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So vjhen you ask me to write for your magazine you have afforded me a distinct pleasure and honor far beyond that vi/hich you could hope to gajjn in the bargain. My sinccix: best vdshes to you all-, William F. Baker, Chaplain 56/^th Air Service Gp, ■4'r ■it ■ "SEm'iONETTE" By Chapl'iin William F, Ejiker The Light Of The Years "To every man there openeth A W-ny, and Wcys, and q. Way, And the High Soul climbs the Hi^ Way, And the Low Soul gropes the Low, And in between, on the misty f];its. The rest drift to and fro. But to every man there openeth A High Way, and a.Lov;, And every man decideth The v/ay his soul shall go," (John Cbcenham) re -was once a bishop v/ho told a story of his childhood. He be employed to drive a team hauling coal cars in a mine, formerly holding the position had been seriously injured be- a collision at a spot where two tracks crossed, ^Vhen he that particuln.r spot the first night he vjas extremely worried j as no drov/ near he saw a light and as ho drew'closer he was able to discern a man standing there holding a lantern. It was his father ,1 Kncv/ing that the boy would be afraid as he rcj'.ched the crossing the father stood with a light so his son could go his v/ay without fear, .Consider this a true picture of the fatherhood of God, When we cross the inter sections and are afraid of what is waiting there, vc often make a satisfying discovery that a light is waiting "on the misty flats" and thrit it shines out vuhen we need it most, A ship can be sailed out on an open sea without entering a harbor. To deliver itd cargo ttot ship must drop anchor, Yru can drift as the wind pushes you but you will never accomplish your mission. There arc only txvo classes of people: l) Those who are in the world to live, 2) Those vjho are in the v/orld to minister, Tliey have heard a golden voice and thoj^ h've a mission to fulfill. You raa.y be tempted to throw your mind into neutral and say because I irnst wear a uniform, follow a prescribed course of training and learn to fit into a railitary pattern, I will drift with the wind. But the world-is still yours,’ You will meet men of low ideals but you can keep yoLirs high. You will hear vulgarity, but you can arm yourself with noble dreams. Someone has already said that what life does to us depends on what life finds in us, "So when all the passions arc gone and the mind is still, your spiritual eye c.an trace some delicate motion of tho soul, some thought whicli stirs like a leaf in the unseen air and tells us that GcxI is there," It is not the stillness, nor the unseen breath, nor the thought alone that stirred but God in us and with us to all the ends of the world. This then is the Lf.ght Of Tho Years and it ivill light us down throu^ tine and through the Valley Of The Shadovv, Pray that you"may sec this light "which lighteth up the path of every man that cometh into tho v/orld," ■Ji- vr ■?:- Miss Carrie Lee Weaver, the regulrr contributor of "Church News and Activities" is aviay on vacation ~ therefore her column is "on vacation" too. Sorry, but she*!! be back next month. Si® |/ h The man
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