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Show .; HU UK OF us j IWH0R1Z0W BLUE With the spirit which characterizes f, ""the song of the robin when ho warbles t in the rain thankfulness Young Wo-! Wo-! mens Christian Association war work-, work-, era are helping to unseat the Kaiser and kalserism, to bring about the doom of militarism, Junkerism, terrorism, to spell the end of rule by might And the spirit which is in the robin should bo in all of us when we contemplate -what the Y. W. C. A. and other Avar I workers are doing for the cause of the Allies, which is the cause of God, or righteousness. Whether consciously or uncon-i uncon-i sciously, the robin when he sings in i the rain is doing a real good. Every note that wells up from his heart of hearts is a note of nure gold and does the world good. For, vftiilc the skies arc overcast, while the floodgates of heaven are open the robin bursts forth in his song of hope, of promise of bright skies and beautiful things to come. Like the robin in the rain, the war workers of the Y. W. C. A. are singing an inspired song and it is Inspiring the world. Not literally a song, and yet a song, for a song is harmony and these workers are engaged in restoring restor-ing harmony to a sadly discordant world. And, again like the robin, they are pouring their sweet harmonies whilo the skies are darkened, while the shadow of war is on the world and poor old earth Is deluged In blood. The robin derives his Inspiration direct di-rect from heaven, and he sings rapturously rap-turously because he walks with God and knows only good. He can be other oth-er than Joyous, for he looks beyond the darkening cloud and sees the sun, God's light that warms the universe. So too does the war worker derivo her inspiration from heaven. When she hands a cup of coffee and a sandwich to a mud covered doughboy from the first lino trenches, or visits the suffering suf-fering in a base hospital, or carries her comforts to the brave woman Working in a munitions plant, she looks not for the distress that surrounds sur-rounds her. Rather she s'ees the soul of the person to whom she ministers, and her heart sings with joy, like the robin's, for. to -her Is God's glory revealed. re-vealed. One should think of those things whenever one sees a girl in the horizon hori-zon blue of the Y. W. C. A. war worker. work-er. She is one of God's robins singing sing-ing in the storm, making the world better and brighter and more gladsome. glad-some. She is in God's service, and it Is the duty and should bo the pleasure of every true Christian to contributo to the cause. Give for the Y. W. C. A. war work, that the boys and the men and women who are sweating- and toiling, risking their lives and dying for' Christ's sweet sake, shall hear the blessed song of the robin in their ears, on |
