Page:The Way of the Cross, Doroshevich, tr. Graham, 1916.djvu/178

162 The movement of the fugitives along the great "Way of the Cross" is one of affliction and cahn.

It is calmer than one could ever have expected.

But there are three reasons why this great calamity is passing without tumult.

The first is:

—The work of our public organizations.

Though it may be only half, yet they have fed the fugitives.

The second:

—The gentle autumn.

After all, it is not so cold as it might be.

And what is more—there has been no muddy season.

How would these poor worn-out horses ever have pulled themselves out of the mud if the heavens had poured forth?

And the third reason:

—Sobriety.

Great and holy sobriety.