Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1909 — THE NIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE NIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING

By JAMES A. EDGERTON.

Copyright. 1909. by American Prase AmocUGoo I COULD dream tonight That a world of light I* round about met a pr***nc* bright la poised above, Lite* a brooding

dove, From whbee wings rain over me peace wnd love. Like a breath of balm Is the nameless calm, And my toul would sing an eternal psalm In a happinass

That is limitless And a glow cf faith I cannot express, I could almost dream, Past the things that seem, I can see a eountry eternal gleam As I raptly stand On the borderland And feel about me an angel band. / My soul a* »ke Its thirst would slake At a fount immortal; its bread would break At a feast sublime In a fairer clime This hallowed and happy Thanksgiving time. So wafted j'er To a shinirg shore,

I greet the I? red one* who’ve gon* before And take rr y seat At a banquet sweet Where the fruit* and viands of life w* eat.

’Tis not afa.", Like a distant star, The kingdom in which the eternals ar*. 'Tis here—its light To an inward sight I* gleaming—for heaven is mine tonight.

I COULD DREAM.

ABOUT ME AN ANGEL BAND.