Your Canadian soldiers have won the admiration of France. I have seen your men in action, they are courageous; they are indomitable and marvellous; they despise death; and their bravery is only equalled by that of the soldiers of France. I thank you for the demonstration you have given me, and I am happy that I have been able, during my stay on this continent, to come up to this great city of Montreal for a few hours, to meet a people who show us so warmly that we in France have a place in their affections. All I can say is, and I say it with all my heart, "Vive le Canada!" FOR THE MEN AT THE FRONT Lord God of Hosts, whose mighty hand Dominion holds on sea and land, In Peace and War Thy Will we see Shaping the larger liberty. Nations may rise and nations fall, Thy Changeless Purpose rules them all. When Death flies swift on wave or field, Be Thou a sure defence and shield! Console and succour those who fall, And help and hearten each and all! O, hear a people's prayers for those Who fearless face their country's foes! For those who weak and broken lie, In weariness and agony-- Great Healer, to their beds of pain Come, touch, and make them whole again! O, hear a people's prayers, and bless Thy servants in their hour of stress! For those to whom the call shall come We pray Thy tender welcome home. The toil, the bitterness, all past, We trust them to Thy Love at last. O, hear a people's prayers for all Who, nobly striving, nobly fall! To every stricken heart and home, O, come! In tenderest pity, come! To anxious souls who wait in fear, Be Thou most wonderfully near! And hear a people's prayers, for faith To quicken life and conquer death! For those who minister and heal, And spend themselves, their skill, their zeal-- Renew their hearts with Christ-like faith, And guard them from disease and death. And in Thine own good time, Lord, send Thy Peace on earth till Time shall end! JOHN OXENHAM _By permission of the Author_ WHAT HAS BRITAIN DONE? What has Britain done? Kept the faith and fought the fight For the everlasting right: Chivalrously couched her lance In defence of Belgium, France-- This has Britain done. What has Britain done? Given every seventh son, Met the challenge of the Hun: Placed her men on every field, Proud to die, too proud to yield-- This has Britain done. What has Britain done? Answers every far-flung breeze Blown across the seven seas: "Watch and ward secure she keeps, With vigilance that never sleeps"-- This has Britain done.