The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 December 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 0, 1915

THE BAILS ADl> HOMES

.Holerence to the Barnado Homes "was ukklo iu our issue oi yesterday. Supplemental to this, a reference to the exceptional handicaps tliey are running undor at present will bo timely. Iho war and its many demands lias taken from many sympathisers the means ordinarily available lor assistance ol the howea, and in the light 01 this fact there is to he seen clearly the need lor special effort on the part of those more fortunately placed. An article in this ye in is to nand from Dr Baker, director oi' the iiarnado Homes. It is headed "DifiicultiefcTand Hopes, ' and it runs:—"ln spite of the many difficulties that we have had to ;n counter during the present year, including the difficulty of realizing legacies and ever-jnereafling price of provisions, 1 feel that the dominant note of this month's letter should bo gratitude to God for numberless mercies and lor daily sustenance and daily grace. Our lieartlelt thanks are also due for a safe passage across the Atlantic granted to our last party oi young emigrants at a time ol peculiar peril. We are justly proud of the ■way in which old boys have respond ecJ to Iho call of King and country. They have rallied to the standard troni many quarters of the globe. Canada Has furnished over a thousand; we know ol sixteen from India, i\ew Zealand and .Jamaica-; while from our Watts naval training school, from Stepney,

and from the Homeland generally another 531 have gone fortn to do aricJ dure in the defeilce of the empire. Many have already boon wounded. Boine seriously; six are prisoners, and thirty-one, alas, have been killed in action. We mourn the sacrifice ji these brave promising lives, but wo thank God for every lad ol ours, who, in this dark hour of national peril, has cast all selfish thoughts 'to tho winds. ' ... The financial outlook has never been more critical during the wliole history ol the ■work. The outbreak of war led to the launching oi many urgent appeals for help, aml public benevolence has been .drained to an extent hitherto unknown. Tho new and heavy burden of taxation which the war has laid upon the nation must necessarily make it increasingly difficult for our friends to rally to our aid. We know not what, the coming winter months hold tor us. The struggle may be of more than ordinary severity. But we press forward in faith and hope, stifl believing that He Who lias directed audi sustained this work tor nearly fifty years will not forsake us now."