Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1917 — I CANT GO TO THE FRONT-BUT [ARTICLE]

I CANT GO TO THE FRONT-BUT

I can't go so ft* fr©at with you; t_. The reason why—what matters it? Perhaps I am too <4i, or stiff To do your out eg bK. > It breaks my bears to stay behind; I’d give my eye* for half a chance To |CTna«h the Ktter't hellish plana With you out there io France. / You’re going iaio trench and reek, ,To fei r.y- aa»i crashing shell;. . . God plans your work in heaven, but You work, it emt in heii. Ton felt the caU assd left your all. Your loved e&es and your babies, too; But then, the Hun snarled at our gates; The fight eras up to yoo. The Han was wallowing in crime; Beneath its claws lay tortured Truth; The bleeding world erted out to you. To give your strength and youth. I’ve seen your cewatSeos thousands -go With neither n-wsy boast nor brag, And your brave eye* shone with the gleam Of o-ur attar-studded ttag. We cannot pay for blood you shed. Nor buy davcthm such as yours. But we can stated behiad you. bOT^ As long as life endures. Tout pain shall be our travail, and The ones yon lore shall be our care; ' .Our work and sacii&e is here. While yours is over there. i We’ll ni»fc» our brains and dollars count; We'll bu3d this righteous fight upon Our billions pahs owr hearts and prayers ! To break the bloody Hun. Old Uncle Saws' needs, tub out there; Though we can't fight, we’ll heed hi* call To lend and. Iff need be..to give Yoa boys oar last sad al We can't go to the front with you; But money, which iMfwe fool called trash, | Shall flow tor yeas," who stand, between j Us and the Kaiser's lash. : You are the red-Nwd barrier j That stands between us and the curse That struck down sortered Belgium, And maybe what is worse. Cofpit os us to the finish, boys: Till purse is fiat and hene is bare: There’s naught too much to do or giv* For you who fight out there. “JOHN MARTIN.” (Editor. John Martin's Book,)