New Britain herald., 1922-11-13

Truth in Us eternal and unohanging
 Aakedness. Oh how poor humanity
 suffered during those dread days of
 war.
 The Suffering of War Days 'It seemed as though the deviliah ingenuity of man unleashed all the
 furies of hell in a mad endeavor to
 kin and main and cause such sur
 fering that eventually brute force and
 diabolical cunning should prevail.
 The Christian world soaked in the
 welter of its own blood was enactins
 once again those sorrowful scenes of
 It's cradle days when Rome ran red
 with the blood of it's best citizens, the Christian martyrs. History ia
 forever repeating Itself. And 80 we see our Christian civilization degen- erating Into a quasi-pagan, agnostic, materialistic confederation producing as state leaders a new crop of Neros, Diocletians. and Julian the Apostates, who know not the Lord, nor his Christ. nor the love of God and neighbor. Truly has our Christian world passed through long Gethse- mane since the spring of 1914 and the end is not yet. M
 "rhe sorrowful journey of naan- kind during these awful years of death of pestilence and famine, the mental anguish, the uncertainty that gripped our hearts as our Christian civilization was crucifed by the am- bitions and lusts of ruthless politic- ians. drove us all to the feet of Him whom we had forgotten in times of peace and prosperity. And God heard our prayers and He commanded the winds and waves of conflict and there came great calm and the waters of war that deluged the earth receded and the ark of peace once again flashed across the heaven, a sign let us hope of future peace and good will among Christian nations.
 Problem of Pain
 "Has the world, has mankind profited by this terrible experience? Have we grown spiritually because wo have suffered? For pain and suffering Is the means ordained by an all-wise Creator for our spiritual growth and perfection. It is tool that He has chosen to carve the marble of our selfish hearts unto His divine image If a man is. to know and love to. bs brave and patient and kind, he must serve his apprenticeship of suffering. He may quarrel with the dispensation, out cannot alter it. King or peasant, clown or scholar all must suffer. Pain the Condition of Growth
 "Once having accepted this law of | nature, life takes on new colors. It | IS seen as a process of becoming or growing into something higherand | better, than the worldly minded would have it. Wealth, power, rep itation cease to be things desirable in themselves. Life is quieted and 'implified. Power if one has it be- ,omes @ means of exhibiting God ike mercy, powerlessness is the tool which chips off the rough angle of,| pride. A man lacks humility, the 'reat Sculptor of his soul takes up he hammer of injustice and the hisels of calumny; the cocoon of sen uous pleasures and of blind self eeking is gradually burned away by uffering until some day the mans oul brings forth winged seraph with eyes that can gaze unblinking pon the very face of God.
 Life the Garden of Character :. Thus at last is the very funda- mental question of existence an- wered. This life instead of being a ace for worldly distinction is seen to e but the opportunity for developing haracter. Iris in ourselves that we re thus or thus. Our bodies are UT gardens to which our wills are ardeners.' Whatever we SOW in this fe we shall reap abundantly in the fe to come.
 "If we are occupied solely in the ursuit of material things, the rich z J, the honors, the pleasures of this fe, than we shall miss the real end Ii nd object of our existence and both t .mporal and eternal failure will be UT: lot. If on the other hand we Fl i've our Maker a reasonable service nd our, soul and its needs a just at- sntion, our life will be a success oth here and hereafter.
 The One Thing Necessary
 Tn trying to grasp the full signif- lnce of suffering and pain and theff and one notifications we egin to get a better viewpoint on fe and it's momentary span of ex- tence, we begin to see things in bet r proportion. It will matter little