Show Rejoice Re juice and Be Glad By RUTH TAYLOR Do you remember when you were first studying history and how you wished you could have lived In the exciting days when the whole face of or the world chang chang- changed ed overnight It Is those tl ose days In which we live today Wo De I. do not sense the greatness of ot the tho hour because It Is too near We do nut fully realize our opportunities because be ause n ci our absorption with the limitations in our accustomed manner of ot living ing Weare We Weare are face tace to face tace with anguish and with heartbreak Few of us but have someone I near and dear to us In uniform To but few tew of us does not the shrill ring of the telephone or the sharp knock upon the door bring a sickening If It momen momen- momentary momentary momentary tary fear I We w are living In a tragedy and dress- dress dressIng dressIng dressing Ing it ft up In n bunting does not disguise the fact We cannot escape the change j the events of today will make In our entire life me But tragedy But tragedy has Its com com- j An English teacher I once had Tragedy Is always great and I epic Comedy Is made by man man but but tragedy tra- tra tragedy j gedy makes men men If It this bo be tragedy tragedy and and an entire I world at war is tragedy tragedy then then what Is I there at which to rejoice Tragedy is sorrow but it Is also op op- You of or the flood lands when lands when I the tho river receded much that was good was gone but so were shacks sha and slums You of ot the tornado country when country when the high wind struck good was WIS destroyed but many buildings buildings' that were eyesores went too You of ot the coasts when coasts when the hurricane leveled your pour shores shares what did you rebuild Out of ot devastation whether It t be flood wind or war arises the off op to rebuild and to rebuild vF i ion on a firm foundation to to discard tie Le te evil cull and to reinforce the good We have the opportunity of the ages aget ago before us Once this war Is s won we c CU make on the ashes of the old a nei nei world retaining the good the progress progress' that men have made and leaving us the tho prejudices hatreds i standings all standings all the false barriers battlers of class ss or color which have created slums of ot our common life lite j j jIt It Is this for which we are It is this hope Is urging our mu mel muon melon on the battlefronts on oa to unequally unequalled feats of ot daring On the body of u u ai Australian soldier was found a von vera veri which expresses clearly the aspiration of or those who bravely facing the presto still look ahead i Ye that have faith to look with Sear fear fearless te less eyes 1 Beyond the tragedy of or a s world at st stAnd And know that out of ot death death an shall rise t The dawn of ot ampler life Ute Rejoice whatever anguish rend heart That God has given you the power r f To live in la these great times and your part partIn In freedoms freedom's crowing hour I 4 That ye may map tell your sons sans WhO ad the light i High In the heavens their heavens their heritage t q b take take take- takeI H 11 I 1 saw the tho powers of ot darkness tab fah their night flight I I saw the morning break n |