The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-03-17

Nor in this mighty and most gracious
change
Shall aught be Fos, 10 nar-on or 20 man;
In heavens economy all is conserved,
Transformed; grain OF matter. in Gods
An ounce OF force. or the tiniest virtue
That grew in times OF war shall ne'er be
lost;
Nay more, those evil powers of the heart.
Those lusts which have incurred unmeas-
In devastation, death. and woe. shall be
Transformed yea, these base metals Of
BY the alchemy of grace shall then be-
Fine gold. currency of peace from pole
to pole.
The implements. of death. thousand
More terrible than the sword and spear
OF Isaiah's day shall not be lost. but
changed,
Transfigured. on land and water. in the
Into the implements of peace. of life and
The man OF war" shall be the man Of
Those airy ships. devised for ruin. death.
Shall yet with grace and wonder sail the
To bear the freight of loving peace. good
To every tribe and people. DER sea and
plain,
And mountain range. in all the earth
around
And those virtues which seemed to be the
OF bloody war. courage. patriotism and
Sacrifice. preserved. and in finer ways,
Shall serve mishtier nooler cause. In
Pursuits Of peace. Science with light
As it shall search. explore. vast natures
Unlock the secrets of the world. make
man
The master of his estate. shall bring to
A human type. conforming to plan,
More noble than ever war produced. And
though
The conflict OF destructive arms shall
That mightier conflict of the good against
The evil shall 20 on and yet increase, ,
Until the conflict won. the Christ shall
Amongst all the nations. from sea to sea.
And those victorious in this greatest war
Shall win mans crown and be forever
free.
Already better dav begins to dawn
After that most awful. the darkest night
OF war this earth had ever seen before.
The great nations had trusted in their
might
Trained armies and modern ships OF war.
In Diplomatic games OF hide and seek.
To preserve a truce. and insecure peace;
But from the brooding clouds of envy,
bleak
There bursts upon the world that mighty
OF war. which in atrocious. devilish hate
And cruelty made all wars of humankind
Seem puny. weak. and vastly out Of date.
left senn ID trail Of sp ruin nbs desth
Yet accomplished more for the coming
Than cycles of the diplomatic game.
At last the statesman of a war-torn world
Stand where Isaiah stood. in the Temple
fair;
They see Gods glory ever shining there
Grim war must be outlawed. abolished
This CORY fend, archenemy Of the race.
Must now give way. retreat. grow less
And to the mighty Prince of Peace give
And Ger the welter of a restless world,
Waited to US by many gentle breeze.
Sweetly come TO the strains Of angel
music,
Peace on earth. good will to men," lis
Its tones OF beauty, swelling Ger and DER:
And He shall give to the nations judg-
And neither shall they learn war any
more"
Evan E. williams and George W
ness Wednesday.
The Legion and Auxiliary had a
joint meeting at the Legion hall Wed
nesday evening. The Auxiliary pre-
scented very interested program
which was greatly enjoyed by all. Re
| freshments were served at the close
OF the meeting The Legion and Aux
| Hilary are planning hard time party
for March "a. All members are re-
quested to attend and bring guest
with them. Preparations are under
way for two plays that will be given
in the near future.
Evan J. Davis, G. A Johnson and d
A. Evans motored, to Cambria Wed
nesday afternoon.
W. E.. Price and family are sick
with bad case of cold.
A case involving some question re
garding wages between Arthur Larson
and Lem Jones was heard before Jus
Larson claimed that there were wages
due him from Mr.. Jones for hauling tile
while Mr.. Jones claimed that he had
ment, but that Mr.. Larson did not i'm
derstand the agreement thoroughly al
the time. Justice wiberg decided the
in fayor 9s NOR anether case
| importance was tried before Justice Cole
at the city hall James Brothers Land
defendant. Action was brought by the
James Brothers to recover a certain
piece of land now in possession of J.
| F. Dobson, under the enforceable and
unlawful detainer act. G. S. Strom was
attorney for the defendant and C. A.
johnson attorney for the plaintiff. The
jury, w. z. Thomas. Joseph Lewis
Ferd Huen. David J. Williams. Adolpt
Bahma and George e. Austin. brought
James Brothers Land Corporation. In
addition the very large crowd that at
tended this hearing, there were -four
| high school students from the Senior
class who are acquainting themselves
with the rudiments Of law. They were
dismissed from school duties to attend
this case in order to receive instructions
on the procedures in justice court.
| Evan J. Davis went to st. Paul Fri
day morning on business. He expects tC
| be gone a couple OF days.
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