Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-05
SERVICE
by Virginia Frazer Boyse.).

Service has always been a hard
lesson for humanity to learn. Per-
haps. that was why the Son OF Man
silently girded Himself with a towel
and washed the Disciples feet He did
It, Just as he time, when those eret-
while fishermen and taxgatherers
were raising the question, as to who
among them would be the greatest
in h Kingdom OF Heaven. To the
unthinking masses. the word conveys
only the suggestion Of humility: to
h humanitarian. the truest test OF
Christianity; to the lover Of his
country, the noblest significance Of
patriotism.
The military camps Of the United
States are swarming today, with our
khaki-clad boys, eager to prove that
patriotism. Some Of them are now
over There" behind the French. and
British lines ready to shed their
that liberty and freedom may still
mean what they spell. But rauffled
in your furlined overcoat. bowling
along in you high-power limousine,
what are you doing-how are you
serving? 1t isn't the other fellows
war; it's your - war. OF
!, course. your son is in camp. or will
over There" Maybe, he volun-
teered: but that. isn't you! You
haven't had any meat1ess or wheat
less days, and your business, as ue-
ual." doubled since the boy has gone,
isn't your helping to win the a
The boys glory will be his own.
who ever heard of secondhand
glory crown? TOO old to server
Not a bit, We have millions Of
khaki men for the front but there
are billions Of soldiers, without the
khaki, at home whose service is need
ed to help win in this war. None are
too old or too young to aid in bring
in Ohio, 9S years old. who has knit
ted ten pairs Of trench socks. is
wearing the uniform Of the United
States on the inside and answering
roll call right. Those girls OF tho
sixties" knitting and making Red
Cross pajamas down in the south are
every day. That 11-year-old boy in
Memphis. Tenn. who spread his "
flag over a little table in a hank
lobby and sold over a million raol-
lars worth of Liberty bondss did as
much in His own way to win as the
man in the trenches. There's "a pa
triot, in a rolling chair in a home for
incurables that you can take OF your
hat to. He can only use a thumb
of, n hand and two fingers OF h
other yet he learned to knit q hospi-
III scrub. and. with tears in hisseyes.
he thanked God that he was able to
do something for his country. Im-
pertinent kind of talk is it? No:
merely strong. You needn't unlock
your big safe and take out those Lib
erty bonds; we a German knows
they are a good Investment. And
those cancelled checks for the 7. NJ.
C. A. and he war library and the
France and Italy you're able to show,
They've called hpon o pretty lively,
haven't they? But you've been call
ing on your country every day that
you have lived. You called upon her
to- mother o when o were a. boy.
You called upon her, h~oastfulfy.
when you first felt that you were q
man. You called upon her to pro-
tect you in your enterprises when
you went into business. You called
upon her to help you make
your fortune. and you made It. rt9ht
hero in this blessed land OF freedom.
Obi; it isn't enough that you can show
Ia handful of Cancelled checks: that
you have given one, twd pr oven three
bows I o keep your mothor country
without bleniish. You've rot to give
yourself-you've got to teal Il on the
inside. You've got to let II eutsrtin-
20 -FOUR soul until the place % holy
With the bigneas OF II You've rot
TO SGT It up next to your God and live
Il and be 1t until va have won thu
war for the liberty and the freedom
Of the national