OUR FATHER WHICH ART

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 April 1916, Page 3

OUR FATHER WHICH ART

i * — ♦ They- were ordinary (soldiers, just the common Jean and Hans, One from tho valley of the Rhine and one from fair I'rovance. Tliey werte simple-hearted fellows —every ! night each said his prayer: ffhe one prayed "Vater unser,'' and the other "iN'otre Fere." Tlien they met beyond the trenches and they ran each other through— Just the ordinary Kind of work the sold„ ier has to, do. And t-hey lny there close together, on the st li October air, Hans wa<s gasping "Vater linser and Jeau whispered '"'Notre Pure. So they went to find the Father. He will understand, thought- Hans, For he knows he loves the Rhineland. Hut Jean tiionght of fair And St. Michael came- to meet clieni, and lie smiled to see them stare When he told them ''Vater Imsev" was the same as "Notre Pere.' So these two went together iincl stood before the throne. • And .prayed to God .to make good speed and send, St. Aljehael down "Ah, yes." .said Jean, ''for I believe that "war will cease to flame "When ire know that 'Vater Unser and 'Our Father' a re. the name. —Charles Alexander Richmond. 1 in the Mow York Outlook.