The Point of View

918 IMPROVEMENT ERA. doing was on China's side? Whatever the outcome of this commotion, it may be safely predicted that no war of revenge will be allowed. The voice of humanity will not permit it. Diplomacy will take the place of the roar of carnage. Reason will modify the demands of brute force, and the rights of man and our relations to China will be better understood than in the times past. Surely, this is a sign of the dawning of a better day: "It breaks, it comes, the misty shadows fly, A rosy radiance gleams along the sky. The mountain tops reflect it calm and clear, The vale is yet in shade, but day is near." THE POINT OF VIEW. BY MAJOR RICHARD W. YOUNG. "Your faith is lustreless with years," The sceptic urged — "forsooth; Its precepts vain, its hopes all fears. When scanned by light of truth. "Like yon cathedral's window old. Beneath the sun's stern gaze. Design it lacks, its colors cold, — Should this evoke your praise?" And he of faith with faith replied: "Come, shift the point of view. Beholding that with skill denied No longer false but true." i They knock; the willing portals yield, 0 vision of beauty rare! ' ] Transformed the window's glorious field, } Transfigured, Christ is there.