Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 270, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1917 — TIME TO WIPE SLATE CLEAN [ARTICLE]

TIME TO WIPE SLATE CLEAN

Malice and Uncharitableness Should Disappear at Parting With Those Going to the War. Partings of friends are always sad. There is ever an uncertainty about meeting again and how it may be with each other meanwhile. Parting with those who are now leaving for the service of country is especially sad, for they go to face danger, it may be to give up life, says the Milwaukee Journal. We hope that the many may return well and happy after performing the high duty they owe their country. But not all will come back. Some will have given life or limb. And honor and aid and tenderness are due from those who stay. Is there an estrangement among Mends or relatives? Be reconciled. We cannot know who is to be called to give up life. Do not have to remember that there wad hatred or malice or uncharitableness of parting. Be forgiving. It is a time to forget and forgive all past offenses. To feel that one leaves friends, leaves with the good will and good wishes of all, helps nerve the arm in time.of danger, is comfort in time of trial. To forgive is divine. When one faces so great and so serious a crisis, small offenses should disappear. Forget them. To give one’s life for another’s is the noblest thing a man can do. Let everyone who offers this, go with the assurance that his act is appreciated, and only good will, love and honor are his from those he leaves. Wipe the slate clean.