Now, there are two things we, in common with our fellow countrymen at home and overseas, can do to this end. First of all, we can give—give ial. One may give his life, another service, others material support, and God alone can assess the yerth of the gift rendered by each one. Who has not been stirred by that letter, first published a few weeks ago in the London "Times" and wisely reprinted this week by Our local press, the letter of the young airman who met death bravely in the way of duty? He gave all that a man can give, life itself; but, with fine insight, he counts as greater than his own the sacrifice of others who must go on living. He says to his mother: "I shall have done my duty to the utmost of my ability No man can do more, and no one calling himself a man could do less. I have always admired your amazing courage in the face of continual setbacks; in the way you have given me as good an education and background as anyone in the country; and always kept up appearances without ever losing faith in the future. My death would not mean that your struggle has been in vain. Far from it. It means that your sacrifice is as great as mine." He continues: "Yet there is more work for you to do. Today we ate faced with the greatest organized challenge to Christianity and civilization that the world has ever seen. Every individual is having the Save on
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