Show i t THE BREAKING OF CHAINS ii y y J y t y 1 T Jf T 1 T. T z f Ella Ell a Wheeler Th eel ee er Wilcox ty l l COX j i r i f X i r 1 r CopyrIght 1907 J T Y i i I A iV Between een tho the ringing of bells and the musical clans clang i of or chimes J I hear bear u h. a sound Jound like 1110 tho the breaking breakIng- of ot chains all these Christmas times Umes For tho the thought of or tho world 1 1 la S wakIng making o out ut of a a. slumber deep and long And tho the race raco is Js to understand how bow l Might can master Wrong X r And the tho eyes of or tho the world are opening wide and ands s great t arc are the tho truths they see And the Hie heart of ot tho the world is singing a n. song and J its US burden Is Be De free freo t i Fetters of superstitious fear have bave bound Lound the tile race to i iz t z creeds A j. j That hindered tho the upward march murch of man t tp this the the r J j larger faith ho lie needs i J FeU Fetters rt of at gr greed ed and pride have made the Ute rc race bow i down to kings J 0 woo woo- j I V x 1 But tine the pomp pompous s creed a and d the v costly throne must yield to simpler things Y 1 t 1 Tho rho thought of or the world has climbed above above- old paths for centuries trod And nd cloth and crown no longer mean menn tho the vested power of ot God Cod Tho raco race no longer bonds beneath tho the weight of or Adams Adam's sin But Dut stands erect and knows itself tho the Makers Maker's first pf pI kin J I. I J And Ana t the tho o need of ot the world and tho the wish whim of or the limo world X J and tho the Imn song of at tho the world I hear j. j All the tho clanging and clashing of or bolls bells b this or t Christmas time limo o of tho the year X z I hear the sound like the breaking of or chains and y i it seems to say to me roe j lu Iu the voice volca of ot One who poke ut of old oW The Truth rut X t sh shell shall l orale mcle t men free tle 5 i i 11 1 11 N N N 1 11 tIN N N N wv M N 1 N N 1 r |