MY NEIGHBOR'S ROSE The roses red upon my neighbor's vine They bloom for me, and are for me as fair THE FRENCH SPIRIT As illustrating the spirit displayed by the people of Paris even in the midst of want, a story is told by an American just returned of a French woman who gave a dinner to some American officers. After the dinner they were loud in their praises of the manner in which it was served and of the excellence and liberality of the service. They felt that if such a meal could be served in the fourth year of the war, France could not be in such bad stead. They did not learn until later, through some mutual friends, that this French woman had given up to her guests on that one night her full supply for a week. One thing we are learning is that psychology is having its part in winning the war. Morale is often mentioned along with food, men and munitions as necessary to a campaign. A part of the French psychology is that they shall never permit themselves to appear "down at the heels." When they do so, then indeed they will have lost something of the spirit that is carrying them on to victory. It is for us in America to understand and venerate this spirit. It has kept France in the trenches for three and a half years and has made the world safer for Americans. Above everything, we must not confuse their courage with prodigality. France as a whole is in a desperately dangerous condition as to food. It will take all of America's aid to keep her from crossing the danger line. And France knows it and is economizing all she can. But she refuses to put on a doleful countenance. She would rather be heroic with a smile. WHEN SILENCE IS GOLDEN When our houses take fire, says Dr. Cuyler, the first impulse is to go after a bucket of water. But if temper takes fire, the first impulse is to throw on more fuel. Now, the best bucket of water for a roused temper is resolute silence. If, whenever an irritating act were done, or an injury struck us, we should firmly seal our lips for even ten minutes, we would save ourselves many a quarrel, many a heartburn, many a mortification, many a disgrace to our religious profession. Speech is often explosive and shattering. Silence is cooling. It cools us off and cools other people. One of the calmest men I ever knew told me that he used to be violently passionate, but he broke his temper by resolutely bridling his tongue until his anger died away.-Selected. A WORD OF CAUTION The Food Administration desires to re peat that it does not want to give the impression that these are times when simplicity and moderation of living are not critically necessary, but that its sole desire is to secure an adjustment between our different food supplies and meet changing conditions from time to time, and to keep the public fully and frankly advised of its position, with the full confidence and reliance that whenever it becomes necessary renewed appeals for saving will meet with the same loyal response as in the past. NORWEGIANS IN AMERICA It is said that there are over two million people of Norwegian descent in America, of which number barely one-half million are members of Lutheran congregations. That leaves a very great field for home mission work. The Norwegian Lutheran Church of America has 230 pastors engaged in home mission work, and appropriates $135,000 annually for this cause. MÖLLER PIPE ORGANS In twenty-four hundred churches. The highest grade instruments. Satisfaction guaranteed. Catalogs, spee Mications and estimates on request. M. P. MÖLLER, Hagerstown, Maryland Thirteenth National Convention of the Luther League of America at Buffalo, N. Y., August 27, 28, 29, 1918 WHY NOT CONSULT US AS TO CONTEMPLATION OF MEMORIAL CHURCH GIFTS WHY NOT PRESENT TO YOUR PARISH CHURCH A BAPTISMAL FONT ON THE LINES OF THE THORWALDSEN ANGEL FONT IN THE DON AT COPENHAGEN? (VIDE ILLUSTRATION.) We carry in stock or design and execute in Wood, Metal, Stone, and Marble, Art Glass, Mosaic, Embroidery, etc., for the enrichment, decoration or furnishing of the Church interior We invite correspondence or, still better, a visit to our Studios. J&R LAMB STUDIOS 23-25-27 SIXTH AVENUE NEW YORK All Questions Answered LUTHER LEAGUERS CALLED TO THE COLORS! We are to fight a battle against ignorance other people's ignorance. The Black, Red, White, Blue and Gold is our standardMartin Luther the standard bearer. The army of the Luther League is to follow him in a peaceful battle. The weapon we are to carry is Truth. The ammunition is information. We have it. Every Leaguer must provide himself with a supply. The source of supply is the authorized Reading Course adopted by the Luther League of America at the Toledo Convention and prepared with the greatest of care. Fill your cartridge belt, so you can do your part toward letting the world know what it gained in the Great Reformation. Send for particulars to LUTHER LEAGUE REVIEW - 318-326 West 39th Street, New York Luther League Bird's-eye View of Washington from the Union Station capped porter through the concourse of the Union Station, seven hundred and sixty feet in length, into the general waiting room, where we are met by the friend who journeyed to Washington some four weeks before. The station itself is a mammoth structure of granite, six hundred and twenty feet long and from sixty-five to one hundred and twenty feet in height. Passing through this waiting room, where we observed the high, arched ceiling and the extreme cleanliness, we departed from the building by way of