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is why I am glad that the spiritual leaders of Wales have chosen to take such an intimate part in the struggle, a part which will ensure a continuance of their leadership after it is over. Had they remained at home, I have little hesitation in saying that their occupation would be gone. The men to whom they have preached, men from every nook and corner of Wales-and some of whom have seen but little beyond their own immediate neighbourhood-those men will be undergoing all sorts of processes. Their way of life, their old habits, mental and physical, are thrown over. They will see things, henceforth, not as simple Welshmen, but as citizens of the world. You read how one of the Bishops put it They will take the Churches by the throat and say We want something better than this.' I demurred to the trend of his argument. I pointed out that there were hundreds, thousands even, of Welshmen who could be termed, in a very real sense, citizens of the world. The fact does not vitiate my argument at all," he continued imperturbably. And to what has it amounted to after all is said and done? Have they left an appreciable mark on the life of the nation. Has religious toleration gained by them ? Is there a more humane spirit breathing in rural Wales as the result of their efforts? Have they been able to instil into ministers of religion, for example, that Wales is not the only chosen nation of the Lord ? They have taken the measure of other nations, but have they been able to impart it to the people? Have they been able to purge Wales of its grosser sins have they held up the mirror to her face ? What they have failed to accomplish, this war is going to effect. The thousand or so young ministers will come back to make a new Wales, and I wish only that I was younger so that I might see it. But I can forsee it-and that is almost as good. Drill in field and camp will put spring into their stiff joints and fresh air into their stuffed minds, They will not easily write sermons again in window- shut, dust-thick, tobacco-sodden studies.' I can foresee a Wales rising anew, secure in the proved valour of her men, rising on the broad foundations of From over the water come the recent speeches of President Wilson, collected under the title of The New Freedom (Dent). Everything is welcome which helps to explain the position of the United States. Messrs. Hughes & Son send us Yr Ysgol Gymraeg (pp. 148, Is. 3d.), a reading book for school, by 0. J. Owen. admirably done, and with many illustrations by Downing Williams. The drawings are an improvement on many found in Welsh books, but a newly-fledged army officer must have stood as model for the schoolmaster. The same artist provides the illustrations for Rhamant Plat Pren Hdyg. by the late H. Brython Hughes (pp. 60. 6d.). This is more difficult to read than Mr. Owen's book. sympathy and knowledge tolerant of men's opinions, tolerant of men's varied activities a Wales that has seen and known other nations, that has really seen and wondered. A good many nations," he went on more quietly, will discover their souls in this war. We, in Wales, have always regarded ourselves as being on very intimate terms with our own souls, and with the national soul; but I venture to think that these souls will be revealed to us as something different from those we have imagined. A painted lady in the strong sunlight is not the same person as the one you see over the footlights. Strange as you may think it, I really believe that what Wales wants to-day is a greater measure of humility. Strange, because the word is never dissociated from the religious experiences that you can listen to in any Seiat on any night in the week strange, because we always regard ourselves as only in process of emancipation from an excess of humility. Do not misunderstand me. By humility, I do not mean for a moment timidity. The two are quite distinct. A man may be humble-and brave in fact true humility is the superlative greatness. Christianity has taught us that, and our daily ex- perience bears witness to its truth. But I am afraid that, as a nation, we have insisted so much on the merit of humility as a Christian grace that we have forgotten to practice it. Timidity,-I want to see none of it, and I hope to see none. We have been too timid in the past, we have bowed the knee too long to other nations but as that is all over, we need not dwell on it. You will mark that I do not dwell on our virtues as a nation. A self-respecting nation can allow other nations to do that they should be self-evident and be in need of no emphasis or adver- tisement. Faults, on the other hand, are generally hidden from the outside view; the chink in the armour, the flaw in the plate, your vulnerable point, is not always known to your adversary or to a stranger. But amongst ourselves we can discuss these matters in the same way as parents discuss the faults of their children-in a serious way, yet in a way that is touched with loving-kindness, in a way that will aid in the transmutation of the dross into pure gold." J.R.O. but it has a full glossary at the end. The Ministry of Reconciliation is the title of a bundle of essays by members of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (Headley Brothers. Is. net). Our friend. Richard Roberts, writes with his accustomed vigour on the Problem of Nationality. The fellowship has issued a translation of another essay of his Y Ffydd i'r Oes Newydd and Y Modd i Atal Ysbryd Mitwriaeth, by Dr. Hodgkin. Mr. Gwynn Jones has put these into Welsh, and they may be had from 17, Red Lion Square, W.C. -the house where Rossetti and Morris painted and decorated sixty years ago.