The four years of the great war have witnessed two astounding facts, namely, the recrudescence of an ancient barbarism and the world — wide application of the ideals of Christianity. During these momentous times the frontiers of barbarism and of civiliza tion were clearly marked. The greater part of the world declared its position and took sides with one or other of the contestants. The whole world was either for or against, either friend or foe to, the essential principles of a Christian civilization.