justice Unless the church has a redemp-
tive gospel. and goes with 1t to every
nation, regenerating the minds and
hearts of all races, the last end of this
war will be unspeakably worse than the
first. The nation calls the church. as 1t
calls the state, to heal all breaches, to
concentrate all efforts, to cease overlap
ping and cross-firing. and to bend all ell
rDt avs ,t..sf l1<i
citadel. And surely the church will not
be outdone in loyalty to duty by the
state Already there is auickening of
interest in the steady movement for
union of the Presbyterian, Methodist and
Congregational churches into the Unit
ed Church OF Canada. Instead of lessen
ing the need for that union, the war
greatly intensifies it, accentuates It,
makes 1t more imperative. The laymen.
facing the missionary problem at home
and abroad. feel the compulsion Of this
new imperative. Across Canada laymen
of all churches are meeting together and
making common cause for things as.they
ought to be. regardless Of the sticklers
for things as they were
The bombs that did the most material
damage in the recent German air raid
on Yarmouth on the Norfolk coast of
England. writes the London correspond
ent Of the Living Church. were the two
that fell close to st. Peters Church. It
was an abvious target for the enemy
airman. for its tower is the most prom
tnent in the town, and he missed 1t by
yards only The windows OF the near
side of the church were smashed, besides
those of dwelling houses within u radius
or 90 yards. The church, a modern one.
stands in the middle of a square called
st. Peters Plain. An intercession serv-
ice in the church had just come to an
end when the noise of the exploding
bombs was heard. The vicar was still in
the church. and he was astonished to
find that his double locked vestry door
had blown right open.
The aircraft raid on Yarmouth has
had the result of further restriction In
the lighting of the town. The vicar and
church wardens of the parish church
have decided to hold no evening services
In the church. and on Sundays revert TO
the ancient English custom OF having
EvensonS in the afternoon, which is still
kept up at tine cathedrals.
At Snettisham. Il village near Kings
Lynn, the church. a beautiful example OF
late fourteenth century architecture.
which, with its lofty spire, is land
mark to the surrounding countryside.
was damaged by a bomb that fell in
field sixty yards away. The force of the
explosion was SO great that most of the
windows on the south and east sides of
the church We're blown in. together with
some of the stonework of the mullions.
Mural tablets In this part Of the church
were knocked down and other damage
done. The rector and members Of his
household, who were in the rectory i'm
mediately behind the church. stood at
hot tha1 NJ AvSt
took to be r. British aeroplane. Then as
the huge cigar-shaped airship came more
clearly into sight they realized that it
WAS a Zeppelin. Suddenly there was
flash and a great explosion; but al
though the windows Of the church were
shattered, the crash OF breaking glass
was inaudible, being drowned by the
noise Of the explosion and Of the pound
ing OF the airship engines