“I am now on holiday, and have just given away my last copy of _When it was Dark_ while staying in the Carmelite Monastery at Haiffa, with those charming French Pères, to an American canon who was also there. “Sir, what I want to do is to suggest that you should have your book translated into French and German. I lent it to a French engineer a month ago, and I feel sure it would do good in those countries. Think this out. You might take the advice of some competent friend. “I should like to do the translating myself, but I should make so many mistakes, _Magna est veritas, et prævalebit_. “Have sent home for _A Lost Cause_, and am expecting another treat, with some salt of sarcasm. “With sincere respect and gratitude.” My kind correspondent’s idea has been carried out, I am glad to say. The book in question has been translated into French and German and several other languages. And in this regard I may perhaps mention the surprise I have felt on learning that the French issue has already gone into three editions. I am in France a good deal each year, and know something of the temper of the reading public there to-day. I had not thought that many people would read the book. From San Remo, in Italy, this letter comes:-- “DEAR SIR, “I read last week _When it was Dark_ and wish each of my children to have a copy, as it will show them what the Christian Faith means to the world. I still hold to the simple faith of my childhood taught me by my dear parents, which carried each through a _peaceful death-bed_. Our Heavenly Father, the King of kings and the only Ruler of princes, sacrificed His beloved Son for His people, and allowed His cruel death, knowing that in the future the thought of His terrible sufferings would touch the hearts of most and often keep them from sinning. I have never doubted _His Resurrection_, neither would I allow any person to suggest that doubt in my presence. And to me the convincing proof that He was indeed the Son of God is, that He rose again from the dead, He ascended to Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of His Father--God only could possess this power. How very lax we are apt to become and take as our due that great sacrifice.