El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-09


and touch OF sympathetic comrades.
just over the hill or in some sunless
I Gale shut in with the world shut out.
2 all trying TO keep one step without
the the martial music and the wav-
! ing banners 10 heartem and inspire us.
Discouraged ny Conditions.
Under such conditions discourage
I ment makes an easy prey Of even the
Z hravesr spirit. Elk the stalwart
man OF God. felt the tug Of such
/ heart breaking experience, the awful
sense OF loneliness, the utter futility
{ Of a service that seemed 20 depend on
Z him alone II, even ], only am left
I was his lament
TO him the juniper tree doomed as
f a haven 70 which he might nee, give
up tie struggle and find rest. on
/ remember thai one Of the first things
the All wise One did 70 hearten him
was 20 show him he vas not working
alone, as he thought There were
others busy at the same tasks and
Solving the same problems The ell
bow touch Of human companionship.
I linked with the inspired purposes OF
the divine, sent him singing 20 his
deserted tasks
I would have YOU realize that in
spite OF hardships. dangersi limlta-
tons, loneliness and silence yes, in
spite OF these, I would have you know
the blessedness Of service.
TO you whose lot g cast in this
sector OF the great battlefield, or you
whose abiding places may be Tar
hence. I bring this note Of cheer
Work To Be Done
What you can co may be limited
and trivial when viewed by itself. but
remember Il can never Pc EieWee
h itself It is more than itself. Just
a link in a chain IS more than a link
II IS a bit OF the whole. and the
whole is immense glorious ana
eternal
This work 70 which you have set
your handz-is not human enterprise.
n IL were long ago It would nave
met an iEnominious death upon tne
lowly scrap heap
The work committed TO your keep
ing IS a segment O. the great circle
whose revolutions are controlled ana
directed BY the LORD Or hosJs, plus
our loyalty and devotion as the mo-
tive power that sends 10 on its cycle
OF endless blessing
The advancement OF women I'm lies
activities within the last few years
has been and is the marvel q this
period Of the worlds history Polit-
caIly. commercially and reliEiously
she has taken a long step forward
Woman Honored-
In Britain. yes even in staid. dig
nified England, in the proud house
Of commons, a woman an American
BY birth. occupied a conspicuous place
amid the seats Of the mighty ana
is acquittlng herself with honor
IL does not require a p-ppnerlc
vision to foreteI the coming OF
greater achievements for Tomanhood-
cold things are passing away, be-
hold. all things are become new
It is difficult FOR Us 10 comprehend
or realize the magnitude o. the World
tide ZOO deep for sound or foam
--r-e-r.N ne raaH hafmer uEamH 10 mw-
chartered seas in the experience OF
Womankind.
Poiitcaiiy, women have JUST come
into their own. Some or US were
uufescent factors in the l-reat strug-
-Ie fhat has been a smoldering vol
-, - a 5s1f ss,tTrv or more Our
heads were I'm favor OF the mover
ment. but our hearts held out against
ft Its coming brings in its wake
long train OF new obligations but
however We discharge this new born
power wiz have telling effect upon
the destiny Of the race.
Make world safer.
The hand that rocks the cradle VIII
now possess the sacred privilege Of
assisting IN shaping the thought and
moldinE the policies that Will In
wonderful degree make Of this world
a safer abiding place for her child
Someone says that women TO-DAY
citizenship. and have brought touch
Of heaven iuto the life OF earth that
has made living nobler ana lie
sweeter."
There IS a price set upon all growth
and development. The burning need
OF the hour is the willingness on our
part 10 face new problems. the Will- I
inEness 70 face old problems In a new I
way. and the willingness 20 pay tne
price that service demands.
In eThe Desert OF Waiting IS eL-
uuisitely portrayed the secret Of the /
power Of the alchemist whose deeds I
were the wonder Of the world Its I
lesson IS evident. Gather something I
from every one that passeth on the /
highway and from eXery experience
fate sends thee, as Omar gathered I
from the heart Of every rose ano |
out Of the wide knowledge thus gained I
OF human weaknesses and human /
the precious oil OF sympathy. That /
is the atta- that shall win for thee .
a welcome wherever thou goest- And i
no man fills his crystal vase with 30 Z
until he has first been pricked BY 4
the worlds disappointment, and
bowed by its tasks"
Peace Delayed.
Two years have elapsed since the
armistice was declared and yet perma-
uent peace with all Of its beneficent I
meaning still hangs in the balance
and the world is agitated by an un-
rest that no earthly power seems able
TO soothe.
The battlefields OF Europe have
healed their scars with blooming
flowers and waving grain, the sor-
rowing ones are taking up their bur
dcns. the smile IS once more upon
faces and the eXlled ones