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White Ribbon, Volume 32, Issue 374, 18 August 1926, Page 16

( Katherine Mercer. I There is in the Old Testament the story of a re-building that reaxis as a miracle, a miracle of the kind we need to-day, and it ends with the reason of the whole being accomplished. The ruined city was rebuilt and fortified by a people, few in numbe • (compared to the size of their undertaking! their courage tested by foes who fought as deftly with their tongues as with ordinary less biting weapons. Th« story tells how the workers wrought, not separately at their own crafts, but all in the part of the great task assigned to each man, each one with his weapon ready to hand as he >rked. The building was finished alright. It could not hell) but be. with workers whose endurance and enthusiasm were ensured by their n**ed and faith. And the story finishes with the plain reason for the rebuilding of Jerusalem. Not that the prophet had vision, though without that vision the work would not have been begun; not the generosity of an outsider, though that surpassed all that could have been hoped; but very plainly and simply, “The |H*oule had

a mind to work.” All tlie |km»|»lc, not just the gifted few. but the plain, ordinary crowd, like you and me! If we shared that mind, surely we could ‘build Jerusalem.’ Our prophets have had the vision, Goti has sent it repeatedly, in forms to touch us all. He has given us leaders, we acknowledge them thankfully to-day. But what about us? Have we ‘a mind to work?’ If we have, be sure we shall win, not merely the signpost of this election, but this generation. If we have a mind to work, and stick to it. every day, like the Hoy Scout's good deed, our da { ly deed for our cause, working at it.