Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1938 — Page 7

■hkistm \s greetings edition

i a Uul <w m H I In w M iQjww jfiimsw t —■2<kw.’/’ — th I ■HKX’iiL rs : "drwtr* M IF ■ LI <L >. <w-~' ;:^; *7l' y «Sv WR^§- Zz J' Ai£ twttf? w; ’. la a;■ .• . ~%r gt* y***. &- ■- fK| A» *<•’’ T " I [jwl C zTO,-\ w ' ?3» * P® B EDITOR’S NOTE: The following Christmas poem was lfl| Kwi } —' • F w v '« 1 fiss written for the United Press by Clarence Hawkes, blind poet- '-'?>/*'*/—-■ ~ ' -~ j$ JbAf'A'r naturalist of Hadley, Mass. Kw _Wxf - i wff"~ tA -JK,. iTOS United Press Associations. fl p< ■' mm — fl B f(w THE WHITE BROTHER £ F c, A / i I* l e trenches of sudden death. Will ‘> 1 ? "g I F j= * g fl By Clarence Hawkes SgT* V - ? /''■ C | l<( ■* <>> 11-_ -~ 1 (The Blind Poet of Hadley) i®; Xwl H If I sing an old, old story JgjlMg :&jV II wjss • tjtJA "'fTx’ Of the Lord at Christmas-time, ' : wl MU N I'/VP rTnt ’P i : ■ ,h Os His majesty and glory « IRA ' w \V^H^^JXW\tr2Fv%l. : J And the love that is sublime, '«■* u jd,\B jj jgsß w?. i*» ’Aa It is for the nations’healing ■ sgg ZzS lu All around the troubled earth, § to: ton I vB » aroßSjy 9 For the White Christ still is kneeling M \ . to Praying for a higher birth. 17' to; \ ~ r ~ ® n the battlefields of Asia - faffMsre i\\g llufiF *’• to You may see Him come and go X W ffiyk .r* Where the bloodlust kills all pleasure i - '$ And there’s nothing left but woe. / ' \Av > J3 He is lifting up the smitten, X;S: *ste>>» & ...''' Ibi a J ’ \ Holding them upon His breast. J ' i '^ : V. ' Whom the war dogs sore have bitten, W ; MlMrJK*» ••Vvv f \A\\vWjA '-.. 6RFSK'ffißj In His bosom will find rest. \ ,x J From old Europe, proud with culture, -St Comes a war scare with each breath. I Overhead the circling vulture — 1 In the trenches, sudden death. I ' St'h voice of Christ entreating ■ I G°d to stay the holocaust And the god they trust is force. II | Brothers mine, in this dear nation, .2 Let us guard our firesides well ra-iB! H L,* f ffitww Lest we bow to this commotion — K H i To this pageantry of hell. K H i Only God and His compassion f Can safeguard us from our fate. ' .-<www-< N Let us pray, with deep emotion, ;?.<■■•-. That with love we’ll conquer hate. WW Let us heed the White Christ’s pleading Ip • ' !%W Ant * h> s message from the Lord, * ZroEii:; t E’er our nation’s heart is bleeding ySF / *gs® From some swift invading horde. I H-: W» - jaffiF Hearts are strong, as they are holy. <.'- ®SE-< Hra So this Christmas, trusting wholly, EK|l Bg&i BaS ||is : 7 Let us calmly watch and wait. BE?-?:?’-.-® ''' ( The P<> em . sa X» Mr - Hawke*, wna inspired by the World rcMP: War legend of the White Brother, a compasalonate figure the :<7: SHE# wounded saw bending over them In trenches. This ministering angel was called the White Brother, or Christ.) I |SKt ill v i And A ‘ c jA /S w a I/B W CF Ca f 8® w® ife&aeagl &W w*» y_. , -y-t-

DECATUR DATTV DEMOCRAT

Decatur, Indiana, Erid ay, December 23, 1938.

SECTION TWO.