Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-12-04
December i. 1922.

song of long. ago: Sing IL light
~ sing IL low" In the mast t~o
months the sweet chimes of St
Anne's have been singing songs OF
long ago Ito the writer) bringing re-
trospoction OF many Thanksgiyings
evolving memories OF achievements
pleasures. joy. and sadness. II is Al
this season our thoughts turn TO the
childhood hcme, around which time
has thrown a haliowing mist. At tue
present day few of us. are able &c
find the house in which We were horn.
The happy days when the mother wa
queen OF the household. and the chill
dron her willing subjects have van.
lfsaed Iaf atcoe ss.7eslts -seeff
We 7canaot STAY IN ono place. the
simple hone-frfE -ofzanr pnrruts does
not. satisfy. The eternal ovcr-activc
life3 WITH Abe EhiFIisgs. grinlhns',pu
tomobile. moving pictures. 5azz, cite
Elcayc no time for apsuiet home eyea
llnsl
There is a longing for that OF whicl
NC know so little.
Homeless Americans who com,
from home-loving stock. arc home.
sick, they have a true sense OF what
home really is and are filed witt
longing for Home. Sweet Home.
Tho picture they draw. is not of an
APARTMENT house. nor hotel. but &
home that is simple and peaceful
where "a charm from the sky seems
to hallow us there"
| Life today does not give opportu-
nifty for DEVELOPMENT, il is too rapit
and hustling. There is no time 70,
homelife. We cannot isolate our
srlves from the many complex at.
fractions. and duties of the world. VIZ
cannot live our whole lives rs w
wclld or should. We must often turI
from what is near to us. what "
are most anxious about ana shouh
most like to be thinking about t.
waht can less truly be called our life
Life is a mission" Every othe'
definition OF life is false and lead.
all who accept it astray: Religion
science. philosophy, though still a.
variance upon many points. all agree
in this-that every existence Is al
| aim." "
The three important things We mus
remember are the past. tho present
and the future. Looking upon tn
last is what We have enjoyed, suf
fered and done, it is something which
We possess, nothing can deprive US o
II. The present moment is one o,
moral Importance, it is specially ours
fitting us fer the life before us,-ant
thc life everlasting, il is that upoi
which our present resolves and ac'
tions bear. We must learn how tC
tring our failures our dead things
| to tho resurrection of new hope
by earnest prayer we can bring them
and they will live again. for Who
socvcr belicveth though he wcro dead
sc, shall lie live again"
The things which grow in the SOU
are more or loss native to it. We
must educate the sub-conscious mind
and draw out its power.
What we have done belongs partly
| TO someone else. but what wo think
| Is the mirrow in which we see our
selves. Our mind, our spirit is look.
ling into cloisters OF another world
tours eva rpgln here in these clois-
Tiers Nc carry tic parts OF all the
lpu7zSlssEtErtTpcrplfk Tvs, :saRd soils
| them by prayer. More things are
Wrought 10y prayer thahT this worl6
dreams or The whole round world
III bound by gold chains about the
feet OF Cod Therefore. let our
prayers rise like fountain night and
aay." For what arc mcn If knowing
God. they lift not hands of prayer
Tor Peace on Earth aud Thauk sgiving
for all our blessings. letting Our
echoes roll from soul TO soul, and
grow forever and forever.
MARY BLAND FOWLER.