THE BRITISH PREMIER

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3050, 11 April 1917, Page 6

THE BRITISH PREMIER

CHRISTMAS EVE AT A WELSH CHAPEL. The Prime Minister on Christmas Eve attended the Castlo Street (London) Welsh Baptist Chapel and alter tho service he addressed the large congregation of his fellow countrymen and countrywomen. Speaking in Welsh, he said he had come through the fog from hie home in Surrey, for he was determined io spend the. last Sunday before Christmas in a Welsh chapel with his brothers and sisters. Though it was a high honour to be Prime Minister, it was not altogether an enviable position, with its groat responsibilities and anxieties. Slowly, with deliberation, and giving the impression of deepest sincerity, he" epoke most hopefully and! confidently of tho result of the war. There had been suffering and sacrifice. There would be more. But the sufferings and sacrifice would not be in vain. W© would enter a better world in which the spirit or Christ would more and more.prevail. When he was at Albert he saw the figure of the Virgin with the infant Christ in her arms facing the Germans, and tho spirit 'of Christ wa-s facing them now. In the future there •would be more evidence of the spirit of Christ, and there would be peace on earth and goodwill toward men after the present turmoil had ended. , Two of his favourite hymns were sung at his request, the Prime Minister joining heartily in, the singing.