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Show CHEER A BROTHER ON HIS WAY. rheer a brother on his v. ay Have a kindly word to sa Wish him luck and send him on Thinkin' of you when he's gone. Ii ou like him. tell him so, It will help him just to know That you're with him, through and' through, In the task he has to do. Look him in the eye and say. In a manly sort of way n that's in your hear! an' mind. Many a day he'll look behind An' remember all you've said An' he'll bravely march ahead He'll fight on with courage grim Knowin' you have faith in him. Strength by man is seldom shown When he has to stand alone; None so weak, whoe'er he be, As the man who cannot see Friendly faces in the throng Gladly cheering him along. He prey to quick despair Who has nobody to care. f'heer a brother on his way. Have a kindly word to Bay, He'll go whistlin' down the road Heedless of the heavy load That he's bearin' if he knows You are with him in his wot He'll fight hard in troubled days To bo worthy of your priase. Copyright, 1919, by Edgar A. Guest. I And though all the old friendships have died. And men sneer at his ways. I know just how hard he has tried To be worthy of praise. 'Through the nights when his fever ran high I watched by his bed; i answered his pititui cry, I heard all he said. It was my hand he longed for back t hen To stroke his hot brow; He has called me again and again As he's calling me now. "Did I fail him because he was ill" Or whimper the night that he c im Then shall I not mother him still Though he's blackened with shame Though lie s lost to the world and Its jov. And is sick as can be. Oh. shall I not answer my boy When he calls unto me9" oo |