Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-27
My Brothers Keeper
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'Thy people shall be my people and thy God my God"

All hail to thee Columbia, all hail beloved land
Our fathers sought and won thee, led by Jehovah's hand
They gave to us a birthright, baptized with fire and
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Inheritance of freedom. and sealed 81 faith in Goa. -
We love thee o. dear country, we praise thee for thy
A. standard for the nations, is this our commonwealth
The freedom Of this new land. this gift Of human life
Must also girdle other lands. from thraldom and from
strife.
This land between the oceans, from valley to the crest,
Is filled with untold riches, from Maine to the Golden
The wealth that holds the Northland, aud the fertile
sunny South.
We're laid as treasures at our feet, by God. and held in
One hundred million peoples are beautifully supplied,
Other nations we can feed, for we have wealth beside.
The bread from off the praries, the cattle from the
plains.
Are part Of that inheritance. we share with other men.
We cannot sit in s~elnshness, whist others fight for
right;
Nor will we hold our bounteousness when bread will win
the fight
Our fertile brains will fashion, our skilful hands will
The Allies needs in measure great. then lay them at
their feet.
Well send across the ocean, we'll ship to lands abroad.
AS thou didst come to us in need, SO now we'll send thee
aid.
We cannot fully pay the debt, but this shall be our aim
~ LdI WALL LHoe LIE TUuTOSQs nor WILL We snare IN
Yet more than this shalt thou receive, yea, more than
sordid gain.
To give thee these, needs no denial; to share them gives
no pain.
But thou shalt have our manly men, our boys both brave
and true;
What better token Of our faith than this we send to yon.
Ger land and sea they'll travel; then warfare trench
and gun
Their health in daily jeopardy, their lives may be laid
But Father. spare them to us, il 1t be Thy Holy VIII
And bring them safely back again, honored and loved
by all.
Go forth then valiant soldier. undaunted lift thy sword.
Let freedom be thy w%atchword; let truth thy shield
unfold -.
Your land in prayer will hold you before the Throne
of God,
Whilst heavens blessings tend thee, and angels guard
thy bed.
Then good bye soldier laddie, ana sailors Of the sea,
Those who man the submarine, those whom the clouds
Old Glory il before YOU, follow is lead 70 Iighs-
And God shall give thee victory. His Truth defends
the right.
John Orchard, Dickinson. N. 1.
The writer of the above verses breathing deepes,
patriotism and faith: IN the cause Of the Stars and
Stripes. was for IA years the general secretary Of the
North Dakota Sunday school association and for three
years Il. M. CA. secretary at Fargo. He had hoped
TO have had a placeSin the defense of the homeland and
to be permitted to follow Old Glory until liberty Of life
services have been declined because he IS over so years
Iof age.
Yet he has given his three boys to Uncle sam--E,
r. Orchard g former deputy bank examiner: Dr. Il. O.
Orchard, Of Rochester, n. ISL NOW with the medical
corps, and his younsAst son, W.. j. orchad Of Dickinson
These have ali been commissioned and the fathers only
regret y that he, too. cannot serve under the flag. Be
sides the sons. he has A nephsws who are already ii
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