Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-23
: NC -24{ ts.is'aF Sunday Morning Talk | ~
KNOW YOUR ogJEcTivE.

One hard lesson, among others, has
 been learned by the allies in the war.
 It is to set definite. object Tor of-
 fensiVe endeayor and then to stick to
 that. Attacking forces no longer scat
 ter over whole field in general and desultory combat, but go after some
 definite position When this is won, the victory is called enough for the time being, even though there is more that possibly might De done.
 b It is said that. earlier in the war, certain English colonial troops, nota- bly the Australians, Suffered terri
 bly, from overrun1ling their objec-
 tires. Their enthusiasm often proved
 so great that one line of trenches was
 not enough; they must give their 4of
 icers the slip and take two or three
 more lines beyond The result was Isthat they were often cut to pieces I@l,y the enemy, and, sometimes even, l by their own barrage fire. They; sufe fercd the penalty or attempting too mulch. The survivors, however have ltlearrea their lssson| aI1d now every body o5eys orders.
 ! Nothing is done hit or miss in mod fern warfare, boWever, it may seem to armchair critics beside the fire. All moves in, the game are carefully worked out To a greater degree than l.the pubic can know, we are assured, a big plaT: dominates all Entente councils. It surely ought to be so, for the lack of a plan cost us dear enough in days gone by. France was hGnniliated and defeated in her war 1 witt Germany 48 years ago, because she lad no programme, Great armies were sent into the field and marched about hithe. and yon without any
 .wen-defned plan Of action. The. hope
 seemed to be to stumble on the en- 1 en1y alid conquer hin. someWhere and 1 in some way. 2Indecision prevailed i among the officers and mutiny in the
 could be iunbled was .jumbled. In this
 respect history Will. not Repeat itself. | In war or in peace wise people will set reasonable and .cohsiderad limits i to their activities. @ One. thing. at a time would seem to be about all the
 average mortal can attempt to adHan- tage. The world Suffers from laziness 1 ignorance, intemperance. and a lot o1
 other evils, but it suffers incalcula 1 bIy, too, from diffused and wasted en-
 ergies: There simply isn't enough ot : us to allow of being poured out oyer ;: everything. No discount. can be made :: on PauI's rule for the efficient life { This one thing I do" Because of the attempt to co too many things some
 of us may deserve the epitaph of tht
 ] very busy Miss Drew: 5 -. ;.
 Here lies the body of Mehitable Drew .FWho habitua1I1y bit. off more than sh'
 i .,could chew. -,. . -..
 i We have quoted the Apostle Paul T but a Greater than Paul set thr
 r example of concentrated endeavor N, I one ever stuck to his objective lik, T our Lord Himself. The limits within
 which He. fulfilled his earthly caree
 were rigidly held to-. For over a yea
 and he, had only three years of ac tive ministry in .all-he gave himsel to the instruction of 12 men. H
 stayed within the borders of on
 Fprovince, and that not the most ia
 nous OF populous of the ancien where, and there was @Eeed every where. All around Palestine lay grea nations, peoples -. sick with man sores, ancient Egypt, mighty Rome ! i:cMltured Athens. and the rest. Tn whole world was in our Lord
 r thought, but, He chose to do hi
 mighty works at home. Only once h ' crossed the borders of his native Pal i'estine. He concentrated his efforts O ' His own conntryr1en. One provinc ; tand; one people must first see the sal ,"Evation of God. Then the Gospel ceul start on it's worldwide mission.
 When. He sent forth the Twetv, fHe gave them a carefully linaite
 tfeld. Go not into any byways of tn Gentiles," were the directions "an ' enter not into any city of the Samar $ itans. *Ye are not. sent but to the. los 2 fsheepf of the house of israeli"
 ss,t That may seem a hard Seriptur ? Etiil we get the real import of it-viz l9fDon't scatter energies: concentrat aien; immediate duties;s do the wor Es that lies nearest first"
 a Here is wholesome and neede ' counsel surely Most of us spread oi q so broad that we spread very thi1 ,fsE Fog drives no mill and a haze of goo . Eintentions yields no results in chai aI aeter. It is surely better, each |. hours, to rescue a single good dee .,L from the realm of. dreamy rhapsod j. and set. it soiidly on its feet on terr p,l hrma than to indulge a hundred da Il dreams that lead nowhere. .e.