New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-02
Peace and Good Will,
Good Will

Across the far Judea,, hills
TO listening shepherds ech0ing rang,
At midnight, family, songs OF praise,
Dim, distant songs, in ao0rdIess lays,
When all the stars together sang.
And they, the shepherds, listening long,
With beating hearts, n, ape-flled
mood
Was this the song Orion sung,
The mystic, golden aiszes among,
In spdce-genanaed s0litudei
or s0ere these AsphG's anthems grand,
Some dusky temple aisles betaOeen,
When heGvy ce1ssors slowly swung,
Where sandaled 1naidens, bending,
sang a.s.t H.
out a1l their souls, unloved, unseena
S1cart forms stood forth, their 0ird1es
zo0sed,
With faces toaoard the midnight SKI; :
And, trembling, aoaited, lips apart,
Limbs tense, sohere fullest muscles
start, 10y 4, iss. /.
And Q.tivertng arms appraised high. {.
Clearer the sound avaves swept the
plain, -..se,.
AZ all the aide a0or1d's pulse stood
e. still, ......#-. .... !.s.@
TIL softly 1Oorded fell the strain, 8
From, Toms hills flung back again,
Peace and good aOill, good aDill."
DotO,s aOent the stolaport shepherds
there, .. ..s r..
IN, humble pose, aoith hearts aAom,e.
TO all the earth from, Bethlehem,'s
height, .
In solemn a0GtcheS on that niqht,
The dear Gods aseao Evangel came.
All voices Joined the solemn chant,
From David's city to the sea;
From deep Euphrates' silent tides,
TO Jericho's palna-shaded sides;
From Gath to Ga1izee.
In s0ideni7eg circles, Sweet and clear,
From oHpe grove or palm-croaoned
hill, s-.- - II.
Swept back that anthem, Heaven-born,
On hdrps of gold, By angels borne,
3 "Peace and good aoill, good aOill" <
a thousand gears on Times strong tide
Haze mashed the shores OF Change !;
U7acOunted men haze l0ved, haze died,
And Life and Death, all INDEBTED,
+ H1ve sUept earth's aUidest range.
But still the harpers touch the strings,
In chor0s gra1,der still,
And oceans mighty U0ices sing,
While all the earth her chorals bring,
Peace and good aUilz, good aoil."'
In humble cot on scotia's braes,
or Egypt's slunab'rous yale, i
Der s1nd-s10ept deserts, camel tr0d,
On s,a010-cr01Dned Alps npreared to
The mighty chords prevai1.
In gales Of musk; DER hills OF burze;
Spice-scented Udlleys blest;;
When odoroils lilies suing their bells
And Sensnous, de1D-druak dsphodels
Their h0nied lips haze pres't; 3=
Ger sonlber pines that sing OF death
Or su1,-kissed meadows still;
Ger land of zedl, Ger land of a0oe,s
The aoorld-encirclin0 chorals 90,
'.Peace and good 1Oil1, good 1OiN.''
When changing numbers swinging
s1Dift n.
The. Christ-tide seasons bring
70 lands s0here tropic aloes 0roaD,
TO rolling prGiries unite a0ith snO1D,
The bells OF g1adness ring.
And children's faces beam 1Oith n1irth,,
And ,chi1dren's glad hearts thrill;
For them the angel harpers sing,
For them joy-bel1s OF Heaven ring,
Peace and good aoill, good 1Oill.' = s..
1faude Meredith.
W w W w
Not Much impressed.
You told me you would give me
your answer tonight.
did really do that?' asked the
popular beauty.
eiood heavens ]! Have you forgotten
that I asked you to marry me q
while the maid was do
ing my hojr / kept thinking there was
something or other had promised ia.
tell you tonight, but couldn't renem
b0f what 1t was. Z q