TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1928. NOTES AND COMMENTS PRINCE AND THE CHURCH.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 3191, 7 February 1928, Page 4

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1928. NOTES AND COMMENTS PRINCE AND THE CHURCH.

A stirring appeal for the Empire settler who has "the courage to go out into the back blocks," that his life therein may *be " undismayed by the loneliness and the constant struggle with Nature," was made by the Prince of Wales at a meeting held in the People's Palace, Mile End Road, London. The gathering was organised by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in support of the World Call of the Church Assembly. "The feature of this meeting," said the Prince, "which appeals particularly to myself, is that it is being held for the benefit of a section of our own countrymen and countrywomen in which I take a very special interest— I mean those who live in the remoter parts of the British Empire. I have travelled a great deal, and in the course of my journeys I have come into contact with many such. I have always made a point of seeing as many of them as possible for two reasons. One was for my awn personal satisfaction, for it does one good to meet people of that type who have courage to go out into the 'back blocks' and the prairies and m^ike their lives there undismayed by the loneliness and the constant struggle with Nature. Also, I knew that the meeting would give them pleasure, because my being there even for a short time was a constant reminder to them that we here in the centre of things at home do not forget them. Obviously they want as many links with home as possible, and we must remember that for those who have come straight from home the mere sight of a church in a new and strange land is a visible part of the old homeland which has followed them. The British Empire was built up by men who regarded their National Church as an intimate part of their lives. Wherever they went they took that Church with them, and in the immense influences which the British Empire has had on the world the Church has played a major part."