WORK OF THE CHURCH ARMY

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 21, 24 July 1918, Page 2

WORK OF THE CHURCH ARMY

Writing in the London Daily Tele- . graph in-reference to the Church Army, Mr. Philip Gibbs states .—"These eight miles deep of craterland and bogland— eight miles . deep, and 100 miles'"long, worst on the Flanders front, but bad everywhere—make a bait m v.hich there 13 wretchedness, redeemed only by great heroism, great patience, and the spirit of British soldiers." They get their reward when their division is relieved and comes out of the line. Tlhi\ lucky ones make the best of a. good time, cleansing themselves of the grey mikt, &jjd cleanßing their minds of the things .that-ithey have seen in the fields of death. It is bright and warm, and good to play a game of dominoes in the (phurch Army huts, where there is always a cheery padre, and sometimes a piano and a gramophone to take men's minds away from the war, and the comforts of an older kind of,life, pictures round the walls and a warm, fire ■burning and peace in their hearts. These are great places for men just down from . the .battlefields, and the men who •run them play the game well, and keep things merry and bright." .To assist the good work of the Church Army Huts money is required. Every donation,. large or small, is thankfully received.