Week
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contributor: Blakemore, William
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1917-12-08
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note: ■•*4> «ar!«'-nlL* !;;■£• ft British Colombia Newspaper aid Review Vol. XV, No. Victoria, B.C., Canada, December 8th, 1917 5c. a copy $2.00 a year Religion of Chaplains and Soldiers REPORTS from chaplains and other religious workers about the religion of the soldier at the front are common stock among the religious papers, but there is a suspicion that in many cases the ordinary padre does not get the soldier's viewpoint, although he prides himself that he does. As a consequence the padre is liable to stumble into saying things that may go down all right with certain piously inclined people at home but which must sound both illogical and foolish to the ordinary common sense Tommy at the front. A recent letter from the trenches shows the soldiers' side of the question and throws some light on what he sometimes thinks of the chaplain'.s religion: "We get more and more repelled by the 'Christian service' offered to us. Tt is severely national and partakes in large measure those prejudices belonging to the military easte. Prayers are offered to the God of our side for all sorts of blessings, and it never occurs to them apparently that the men on the other side are His children, too, whoso utter destruction is necessary for the answer to their prayers. Some appeals to us predicate a fierce hatred in our hearts towards the enemy, a.mental state I rarely find. Pity and kindness towards German prisoners I have seen frequently. Men see that they are emeshed by tho same strange fate as themselves. Doubt- loss their rulers and some officers and men amongst them are a bad lot, but. it seems that the killing and maiming of thousands of innocent, men daily is a poor method by which to punish or even try to punish those who are really guilty. It seems that those of cardinal guilt are beyond tho reach of our guns and bayonets. Yet the preacher says tliis is God's law, the innocent suffering for the guilty! 'The incentive to heroism,' I heard one padre say, 'was the realisation of th…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: publisher not identified (1904-1906) ; The Week Publishing Co., Ltd. Offices (1906-1907) ; �The Week� Publishing Company, Limited (1907-1918) ; publisher not identified (1918-1920)
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Victoria (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0374045
language: English
lat: 48.428333
long: -123.364722
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Victoria : "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text