Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1919 — AN UNDEFILED HERITAGE [ARTICLE]

AN UNDEFILED HERITAGE

Father In heaven, who lovest all. Oh, help thy children when they cal»; That they mav build from age to age An undeflled heritage. Teach us to rule ourselves always. Controlled and oleanly night-and-day. That we may bring, If need arise, :. - No maimed or worthless sacrifice. Team'll us to look, in all our ends,On thee for Judge, and not our friends; That we With thee may walk uncowed By fear or favor of the crowd. Teach us the strength that cannot se(A By deed or thought .to-hurt, the weak;—„ That, under thee, we may possess Man’s strength to comfort man’s distress. Teach us delimit in simple things, And mirth that has no bitter springs; Forgiveness free of evil done, And love to all men ’neath the sun. —Rudyard Kipling.