Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-23

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What did you see out there, my lad
That has set. thatalook fnayour eyes
You wentiDnt' a boy, YOU came back
Ira man '---5icr, ~3;.,fC s. "a
With, strange new depths under
meath your tan. - : 80
What was it you saw out there, my
lad,
That llAEfasn.set such deeps s., in ~! your
Strange El,f1 f't things i and sad and1'won2
~ deFfu4- IDI7if4l" ~ .st.a><~t.sr,
Things that dascarce @cans tellgg2 e~e
I have been ins the SWEEP of the
reaper's scythe
With God and Christ and hell.
I have seen Christ doing ChristIX
deeds;
I~haxe seen, the, devil at play; 49,
I Rave 'gr!'fpped to the sod in the
s-1T hand oil, 3Gdd;s'Etf js5It'dt@ ..
I have seen thef Gca1es 1praWl.. &
I have sped through bells of fiery
Witt Tell fell red-fury5 shod;' so
have heard the whisper of a voice,
7 have looked in the face OF Cod
You've a. rirht to your deer high
r. nook 3mv 1adS H34}t.
You. have met with God in the ways,
And no man looks in His face
Butshe feels it all his daysA9 y
You've a right to your deep, high
lil Hook, my ladSi. IA. - :.
And we thank Him for His grace.
1lhfa dear soltlief boy was convert
eds sopaewhere in France he Pa9 m
deed "n1et God in the Ways and re.
ceived his baptism in the cauldron Oh
war..sa,,A nd lsin !, the 9trsfnqFGih Csc, n ~
Man'ss Land = and in the Rase hiGGspi rs
where shattered and disabled ne 10y la.s
fog many IweaTfsonRe l~%ee Ks,i tine aastlt
that was never seenrIcEr. laHn or SEQ
ilInmined his soul. He entered the
boenital at. Brest, France, Oct. 81
! e1 3 zwhefe he Afemainedasunta'''se sent
home the last week in January. he
was detained at the convalescent nos
1,ifs al tSafnp T3odg
M, no anaA=reenRerate= RAPID
eventually furlough Was
sgranfe9 0ver16ye re a'eft'sSss
inc pheto of himself to. the Dear
n rre at home how sge% hes~W oVl dqssRe
win them. He had SO Rany WqndeT-
F,,1 things to tell apd he waited ms
amer, NO gentle mffiihfstrsttcnsss MS
mother who had kissed his bapy
Irr,,ises 70 make them WELL. and VINO
nod heard his hating prayers at eV-
n,,irg time Nobody ever knows now
much the mothers waRts5l s5Sg8a ~ 80 q;
Rut If is because they@aFe~s o-~utsaY1
nd en- natient that in sorrows time
the how turns first to his mother anu
longs most for her Alas. the reJolc-
inos of his home were quickly turned
into MORNING. That Joyous letter
was nuicklv followed by the message
+bat 1875 Fad suddenly died 9Its ~ esE
dav March IS. from pronounced heart
foiInre HIS brotheE JOSEPH, az sol
diar etii1 in the service. acoornbarfed
Az bodv shome Leo had stood best
shot in5Iri$ copfpafiv. He hsdItef fused
saving he could do MS DIT
because Of his efficiency In tp4C me
more effectually as private. he was
buried in his uniform. the casKee
draped in the colors. There were Il
soldiers at the funeral which was
from ST. Andrews church at Ienny-
son solemn reouieme- belngsa 81
brated by FIR. Scheffer. 1With'-the be-
reaved parents there mourn four
brothers and three sisters. They have
los4>ptha+->th swerld4 naiglt gain IhR
faniilyE appreciate pbstslgfhtsfulh THE
ricf~~prosnsion of IhotsIAo of eriIlgs and
the much symnathy and many kind
nesses bestowed in DER fT''e Of he
reavement. Nav Coda comfort them
and let all who love Him share in the
.hlessed work. o.. consolation rem en-,
heTirig how many have gwen freeiS
that we might be spared. Oh. let us
mot forget the emourners., In how