ad.

Then East, West, North, South, the American flag will witness in the
face of all nations to the true manhood that steers its course by no
earth-born fires of passion and selfish lust, but by the eternal stars,
the heavenly lights of God, and mother, and duty, and home.

East, West, North, South, by its side our flag, twice scored with the
White Cross, will float wide in the face of all nations the Englishman's
faith, reverence for womanhood, self-giving manhood, and the pure heart
that sees God.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 38: _Hereditary Genius_, by Francis Galton, p. 331.]

[Footnote 39: Great Britain, since the conquest of the Soudan, rules
one-fourth of the population of the world.]

CHAPTER XI

THE DYNAMIC ASPECT OF EVIL[40]

There remains yet one other way in which I earnestly desire to help you
if I can. I would fain afford you some light on this difficult problem
and give you a spring of hope within by enabling you to see what it is
working out in the world without. Some, I know, do not need this help.
Some wholesome souls seem to gaze on all evil with sun-dazzled
eyes--eyes that see Him in whom they walk, and not it, and in His light
they see light. They are the "naturally Christian" souls who lead
melodious days amid all the jars and discords of the world around them.
Others there are who seem to look upon these great social evils as
especially provided to afford a sphere for their beneficent activities;
and who if, by some sudden rise in public opinion, some passionate sense
of the wrong done to women, the degraded class should almost cease to
exist, would in their heart of hearts secretly regret so many empty beds
in their little Rescue Home and the possibility that it might have to be
shut up, when "the girls did turn out so well." Others, again, there are
who never trouble their heads or hearts about the misery and sin of the
world, or any social problem, however dark, as long as their own house
is comfortable, their own bed soft, and their own children healthy and
well cared for, never dreaming how those social evils may press upon
those children in their after-life. These are in no need of this kind of
help. But there are many thoughtful mothers, possibly an increasing
number with the increase of knowledge that is coming to all women, from
whose heart there is going up a bitter cry, "Why, oh why is all this
evil permitted?" Why is there this nameless moral difficulty at the very
heart o