Show t athleen Norris Says ii- ii Those Who Go On Bell Syndicate Features r r i a z St Pk A Ah h 4 I 5 1 Into with our servicemen canteen Red Cross or in one of the theon thea on a projects that exist everywhere for our heroic and necessary end wd munitions workers I KATHLEEN NORRIS I OMEN I do not know knowIN c TOEN rOMEN A V and never will see are arev IN v V writing me these days isk for a word of comfort comforte dreaded news e Ji 1 the is s when they know that l jear ar familiar boy who was wasIng ring Ing in and out of the only a little while ago crumbs and blobs of ofton i fug ng g ton fon on the kitchen table ing ng g books on the stairway lumps of iy ly socks on the bedroom 1 chattering at dinner It t scout work and fc c over nothing but somes some- some s two twenty when know mow that he is missing tion ion that he isn't comme com com- lame me again ing bing g that I can say can help mothers But there is help m rn nevertheless firm and un- un uni i there is joy ov ahead for them if ii th they y will will will- but lift hit up their i and sand their eyes to find it Not Noting king oking ing down into the earth ore or he e depth of the seas will they C but by raising mind ando and to o the blue sky sk and the stars hat that lies beyond begin with train yourself to toa a comprehensive view of the combat in which the whole world is involved Then take g look at life at its mistakes roubles troubles disillusionments and andOs ns Os and ask yourself if 11 i the boys eally really to be pitied when they this bis bewildering scene in youth lt t gloriously and v S swiftly in bat- bat battle which means confusion ment thrill complete forget- forget forgetS is S of self No grind no rio no no disappointment divorce 7 for them no illness failure age ge boredom At the very t I of vitality and eagerness and absorption in what they are do do- they Jey depart for other scenes leave save ave such suffering for us us who it t follow future Will Bring Reunion t I ask the grieving mothers will find md nd them again Ah if we EV IV that we would find them themi I In i that they are really safe ander and I ier er and wiser than before that lid I L take away vay all the sting of i we wc e DO know that we will vill find again It does docs not take mere meret faith to convince ourselves of oft t t it is not wishful thinking com com- 1 with sentimentality and con- con onal anal religious docility Any lan who will dry her tears long h to read the written Word 3 study tudy the facts will find so deep dreal eal a consolation that presently 4 not c change ange her certainty oen o for lor the old joy of the boy boys boy's s sg 2 g presence will 11 b be granted that only one Jle oLee Jl e has ever spoken truth in this i I. I All AU other true voices were r I. prophesying the coming of I Voice or echoing it after it sed d. d There was but one Christ the e two thousand years following death eats there has never been ane anI an- an e r I and n no uproar of voices orle or ornge le in the world have been able J eflee it It lives still What the theer theer ster er said in his lifetime was ut ut- ott y comprehensible to the men J were ere his friends it didn't make makei 5 Ie e i to them and it doesn't make se to us us But feebly blindly idly we cling to U- U it because we W that it is true We know that peasant preaching for but three II lS I followed by a few I never writing writhe a word ca as a common criminal criminal- know SlOW that He Hc Is still the most 1 rut ul in influence in the whole t Must Work Vork Toward Religion l d this is to say that He did not e cei u us iSn isn't t it il For vc we Ie could or C claim that he be told us some I PRAY AND WORK TO EASE GRIEF Blessed are arc they that mourn I for or they icy shall tall be comforted This is Kathleen Norris' Norris message mes mes- message sage to mothers who have lost sons in the war tear She Size asks them to try to get their minds off their grief by exhausting themselves them them- themselves selves for the needs of others She suggests that mothers may find some happiness by being I of help to other boys Solace can be found by taking a comprehensive comprehensive com corn view of the world struggle and best of all by prayer truths ruths and some untruths And we KNOW that His doctrine works because be- be ause cause whenever we have the courage courage cour cour- age ege to apply it it harmony and peace fellowship and love follow it Dif Dif- as it is to visualize a world in n which enemies are forgiven possessions possessions pos pos- sessions are shared the hungry and naked are solaced a world in which evil is not overcome by evil but overcome by good hard good hard as it is to envision yet all of us know that those are arc the conditions of His Kingdom King King- dom om on em in earth and that it is for every one of us to work toward vard that Kingdom There is no disputing THAT But having gone so far heartbroken heart heart- heartbroken broken mothers go a little farther and see what else he told us That those who love Him Him and and this means menns all the splendid boys who are offering offering offering of of- fering their lives today for a new world of safety and freedom shall freedom shall not taste death forever The They are living out of your sight The wisest among us hasn't the vision that they have now This night thou be with me mc in Paradise was said toa to toa toa a poor wretched stranger a criminaL crim criminaL crim- crim inal Are we to believe these words of a dying Saviour Or are you going going going go go- ing to pick out certain words to believe believe believe be be- lieve and others not to believe Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted That was said for you The Voice that was divine as well as human said that the one voice in all the world that speaks the truth So hold fast to toI I that for that comfort will be beyond all your imaginings of bliss Get in the habit of stepping into a achurch achurch achurch church ever every day kneel for a few minutes asking only the favor that you may be of use and md help to other boys Get into work with our servicemen servicemen icemen canteen Red Cross or in one of the recreation projects that exist everywhere for our no less heroic and necessary factory and munitions workers Get tired get your mind off oft your own grief in I I exhausting yourself for the needs of others And in other boys just as young eager heroic homesick as your boy was you will find him again Give up your our own sorrow fears your own hopes and will surrender them all to the unfailing guidance of God and you will wilI be rewarded in ina ina ina a way that will make you feel that you never were truly living before Fighters Think of Home Here is part of a letter from a boy who went through the battles of Midway and Coral sea It was a great comfort to another boys boy's mother moth moth- I Inot er er and even en though your boy may not have had time to write you perhaps perhaps per per- haps his l s feelings would have been something the same perhaps he heI knew in the last minute that the home borne people were thinking of him I and praying for him The writer is 29 years old has been in the navy for 17 months andIs and andis I is still out in the South Seas I IDear Dear Mrs Blank I thought you would like to know that Jim never I was tas in better spirits than he was that tha t last morning We had breakfast r r and he was just his same usual self at case ease and happy When the crash came he was laughing laughin I I I I |