American messenger . n history,but every one is expected to do his or her dutyhere or there. There is always some par-ticular task which calls to us at any moment, orsome sphere in which just then we are to liveand move and have our being. What is neededin the world today is more reflection on the endsof all living, and as well on the nature of thelittle, chink-filling tasks and agenda, commis-sions and compulsions, which are to make outthe program of any one consecrated life. Whyare we here? That question will follow us allour life through, and upon its proper answerdepends our destiny for et
American messenger . n history,but every one is expected to do his or her dutyhere or there. There is always some par-ticular task which calls to us at any moment, orsome sphere in which just then we are to liveand move and have our being. What is neededin the world today is more reflection on the endsof all living, and as well on the nature of thelittle, chink-filling tasks and agenda, commis-sions and compulsions, which are to make outthe program of any one consecrated life. Whyare we here? That question will follow us allour life through, and upon its proper answerdepends our destiny for eternity. It It It CHRISTMAS, 1918By Paul V. D. HoysradtOut of the night, <• star,Out of the dark, <i li<ilit;Out of the cloud, an angel-song,Out of the shadow, a fadeless hope;Out of the silence, an endless joy,Out of the grave, life beyond life—Out of earths travail, the CHRIST. In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, in all things charity 183 NORWAY—BEFORE THE WAR AND SINCE By Annette L. Noble. N THE sixteenth of August,1914, a fortnight after thebeginning of the great war, asignificant ceremony tookplace on the frontier betweenNorway and Sweden. It wasthe unveiling of a monumentin commemoration of a cen-tury of unbroken peace in Scandinavia. Butno one present was likely to forget the ominousfuture, while recalling pleasant memories of thepast. Realizing, even then, the sad conditionsexisting in other countries, an agreement wasentered into that in no case would any of theScandinavian peoples take arms against anothernation. They knew well that any policy butneutrality might easily involve them in waramong themselves, for the three (Norway,Sweden and Denmark) differ socially and po-litically, according totheir locality and previ-ous history. The situation in Nor-way seemed simplerthan in any otherneutral country, becauseit is a small nation, itspopulation is the small-est of any in Europe,with the exception ofLuxemburg and Monte-negro, and it has beenfri
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