us. They are also more open on the
question of sacrifice, the need for living or dying for others."

An army chaplain who himself served in the ranks writes of the soldier:
"He lives an animal life in which the thinking is done for him. Indeed
his relative comfort depends upon the extent to which he can abstain from
thinking. In France the number who take drink increases greatly. It is
wicked, damnably wicked that our lads through ignorance should be allowed
to slip into sins which in themselves are deadly, but which also open the
door to deadlier sins. . . . There are many indications that when the
Army returns there will be a great social upheaval. Men feel that they
are out to fight Prussianism, but they are becoming growingly conscious
of Prussianism in our own national life. They are very conscious of it
in military life."

If we were to sum up our impressions we would be compelled to say that
there has been an increase of immorality, drinking, and bad language
during the period of the war.

II

Let us now ask, _What is the attitude of the men to religion, and what
are the characteristics of their religious life in war time_? The war
seems to have intensified all the tendencies of peace time. It makes a
man a greater sinner or a greater saint. He is either driven to God or
away from Him. It would be impossible for any single human mind
adequately to sum up the good and evil of war, and strike a balance
between the two. Most Christians cannot believe that war is in itself
good. To those who have seen its hideous reality it is unquestionably a
dire evil. Even the best results of war might have been better attained
by other means. The good is often revealed rather than caused by it. A
moral equivalent for war might have been found. Certainly no Christian
could defend war save as a last resort, forced upon a nation in defense
of its life or for the lives of others, when all more rational or
judicial methods had failed.

Among the obvious _evil results of war_ we would be compelled to name at
least ten: The wanton destruction of human life; the maiming and
suffering inflicted upon the wounded; the breaking up of homes and the
terrible suffering caused to women and children; the loss of wealth and
property, with the subsequent hardship for the poor which it entails, and
the destruction of art, architecture, and the higher material
accomplishments of civilization; the outbreak of immorality and
dr