The Washington times., 1918-04-21
Your Foot Puzzles the Ant
A Greater Power Puzzles You.

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The ants have selected their sunny place. where the
sandy soil is suited to the building Of their little city under
ground.
They are working in the mysterious way that puzzles
u.s. with an energy mental and physical that would put us
to shame if we realized their power.
The Young ants are cared for taken out and taken IN
Captive creatures kept and actually MIXED by the ants
that take from them nourishng liquid as we milk cows
In some cases parasite ants doing work whatever
corresponding to our idle rich class waited upon With
savish obedience by working ants that ask no questions
but wait humby their parasite lords fighting for them
There are hatreds industries deness intelligence and
probably emotions unknown to us in that city Of insect lie
Along comes the foot The heel strikes the ground first
killing dozen or more Then the sole strikes the ground
more are killed The city is fattened and ant citizens
that have gone ar to look for dead catepars back
to great catastrophe that wrecked them puzzles them
represents power entirely above their feeble understand
As the feet walk on the earth destruction behind them
the mind that controls the feet is looking to the end OF the
Ing of the fence on the left looking the great shining
that lights the path and the ants below.
could you hope to make one OF the ant SURVIVORS
understand what has happened?
How could youmake the little creature realize that the
bigger creature by which its city has been crushed cannot
be blamed for killing he walks abroad?
How could you make that ant understand the power that
destroys it in its passage?
You could not.
ruins the little ant HILL the and his garden and this
earth and the other planets that travel with it, and millions
Many believing soul that has found comfort hitherto
in faith belief In Supreme goodness has been shaken by
There is familiar picture of father in Belgium, bend
ing over the body of his wife, murdered by stray shot
from the German Emperor At the mans side child says
Father mother did nothing wrong
Thousands Of have seen their wives and their chill
dren killed by stray bullets.
Hundreds of thousands of mothers have their
come back wounded poisoned with gas blind, crippled
and suffering inflicted upon those that had done no
wrong.
Millions take literally these two verses from the twelfth
chapter of St. Luke and find comfort in them all their lives
Are not five sparrOws for farthings
on. Of them s forgotten before eOd7"
q the hairs of head are all num-
thersfOrs Of more value than many
sparrows."
You can imagine poor mother sitting in England her
blind the cottage door beside here She remembers
the words Eye of value than many sparTows She
sees the sparrows in the hedge collecting dried grass build
ing their nests while the boy at her side is blind forever
is hard to the questions Of mother whose son
defend his country when she learns that he has died
In dreadful agony doing his duty.
It is hard to answer the national question of Belgium
devastated robbed ensaved for living up its word Of
honor, its national duty, and protecting its rights
Perhaps this picture of the walking feet and the crushed
ants well any picture could the questions that
the war raises.
There is a Supreme Power working in way that cannot
be understood by the little creatures with which it deals
There results necessary that be obtained with
out nctng suffering upon those that have deserved it.
The Power that controls the universe must work for the
ends and purposes that affect universal cosmc existence
That power work only through laws that never
change with effect inevitably following cause just unjust
You the question why is the monsrous
Prussian allowed murder millions for his glory?'
And you cannot the simpler question, why does
the poor ignorant mother stricken with consumption SEN
the young child to death when she kisses it upon the
mouth and plants the disease germs within it?
Each act must have its natural consequence
Every planet and living being is ruled by laws that
do not change-there could be no order otherwise.
There is satisfactory to ANY really great
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