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Show 1 i I The Gift Divine By WM. BRADFORD DICKSON At this fair Cbrlstmastlde, whin Joy belli ring out rti. song of plenty and ring to The reign of peace throughout rhla wonderful land of ours. rhe while across the Ma Old Mother Earth la drenched with blood And hat. and carnage reign edpretn.; While sucklings wall for milk And children faint for lack of food; While strong men fall beside the way And homeless women kneel in prayer f dp not ak for gift! Of franklneenta and myrrh, Of gold, of Ophlr or of either Ind. Of jewel rare or prlceleea merchandise. Of marbhMhalla or vaet eitatei, Nor e'en tne coetly horh&ge of mankind; But this II. That I may five each day full meed Unto the willing mind and heart, Of light of Truth and warmth of Love, Of matchless skill In comfort'! art That magic all transforming touch Which heali the leper! ipoti And turni to naught the wounds and car. Deep seared upon the heart of man On llfe'i great battlefield; That I may bind cnrthVbroken hearts, Lifting up the drooping heads Of the oppressed and burdened onei, That I may plant within young heart A deeper longing for the night Of mercy for the hnpless weak Arid thaee who suffer dally throes . Of hunger, pain, disease, neglect; 'r That I may know forgetfulneea i"V For dally slights and wrongs; " That I may hourly grow In love'of liberty, of friend and foa. And all tho world May grow In love a fruitful lovet-For lovet-For all the beauty and true ifgBr In nature, art, the heavenly realm i And for the noble deeds of all mankind; I That I may fill the widening hoars of I life With courage, cheerfulness, and hope; That I may help my fellow man Dehold the dawn beyond the night. The Kentle calm beyond the storm. These are the gifts I crave Above the blind world's treasurettrov 1 Of gaud and gilt. , Jfrho BfvSsJhls better s"elf the whole year f rtftnuth IQtrss life's ewn priceless clft to nil th. world and .you th. gift divine. Chicago Evening Post. |