Produced by Irma Spehar and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) THE DISCIPLINE OF WAR _Nine Addresses on the Lessons of the War in Connection with Lent_ FROM ASH WEDNESDAY to EASTER SUNDAY WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING SUGGESTED SUBJECT FOR MEDITATION, AND SUITABLE PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE, FOR EACH DAY IN LENT BY THE REV. J. HASLOCH POTTER, M.A. _Hon. Canon of Southwark and Vicar of St. Mark's, Surbiton, Surrey_ London SKEFFINGTON & SON 34, Southampton Street, Strand, W.C. _Publishers to His Majesty the King_ 1915 AUTHOR'S PREFACE The war has introduced into countless lives new conditions, and has strangely modified, or emphasised, those already existing. These Addresses, prepared under much stress of other work, are intended to supply, in very simple fashion, hints for conduct and points for thought along the lines of our fresh or deepened responsibilities. An Appendix gives a suggested subject and a passage of Scripture for each day during Lent. May God the Holy Ghost, without Whom man's best labours are in vain, bless this little book to its purpose. Please say a prayer for the writer, who, as much as any, needs grace that he may try to practise what he preaches. J. HASLOCH POTTER. Surbiton. The Conversion of St. Paul. 1915. FOREWORD Kingston House, Clapham Common. _January 19th, 1915._ My dear Canon,-- You have invited me to say a few words introductory to the little book you are putting forth, and of which you have sent me the advance proofs. From the great excellence of that which I have read, I am convinced that your Lenten meditations on the Discipline of War, will be of pre-eminently spiritual value in a time when publications on the subject are multiplied. That the war is to leave us on a higher plane of self-discipline, and with higher ideals of citizen life and responsibility, every Christian must acknowledge. Your little Lenten scheme is just that which is needed to give reality and action to what might otherwise be left in the realm of theory. May the Holy Spirit make use of your work to the benefit of us all and for the Glory of God. Your sincere friend, CECIL HOOK, _Bishop._ CONTENTS I PAGE The Discipline of the Will 1 II The Discipline of the Body 9 III The Discipline of the Soul 18 IV The Discipline of the Spirit 27 V Discipline through Obedience 35 VI The Discipline of Sorrow 44 VII Discipline through bereavement 52 VIII Discipline through Self-sacrifice 62 IX Discipline through Victory 70 * * * * * Appendix 81 THE DISCIPLINE OF WAR I