Excerpt from Thoughts in War Time: A Series of Nine Conferences Delivered to the Theological Students at St. Edmund's College

The following nine Conferences form the substance of a course delivered to the Theological and Philosophical students of this College in the Spring term of the present year. The various military allusions therefore relate to the phase of the war which had been reached by that period, which, so far as the Western campaign was concerned, was one of comparative stagnation.

This has seemed also a good opportunity for putting on permanent record the sermon preached on last St. Edmund's Day by the Vice-President, the Rev. Edwin Burton, D. D. That day was unlike any previous feast of St. Edmund within living memory. The shadow of war was upon us, and it was determined to keep it as a purely domestic celebration. The numerous guests who usually assist at the festivity were conspicuous by their absence. But there was a new and unique feature in the presence amongst the Divinity students and boys of a number of Belgian refugees, who had been driven forth from their country by the war, and had found a new home for the time at St. Edmund's. The visit of Mgr. de Wachter, Bishop Auxiliary of Malines, added still further meaning to the occasion.

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