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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 37, 7 November 1917, Page 3

"SOME MOTHER'S SON" , A CHAPLAIN'S LET'i'EK. The following extract from a -letter ipritten by the Rev. H. Clark, chaplain .of ffio 2nd Battalion, 3rd N.Z.ii.B., 'France, to Mrs. Munro, of Palmcrston •Hortb, telling of tlie .death ,of her. son, may bring some comfort Jo others than the taeaved mother ; to whom it was gattressed:—"Long before this ' letter reaches you, you will have heard of the i death of your 'son, Rifleman. J. D. Munrd. I. always -remember when I am writing these letters that besides being a soldier, he was som'e mother's son. I know how hard it was to write to iny own old parents when my brother died of wounds some time ago, and I can feel for you in your los 3. It is you Blotters who bear the real cross of this jraT, for every broken body means a Bother's sore, sore "heart. Your boy

wt\nt at once. It was on June 18, after Movsines. He had come safely through thas. We went out back for a few days' rest\ _ Your son's company was ono of r the i first to move up tho line. They werel in reserve in tho wood. The Hurt was shelling it very heavily, and the first night up there your boy was killed by a shell which struck a tree above him. -He was buried in Charing Cross .cemeteto.... . You have the knowledge that jour boy was willing, and did give liTs life* for the world's fullest liberty. /He certainly died for others, and .Jesus Christ has told us that the world knows no greatiU' love and no finer end to life than. tha\. There is a homo leserved for 'the true and the brave and God will give lyour boy a warm welcome there. Thpse who have tho spirit of Christ are' 1 His, and His spirit sent Him'to redjem a world at the cost of His own life. '' This is true of every Boldier. The hardships are great—the dangers aire'.every day—but the spirit of the men Scarry them through: and of 'that Jiumbor your boy is one. The inS3 is great, nut) you can look forward to a (lav when 1 you, and all you mourners, ■ will greet again this faco loved long since and lost but for a while."