Friends intelligencer . t what our Society should havebeen doing all these years. But here is an open door,never before opened in the life-time of most of us. The war has floated many new thoughts and experi-ments into the ken of men alive to-day. To us it hasbrought an unprecedented opportunity to express to aworld in need the social principles which we , this precious heritage, which we have kepttoo tightly wrapped in a napkin, may now be sharedwith a large public by means of deeds, not words. Itis easier to preach and write books about Quakerism,but to act it out in life is
Friends intelligencer . t what our Society should havebeen doing all these years. But here is an open door,never before opened in the life-time of most of us. The war has floated many new thoughts and experi-ments into the ken of men alive to-day. To us it hasbrought an unprecedented opportunity to express to aworld in need the social principles which we , this precious heritage, which we have kepttoo tightly wrapped in a napkin, may now be sharedwith a large public by means of deeds, not words. Itis easier to preach and write books about Quakerism,but to act it out in life is more convincing. If we haveany message, if we have anything worth while givingto the world, now is the time for us to share it, or elsehenceforth to hold our peace. Lastly, mention should be made of the spiritual re-action upon ourselves at home. It is as true to-dayas ever that our heart follows the bestowal of ourtreasure. Our interest in altruistic work grows withour support of it. Though it is particularly true that. AN OPEN-AIR SCHOOL IN THE DEVASTATED KEGI0N OFNORTHERN FRANCE. 102 FRIEND S INTELLIGENCER [Third month 15, 1919 the thoughts and prayers of an entire family followthe work of any member who goes abroad on a missionof mercy, vet it is true that we follow with almostequal concern the development of an enterprise inwhich we have invested our savings. This enterpriseto which our Society has devoted itself unselfishly willsave it from dry rot. As a Society we have retainedfor years a machinery which was turning out so smalla product that we were almost passing out of thenotice of the world. We were piping a feeble lay towhich few people were dancing. We were in dangerof becoming an object of sentimental and benevolentcuriosity, a subject for doctoral theses in history. Ourthoughts were too often expressed in the perfect orpluperfect tense rather than in the future, which aloneinterests normal youth. Here we have passed to us aduty and a privilege which is worthy of
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