The Yale expositor., 1918-01-10
Vast Opportunities Offered to
Those With Foresight to
Grasp Them.
GREATEST HOURS IN HISTORY
Thrilling Moments Of History Nothing
Compared With Epoch-Makina
Events That Are Taking
Place Today.
BY FRANCIS TREvELYAN MILLER,
IL D.

young men!
What vast opportunities are offer
ing themselves to young men who have
the foresight to grasp them
What an opportunity this very mo-
ment to be something, to be somebody,
to make your life known and heard
throughout the world. A year ago we
were unimportant even in our own lit
tie towns; today the whole world Is
calling us.
We, who are living today, are living
In the greatest hours of the worlds
history. Never before in the annals OK
mankind has the world been thrown
wide open for every young man to test
his valor and prove his worth.
AS a youth, l longed for the days
when great events were in the making.
/ wanted to live when new civiliza-
tions were being born; when soul-stir-
ring heroes were treading the earth;
when men were gods.
Dream Has Come True.
And here we are-in just such an
age. The dream has come true. Ro-
nance and chivalry have returned from
the past ages. Today we are all knights
setting forth on the grandest crusade
in the whole noble adventures OF the
human race.
} What would you not give to have
been a soldier under Alexander the
Great in his conquest to destroy Thebes
+ at twenty-one, to conquer Babylon at
twenty-five, and to die master Of the
: world at thirty-three years Of age?
II ffoJ &c mo
5 the Alps with his 10000 foOt-soldiers,
1900 horsemen, and 40 elephants.
: Or to have ridden with the helmeted
: hosts of William the Conqudror into
Z the battle of Hastings when King Har-
s old lost his life and his kingdom-and
d England was born?
$ What would you not give to have fol-
d lowed the heroic Joan of Arc into the
4 battle of Orleans-to save France?
Or with the duke of Marlborough
in the cavalry charges on the battle
ground at Blenheim?
L Or with Washington and his victo-
rious army at Yorktown when Corn
. wallis surrendered--and the American
nation was born-what glorious mo-
ment2
Or with the duke Of Wellington at
,. Waterloo-to have been one of the
d soldiers who conquered the mighty Ma
l. poleon; to have stood at attention as
,r he passed down the lines into exile and
10 death at st. Helena?
Ie What thrilling moments are these
lie and vet they are nothing compared
with the epoch-making events that are
N taking place today. And to think that
II you are a part OF theml That you
Is are an important factor In their out
f. comet That you can march to victory
d. with the mightiest armies In all human
IN history
m Yesterday, you were unknown and
ce Insignificant; there was no opportunity
rs for you to assert yourself; you were
H. destined to live and die an ordinary
4. inconsequential life. Today-the world
is calling you.
-. The Trumpet Call.
nm I can hear the beat Of the drum
Is. And the call Of the bugle. Thirty mil
N. lion men are on the battle grounds
ne Over their heads fly the blood-stainet
70 standards of the nations Of the earth
What a glorious vision-the stroni
men of the earth in battle array Il
- storm the citadels of autocracy; t
IN free the human race from despotism
to carry the flag of liberty and democ
Tor racy to ell the peoples of the globe.
can hear the trumpet call. II l
calling-me
can hear the cries of women ant
er, children trodden down by the brut
ro- heel of the invaders. / can hear tn
he kings blaspheme as their thrones tote
and fall.
ing I can hear the voice of humanit
Ire calllng-calllng to-mei
ely Who speaks? Who tells me to tur
nld a deaf ear? Who tells me ] am
nm coward and fool? Think you hav
ian no manhood within mef Think you
II am weakling or knavef Think 20
wo- I have neither a human heart or so'
len nor even a glimmer of reason With
lie mel
fit Mother of men, hear you calm
Ter mel
Women and children of Belgium
OK Starving babes of Siberial Sufferir
Polandl Weary Russial Hero
h,t Francei Chivalrous Italyi Mob
Britannica Bruised Roumaniai N
heart is bleeding for you. see yo'
uplifted faces and your outstretch'
,ea- arms.
fill- Men of the earth, hear the tran
one Of your marching feetl And ! am cor
ing lng-coming to stand beside you. shot
tcb- der to shoulder; coming. to be WI
The you the greatest moment In the world
the history; coming, 10 wl''e n,s . -
one with yours on the pages -,
re- lity; coming. to save civiiizat'on'
,een make democracy safe for the peopi
,,ng Of the earth; to be one OF COOS u
,o,s blemeni