The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-05-30
HANDS ACROSS THE SEA
Another Of Rev. Melntircs interest
ing Articles Relative TO WORK IN
England

Sunday night and just home from
speaking IT the Stoke Ncwington +
Presbyterian Church for the second
time today Had a good time at both /
services and good audiences--whieh - |
rather surprising, not to say Halter
ing. considering that this was return
engagement Spoke this A. NJ. on
Faiths Last Resort from the words
OF the three who would not bow down
10 the great image Of Nebuchadnezzar
- But II not" Tonight at the sugges
ton Of Mr.. Burns | spoke Of "Ameri-
cas- part and spirit in the War and
incidentally | hit the booze question
as il exists here, as hard as ] could.
This church is fourishing church
take il despite the war conditions
and the drain upon It's men of whom
very large proportion are in the army
1.-THE pastor, Mr. Burns, has two sons,
his only children, in the army anu
notwithstanding that large number
OF the members are al present out OF
London because of he raids. They
have fine s.one building-all church
buildings here are brick or stone, as
indeed, all building are. There are
very few frame buildings. | had been
here nearly two months, | think, be-
fore saw a wooden building and then
il was only a small and apparently
temporary structure. Had congre-
CATION this A. NJ. Of about 800, !
should Judge, and perhaps 300 tonight.
Service tonight at G, revised time, as
we pushed our clocks ahead last night
one hour for the daylight saving.
They have the custom here OF having
the clerk pronounced "clark') go into
the pulpit and make the announce
ments and at both services today 1t
was announced thta the Rev. W. A.
McIntire NJ A. of Vermont, u. 5. A.
would speak Then too, two of the
elders insisted upon addressing me as
Captain" so you see | have been well
titled. If not entitled.
| have started several times to tell
YOU more of the Hut and its activities,
but think have never told you much.
It's not France, and ! started for
France and had my heart set on
France and so on-but | am very busy
here and quite happy in the work IN
many ways, although there are some
attendant circumstances which l
should have otherwise.
| am very comfortable, personally
and physically, as | think | wrote, SO
much so that il is difficult to make
myself believe that am doing wal
work at all-only that the presence OF
thousands of men in uniform and hun
dreds of wounded in Hospital Blue
make one know that war is and has
been and will be for some time tc
come The Hut is an immense struc-
ture, located in the very heart of Lon
don on the Strand which is about q
Hllie lunRi running lloill ii"Aai b"i
to Fleet Street. The Hut is withir
easy walking distance of much of the
Historic London--in the very center OF
Dickens Iondon--Lincoln Inn Fields
The Temple, DR.. Johnson's Church
etc. Dickens "Old Curiosity Shop" II
lust around the corner and the Naut
ical Shop with the Little Midship
man" Of Col ellis tDombey e. Son
is not far away, and so on. We have
prominent and easily reached place
and very popular place. II is saiC
to be the largest work of its kind any
where-that is, the largest in influence
and activity Of any War Work Y. NJ
c. A. in the L. S. or Europe. We have
large "Canteen" or eating hall, kit
chen, etc, in which we serve nearly
5000 meals day. We have 400 bed
or thereabouts which are filled ever!
night and we reserve in another per
manent Y. NJ building some extra
beds every night Our quiet room
for meditation and goodnight prayeI
service (every night at 10 o'clock j
as large as the whole Of the Danb!
S. S. room space with the partitions
between the infant room and the vestl
bule removed. This room has writing
desks-about a do2en--diyided int
four compartments each, so that q
men can write with necessary privacy
There are many other desks OF th'
same kind in other parts Of the Hut
altogether 30, ! presume, TO empha
size here as we did at Camp Pike tn
Write Home" spirit. There is
large game room with small tables TO
small games-three large readinl
tables-three full-sized American poo
tables, one American billiard table an
a Smoker" or English billiard tab
which is much larger than th regula
American billiard table There ar
books and magazines and readlnI
table in the quiet room also. A larg
st.are..r. l.ll9 eagstrO .hont zoo w.ifl