Article November 21, 1925 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from E. P. Ryland, Rena Hurd Ingham

[From the Herald, Webster, New York]

A philosopher has said, "Man can make a garden out of a desert and a desert out of a garden." This means that the struggle to make a garden out of a desert brings out of men the best there is in them. With the result achieved, the serpent of discontent enters the garden, and what has been attained by so much labor and sacrifice may be lost by lack of appreciation of what has already been accomplished. It is well that we should give thought to the wrongs and abuses of the social and governmental order, but it is also essential that we should give thought to the advantages and opportunities of our social and governmental heritage. Perfection in society and government is not to be expected so long as the men and women who go to make up a national or social order fall short of perfection. If we will take a good look within ourselves, we may be able to discover reasons why we have not yet arrived at the New Jerusalem.

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