'And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the
haughtiness of men shall be brought low: and the Lord alone
shall be exalted in that day. And the idols shall utterly pass
away. And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into
the holes of the earth, from before the terror of the Lord and
from the glory of His majesty, when He ariseth to shake
mightily the earth.'
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'Whom ye ignorantly worship, Him declare I unto you.'
I
I write this little book in order to help towards an answer to the
question, How is it with the Christian religion at the front? With the
flower of British manhood massed in the Army this and like questions are
bound to arise--How is it with the men? Where are they religiously? What
do they want? What will they need when they return? and so forth. There
never has been such an opportunity of taking a comparative view of British
Christianity and of framing answers to such questions. Perhaps those who
are working as chaplains at the front are especially challenged to attempt
these tasks. Their answer must not be loose or sentimental. There is a
danger of that. The emotions aroused by the war may encourage sentimental
verdicts. That may be the reason why a good many ideas which are current
at home about religion at the front, are a good distance removed from
reality.