At the End of the Road

White Ribbon, Volume 18, Issue 11, 1 December 1946, Page 1

At the End of the Road

By the time this is in the hands of our readers, we shall have reached the end of our special activities for another year. We shall have passed the Poll, and will know it<; result. All the year has been a road leading to this tinknown end. We have prayed, worked, planned and spent, in preparation for the contest. Its success or failure are in other hands than ours. If today, we are joyful in the knowledge of a convincing vote on the side of Abolition, ur are, on the other hand, suffering the pain of a disappointing conclusion to a long campaign in the cause of righteousness, it is really immaterial. That is to say, in either case. God, His truth and right, are still unassailable, and we are immovable in our Faith that He will make His foes His footstall even though that time may be delayed. W hatever lies ahead of us in our l : nion life, let us gird up our loins and face it. thanking the Father that we are allowed to be His co-workers. This issue, it is hoped, will contain most of the District Convention report". Other articles and reports max' have to be held o\ er. Poll work and propaganda have taken a good deal of space which accounts for the non-ap-pearance of expected articles. We are especially sorry to he unable to include No. 5. of the splendid series of “Great Evangelists and Temperance,’’ contributed by Mrs. K. J. T. Grigg, M V, which we commend to Unions as providing excellent material for study at meetings. Our January-Fcbruary issue will give opportunity for publishing some of the very good copy we have on hand, but are unable to use in this number. We are grateful indeed to those who have provided it. And Christmas is almost here again. To all our readers, near and far, we wish a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May the blessing that came with the Holy Babe of Bethlehem be upon us all, in our festal joys, our family reunions, and in our care for those in need of love and sympathy, as Well as in our own questing for rest and recreation. THE EDITOR.