THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
The Children’s Song. Land of our birth we pledge to thee our love and toil ’in the years to be; When we are grown and take our place as men and women with our race. Father in heav’n who lovest all, 0 help Thy children when they call, That they may build from ago to age. an undefiled heritage. Teach as to rule ourselves always, controlled and cleanly night and day, That we may bring, if need arise, no maim’d or worthless sacrifice. Teach as the strength that cannot seek, bv deed or thought to hurt the weak, That under Thee we may possess, man’s strength to comfort man’s distress. Teach us delight in simple things, and mirth that has no bitter springs, Forgiveness free of evil done, and love to all men ’neath the sun. Land of our birth, our faith our pride, for whose dear sake our fathers died, 0, motherland we pledge to thee, head, heart, and hand through the years to be. —Rudyard Kipling.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 March 1922, Page 2
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172THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 7 March 1922, Page 2
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