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them the science and arts of peace, seesuseacsgesgnesteenscstcetseenssceeceacanscanssans segazsgnzcenzcenzetanseazstasanseatseeeseanseanseanetaesties 
and seeing our rapid growth and #% 3 
glory they too will ‘‘beat their 3 3 
swords into ploughshares and their # 3 
spears into pruning hooks’’ in imita- 3% : i 
tion of our own exalted wisdom. 3 Wart | # 
Some day, when this bloody chap- # . 3 
ter in human history shall have been % i 
finally and mapen ntoly closed, pro- i Chou shalt not kill.—Fehovah % 
ound and benign sages of future % 3 
ages shall wonder at the strange ae lice chee amon = 
conscience that could ever have tol- % Re 3 
erated so fearful a thing as we now if Tis true that War, tho’ bloody and severe, 3 
look back upon evils that existed Has had its knights without reproach or fear, 3 
beyond belief. 3 Yet, for a single, white-plumed, noble knight $f 
I believe war shall soon be but a 3 Who bears him nobly in unequal fight, 3 
dark and shuddering reminiscence % A swarm of licensed ruffians there be, # 
of a crude and uncivilized age and 3 Revelling in murder, lust and robbery. 3 
that the reign of the saving power 3% — 3 
of the Prince of Peace be established 3 Tis true, stern war calls out great sacrifices ; 33 
to the ends of the earth. 3 Nor less develops hydra-headed vices. 33 
Then tune your intelligence and As from War’s seething rises social scum, 33 
reason and patriotism and christian 3 From heaven-born Peace do all the virtues come, 3 
culture to the coming international # And arts and industries do more for man 3 
anthem of peace,—a motive, a theme, 3 Than War’s parade and ruin ever can. i 
a chord, a song that shall ring unto % ? : ; ; : 
the throne of God and blend with the 3 SR oer pil seme sop arene te gient: i 
anthems ofthe redeemed of the 3 Bethink themselves contending for the right, i 
Tord. § But in all wars, of old or modern fashion, 3 
% os 38 A noble purpose breeds the basest passion. = 
iS erica "Gladiolus Society. 3 Better be brute that upward struggle must, #3 
~ We are in receipt of the schedule 3 Than angel bending downward to the dust. 3 
of prizes for the second exhibition # : 5 33 
Metadiglus blooms tobe held in 3 Not he the hero is who wounds and kills, 3 
connection with the annual meeting %# But he who strives to medicine human ills. 3 
of the society and the Society of if Not he who wastes, destroys and devastates, 33 
Se ailarisis and. Ornamental i But he who aids, conserves and educates. 3 
Horticulturists, to be held at the # Not he who seatters ruin, death and terror, 3 
Fifth Regiment’ armory, Baltimore, #% But who redeems from poverty and error. af 
Md., August 15-18th. . ag Can W bl ted. Not 3% 
Among the offerings in the ama- 3 an ar ennoble men or nations? ay! 3 
teur class are the following: Gold # Mayhap ’twill save a people from decay. 3% 
medal for the best display of glad- # By milder means salvation may be wrought; ) z 
iglus ‘‘Princepine”’; silver cup for os Within themselves salvation should be sought. 3% 
Sete named svarictics 1 spike i Of two contestants both cannot be right, i 
each; for the best vase of gladiolus # Nor doth the righteous cause aye win the fight. % 
“‘America,’’ not less than 12 spikes; % a ; $ 
$5 for the best collection of yellow # War, in itself, is loss, the people's bane, 3 
named varieties exhibited by an it Mother of misery and death and pain, 3 
amateur; silver cup for the best col- 3% Parent of passions we should seek to quell, ' 3 
lection of primulinus type and hy- i The sport of fiends and devils. War is Hell! 3 
brids; $5 for the best 6 varieties of 3% A purgatorial fire to be endured, 3% 
blue gladiolus exhibited in one vase; § So be that heavenly ends may be secured. 3g 
100 bulbs gladiolus rdi 3 nigmses # 
“Glor iy - 1 papi ’ CY: 3g ‘ How long shall nations with grim War be faced? 33 
y’ for the best vase of 6 3% Il th hall Harbloud d tl ! 533 
spikes of above variety; 50 bulbs of 3s Till they sha EBC the blunder and the waste! 33 
Sdord: <Glory’’ for 2d best te ’"T'were better, if by War our wrongs we right, 3 
See ett MT Pent YESe 5 1 3 Those who the quarrels make alone should fight; 33 
$5 for the best exhibit of 10 spikes 3% a ; q en f ah 3% 
each of a yellow variety, and a blue 3 were cheaper and more UAE ES 1 by far 33 
Beto. $5" for tha best, exhibit. of 3 Than to make thousands in the quarrel share. i 
10 spik h of a red variety, white % : # 
Peeety. anda pe et a 3s War is but retrogression. Death and dole 3 
ee ik i Too long have ravaged earth. Now self-control, = 
: 3 Peace and good will to men shall be the goal. 3 
There is no duty we so much un- 3% The time, I dream, is coming when there will 3 
derrate as the duty of being happy. } Be banished War and every human ill, # 
By being happy we sow anonymous 3 When men will stand and rather die than kill. 33 
benefits upon the world, which re- % = 
main unknown even to ourselves, or 3 3 
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body so much as the benefactor. 
