Friends intelligencer . goes to Frmceand Russia for my sake and the gospels shall find him- self and his own home work. And perhaps it may besaid of the Society of Friends that by sending her sonsand daughters to Verdun or Samara she is sendingthem straightest to her own home problems. If, as Donald Hankey says, true religion is bettingyour life that there is a God, who knows but someQuaker boys and girls may lay their wagers in France,and invest their winnings in Indiana or Iowa. Notalways, to be sure. It is easy to be far-sighted and aproverb Avill not obviate the need of Divine guidance,nor
Friends intelligencer . goes to Frmceand Russia for my sake and the gospels shall find him- self and his own home work. And perhaps it may besaid of the Society of Friends that by sending her sonsand daughters to Verdun or Samara she is sendingthem straightest to her own home problems. If, as Donald Hankey says, true religion is bettingyour life that there is a God, who knows but someQuaker boys and girls may lay their wagers in France,and invest their winnings in Indiana or Iowa. Notalways, to be sure. It is easy to be far-sighted and aproverb Avill not obviate the need of Divine guidance,nor a popular movement take its place, but there isdanger, too, of near-sightedness. The sympathy, tact, initiative and perseveranceneeded over there, and developed over there, is what wegreatly need at home. The spirit which will not downbefore gloomy outlook, desolation, confusion, inade-quate equipment, is the spirit needed for our rural com-munities and our little city meetings. The passion for (Continued on page 213.). THE BEST SERMON EVER PREACHED IN CHERRY STREET MEETING-HOUSE. The national store-room of the American Friends Service Committee, which by the courtesy of Philadelphia Yearly Meet-ing has been the big meeting-room at Fifteenth and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, is one of the busiest places in that busy three to seven persons have been kept constantly busy, six days in the week, for several months. Consignments of gar-ments, mostly newly-made, have come from more than five hundred sewing groups in thirty-four States, from Maine to thePacific coast, from Minnesota to Texas, also one in Canada. These come by messenger, mail, express, and freight, in bundles,boxes, and barrels, which have to be opened, the contents verified with the enclosed lists, the garments sorted and repackedin the large boxes, 3 by 2 by 2 feet, as required by the Red Cross, which has kindly transported them to their Europeandestinations. Since November, 1917, there have been seven hun
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