The age-herald., 1901-10-20
THE MURMUR OF THE WORLD.

"Forenoon and afternoon and night Forenoon
 And afternoon and night Forenoon. and-what!
 The empty song repeats itself. No more Yea, that is life; make this forenoon sublime,
 | This afternoon a psalm, this night a | And time Is conquered and thy. crown is won"
 Life has been Iikened by another to an | unwritten page whereon each one of us may write his line or two, and then comes | night. Though thou have time to write but a line, be that sublime. It is low aim, not failure. that is crime. we are bidden by this other one to believe. Count that day lost Whose low descending sun Views at thy hand
 No worthy action done" In these four little lines is the true philosophy of life, the true lesson of be- ing. of toiling, striving and loVlng-of knowing how to live before mankind.
 How many days have you lost, my be- | loved?
 How many worthy actions found you for your hands to do that remained un- done? How many kind words have struggled | to your lips for utterance and been stified there by the ungenerous prompting of a heart at other times and in other condi- tions generous? H> How many times has mere irritation of your own spirit withheld your hand from giving a cup of cold water to parched | lips2
 1 How many times have you hesitated be- side the fallen-paused. to lift up the | weak and weary the .heavy-laden and broken-hearted, the downtrodden-hesi- | tated, was lost to goodness, and passed | on your way with never an effort to soothe, to uplift, to point the way to the | bright sky forever shining above and the green fields forever shimmering before How many times could you have gath cred bruised and broken and bitterly trou- bled spirits to your own strong breast to comfort and to save. and you would not, you would not? Ask each of you, my beloved-ask each of you of your own heart-ask and an- swer for yourself, for there shall come time when the Master will ask and you must answer for your soul. and not for the souls of others
 Ask and yon shall receive answer: |: knock and the door of truth concerning yourself and all things good for you to know shall be opened unto you.
 
 The only way appointed under heaven He does not however, readily lend him. self to the authority of the non-commis- sioned officers. A difficulty in punishine negro soldiers comes from their stubborn ness, and it is even necessary. in order to make punishment effective, to have 1t
 carried out with the ridicule of com | rades'
 "On the other hand the negro soldier"
 according to Colonel Bullard, is charac-
 terized by "a certain common lack of
 honor He thieves good deal. There Is
 no special rectitude in the observation of
 financial obligations, and any amount | of falsifications is considered excusable
 in defeating an effort to collect borrowed
 money; but the negro is a good soldier.
 in the sense that he is obedient and a l splendid fighter when he is under intrepid
 officers, who are also disciplinarians
 There is an irresistible propensity for
 carrying concealed weapons, and those in
 authority have found it almost impossl-
 ble to break up this practice. Negroes
 take sides in any row of which they happen to be observers; just as certain | frivolity is Q predominant trait. There if no lack of courage. if the leader Is brave the negro regular in Cuba showed he will face an enemy. Upon the whole, the negro is considered to be better fitted for
 the subordination of the modern soldier than is his white superiors.' 1 About Persons.