Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1917 — Soldier Boy. [ARTICLE]

Soldier Boy.

To die for our country is noble, To live for our country is grand; To be willing to serve when we’re mustered Is a duty we owe to our land. With love and friendship for others, With a jieart that is noble and true, Is the man that'the country is calling, Oh, soldier boy, is this really you? Our 'best we owe to our country, In friendship and service and love, But remember, dear boys, there’s one seeth, All actions, and deeds, from above. And if prompted by malice or hatred We rush to the field ve are lead, Grave charges may be laid against u.i When they pick up and number dead. Not by man, no, no, but our Maker, The one who is wisest and best; He will judge you and also your brother, The one that you send to his rest. So dear boys, be sure your motives Are clean when you offer yourself; For many are wild with excitimeni; And some, just a bright laughing elf. God pity and look with compassion, On the fathers and mothers who gave Such beautiful, brige, shining treasures To lie in a lone soldier’s grave. War is a blood thirsting monster Making of brothers hard foes, And long and hard It is knocking At the door of our country with woes, Woes that will darken the nation With the pall of the mourner’s sad cry Woes that will suckle the lifeblood Of brave men, for their country who die. Woes that are varied and tragic, Causing our nation to quake, Robbings the babes in the cradle, For many a father it will take. Oh that forever and ever, Men would cease with their strife; That’s causing such sorrow and heartache . ... And destroying so much precious life. Let us seek peace and pursue it, And every nation march in the van, And give to our God real heart service, * By kindness and love, man to man. Clarice A. Robart, Kniman, Ind. (All rights reserved.)