Twenty years ago in France the _Catechisme du Libre Pensuer_ was taught in schools, and the name of God excluded from the general curriculum. Italy has long been openly pagan, notwithstanding the “Holy Prisoner” of the Vatican. And Germany, our brutal foe, has flung every ideal to the winds save Self and Greed, so that not even the “untutored savage” principles of honour have any hold on her. And what may we, what _dare_ we say of Great Britain? Is it a _true_ religion that to suit convention prints a prayer to God in a rag newspaper, when for years that same newspaper has ignored every sign, symbol, or suggestion of religious faith? Rightly or wrongly, British folk are credited with more “camouflage” than all the French police put together; “camouflage” in this instance standing for hypocrisy, and if they do believe in a God it is difficult to realise their sincerity. Meanwhile the old thunder rolls from Heaven--“God is not mocked!” and, so far from seeing His “injustice” in this terrible war which is ruining so much that can never be replaced, let us realise that we, the offending Nations, have brought it upon Ourselves. Ourselves have been ungrateful for His mercies and blessings; Ourselves have made Self our god, and Wealth our chief aim--and so now by the Divine Law shall Our Selves be slain and our wealth taken from us. Thus the Shadow darkens the mirror of my “reflections”--for I feel with Admiral Beatty that (as he expressed it) “until religious revival takes place at home just so long will the war continue. When England can look out on the future with humbler eyes and a prayer on her lips, then we can begin to count the days towards the end!” Then--and only then! Then the Shadow will lift and the mirror will reflect the glorious figure of Victory.... “Like to some branch of stars we see Hung in the golden Galaxy!” But not till then! And meanwhile the Great War must be seen in its true light--as a Punishment of Nations for their unrepented wrongs to one another! TRIUMPH OF WOMANHOOD (_Written for the Scottish Women’s Hospital_)