the main entrance, SENATE AND HOUSE OFFICE ous scene. The immense plaza of the station is graced by the Columbus Memorial consisting of a statue and fountain. The eye traveling beyond this memorial beholds the grand and glorious Capitol Building and the Senate and House Office Buildings, in which our laws are introduced, propounded and given birth. We were then informed by our Washington friend that the Capitol covers an area of 153,122 square feet, and that the bronze statue of Armed Liberty which crowns the dome is nineteen feet six inches high and weighs 12,985 pounds. The forty-six acre park, beautified by trees and shrubberies, forming a part of the outdoor decorations, contributes a wealth of magnificence to the stately structure. Among the innumerable interior decorations, we later learn, are exquisite historical paintings which are divided into two classes, viz., "Early Historical" and "Revolutionary." Among those included in the former class are "Landing of Columbus at San Salvador," "Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto," and the "Baptism of Pocahontas at Jamestown"; while among those included in the latter class are "Signing the Declaration of Independence," "Surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga," "Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown," and "Resignation of Washington as Commander in Chief at Annapolis." Our attention was next invited to the Congressional Library, which is the largest and most magnificent library building in the world, occupying three and three-quarter acres, upon a site of ten acres in extent, at a distance of 1,270 feet cast of the Capitol. To enumerate the many magnificent features of this building would consume much time, and the three days before taking up our work at the War Department afforded a splendid opportunity to visit this intensely interesting structure. Turning our gaze slightly to the west of the great Capitol Building, in the distance was the well known Washington Monument, a pure white shaft rising five hundred and fifty-five feet, reflecting itself in the calm Potomac River. We were told that a staircase winds its way to the top around an interior shaft of iron pillars, in which the elevator runs. Many persons, after riding up, descend by way of the stairs in order to examine more carefully the inscribed memorial blocks which are set into the wall at various places. The elevator makes a trip every half hour, requiring seven minutes to ascend to the observatory floor with its eight small windows which open through the pyramidon summit at the height of five hundred feet. Looking first toward the north, the most compact part of the city is surveyed. In the center foreground stands the Executive Mansion; on its left stands the State, War and Navy Building, to the left of which is seen the marble front of the Corcoran Art Gallery. To the right of the White House is the Treasury, and from thence the eye is led across the most solid and fashionable northwest quarter of the city to the more thinly settled hill districts, where are conspicuous the square tower of the Soldiers' Home, the lofty buildings of Howard University, and, farther to the right and more distant, the halls of the Catholic University. The eastern outlook carries the picture around to the right, and embraces the valley of the Eastern Branch of the Potomac. In this direction the most conspicuous object is the Capitol, over the right wing of which can be seen the Congressional Library, its gilt dome flashing back the rays of the sun, and setting it out sharply against the Maryland hills. Between the Monument and the Capitol are seen the grounds and buildings of the Agricultural Department, the castellated towers of the Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum, the Army Medical Museum, the Fisheries Building, and in the far distance the Navy Yard. The military barracks can be scen, and, along the harbor branch of the Potomac, the steamboat wharves. The view southward is a pleasant one of the Potomac, embracing the Bureau of Engraving and Printing; while the western outlook gives another view of the Potomac with a wonderful landscape of Virginia, on which side of the river the Arlington Mansion, the Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer and the Naval Radio Station Towers piercing the sky, stand plainly to view. When the air is clear, the eye can see and rejoice in the faint but distinct outlines of the turquoise-tinted Blue Ridge, far away in the southwest. But here our Washington friend closed his narrative concerning the Washington Monument scen in the distance and invited attention to the District Post Office, an immense structure of snowy whiteness adjacent to and directly connectIed with the Union Station. The Government Printing Office, a massive red structure with its countless windows, stands out prominently among the aforementioned buildings, all of which are constructed of white marble and granite. In the west the sun is sinking, and we are hurried by our friend into a waiting automobile and speed away to our new home. A NEW WORLD God's purposes may be delayed; they will not be thwarted. His kingdom will prevail. His judgment meanwhile is going on. In the future there are going to be a new world and a better civilization. Our duty is to be loyal to Him and to proclaim His truths, teaching the rising generation His principles, that it may be saved from the paganism of the present.-Reformed Church Messenger. |